Tag Kamelot
Eight years after their well-received debut, Greek Progressive Metal band Sunburst have at last got around to recording the follow-up, “Manifesto”. All the members of the band have been busy with other projects, but admirably the line-up has remained stable… Continue Reading →
Oooookaaaay Reverend…. This is both weird and more than a little creepy in places. A minute into what has built up into a pretty cool epic/power metal song ‘Leave A Little Room’ , suddenly we drop into half spoken word… Continue Reading →
Evermore’s 2021 debut “Court Of The Tyrant King” was no doubt one of the best self-released Power Metal albums of that year. Deservedly it earned them a record deal with Scarlet Records and this well-established Italian record label is an… Continue Reading →
Symphonic Metal maestros Epica always put a bit of extra effort into their EPs. There’s usually something special to entice their fans into making a purchase and to make the EP almost as much of an event as a full… Continue Reading →
This is the third album by the LA-based quintet and while I’ve seen the video clips that accompanied the first two, this is the first album I’ve had the pleasure of listening to. Formed 8 years ago with guitarist Logan… Continue Reading →
Delain have come a long way since my first encounter with them, back in 2009, at the Femme Metal Festival, housed in The Birmingham Asylum, and I saw the band play to approx. 20 devotees, who must have all been… Continue Reading →
Tonight is a power metal fans dream come true, Kamelot, a massive enterprise in the aforementioned sub-genre, are rolling into Manchester, and tonight is just one of three dates of the UK leg of their current tour, and with a… Continue Reading →
In 2015 Canadian Dark Power Metallers Borealis released “Purgatory”, an album that elevated the band onto a new higher level, booking their place as one of the top bands in their genre and (to a much less worldly important level)… Continue Reading →
It’s bordering on bragging really isn’t it? Epica had SO many tracks for previous album “The Holographic Principal” that the unused songs get their own 6 track EP. And as the high quality of these “rejected” songs now see the… Continue Reading →
I’ve followed Pyramaze since their debut album back in 2004 and I must admit I feared the worst a few years back, but with this album (their second in three years) it looks like they are back to top form… Continue Reading →
It’s a bit of a thankless task reviewing a new Ayreon album. Don’t get me wrong, it’s always a joy to hear but…what do you say? Arjen Lucassen puts so much info out there pre-release that all the Ayreon fans… Continue Reading →
Canadian metal outfit Kobra and the Lotus, rolled into Manchester as part of their tour with Delain and Evergrey. Enigmatic front-woman Kobra took time out of her schedule to have a chat with Ave Noctum in her dressing room… Continue Reading →