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Epica? Being reviewed by Ave Noctum? Surely some mistake? Well actually no….I fully accept that their brand of symphonic metal might be a little too polished for some of our more gnarly readers, but I suspect a lot of hardened… Continue Reading →
The release of a new Nightwish album is always a focal point in the Symphonic Metal calendar. Well, they don’t happen very often nowadays do they? Incredibly this is only the second Nightwish studio album to feature fantastic vocal powerhouse… Continue Reading →
MaYan are back and still have the symphonic mastermind of Mark Jansen at the helm, although this time he has mixed things up and thrown in the absolute juggernaut that is The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Dhyana is the… 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 →
It has been five years since the last full length from Firewind, the band headed up by guitar extraordinaire Gus G. During those years Gus G has been busy on other projects including the release of two solo albums and… Continue Reading →
A new Epica album is an event. The band put in so much time, thought and effort to write and record it that I feel a comparable amount of time, thought and effort needs to go into reviewing it. So… Continue Reading →
If there is one thing this album demonstrates, is that metal is truly international. When I saw the description of this band and its music, I was intrigued to say the least; Russian Aztec-influenced ethno-doom-death! Even that description fails to… Continue Reading →