Author Andy Barker
It’s all looking rather dark in the Symphonic Metal world of Eleine. Granted this Swedish band have never been renowned for their sunny disposition, but from the opening crashing down-tuned chord on “Dancing In Hell” it’s clear that we are… Continue Reading →
Hailing from Puerto Rico, Progressive Rock/Metal band Avandra have been steadily making headway through the underground prog scene thanks to their first two releases and now look to reach an even wider audience with their third outing “Skylighting”. Originally started… Continue Reading →
It’s taken a year or so, but at last Brazilian Folk Rock/Metal band Tuatha De Danann’s “The Tribes Of Witching Souls” finally gets a proper Worldwide release thanks to the good people at Trollzorn. But let’s be honest right from… Continue Reading →
I always find it a bit ominous when a band calls their new album “Epitaph”. And when they also invite back their previous two vocalists to guest on the final track of said album, then it feels like the tolling… Continue Reading →
Four years after their independently released debut, UK based Metallers Synthetic return with the backing of Rock Of Angels Records and continue to expand the boundaries of their Metallic soundscape. Approaching Metal from a modern groove-laden standpoint, this Dark Heavy… Continue Reading →
Fates Warning are undeniably one of the forefathers of Progressive Metal. A massively important part of the history of the genre, they pre-date the more widely known Dream Theater by at least 4 albums, and they forged the sound they… Continue Reading →
On the whole, I tend to find Symphonic Metal to be one of the most optimistic and positive of all the many fantastic Metal styles out there. Musically and lyrically the genre leans easily towards that look-on-the-bright-side approach, which, lets… Continue Reading →
It’s amazing how bands can grow and change depending on the members involved. French Metal band Nightmare are a great example, their humble NWOBHM-style roots way back on their 1984 debut a distant memory (as with a healthy amount of… Continue Reading →
It seems hard to believe that it’s still not even 10 years since Amaranthe launched that debut album which laid the path for their own unique blend of genre-melding Metal with triple vocal assault. Such has been their impact on… Continue Reading →
Including their 2009 debut, Italian Metal band Regardless Of Me have released 4 albums on 4 different labels, but I’m sorry to admit that this is the first one of theirs I have heard. I saw that they are Italian,… Continue Reading →
Now here’s an album that’s taken a while to get completed – about 20 years in fact! The majority of this release was demoed up back in 2001, but the band were put on hold and the members went off… Continue Reading →
“The Zeramin Game” is the debut album from British Symphonic Power Metal band Memories Of Old. That’s the words ‘British’ and ‘Symphonic Power Metal Band’ right there in the same sentence! Now, there’s something I was starting to give up… Continue Reading →