Tag Symphonic Metal
Three albums in for Beast In Black and I reckon the whole Beast In Black vs Battle Beast thing can be easily laid to rest. Since guitarist Anton Kabanen left the Battle Beat ranks back in 2015, he took with… Continue Reading →
French Symphonic Metal band Whyzdom aren’t particularly subtle. They don’t do things by halves, but then that’s part of their appeal. Their ethos seems simple – if you are going to do Operatic, Symphonic and Classical Metal, then do them… Continue Reading →
Don’t get me wrong I love Extreme Metal, it’s the logical conclusion of Metal and for me I’ve always enjoyed that envelope pushing heaviness and shock factor, especially in Death Metal and Goregrind. I’m not all guts and gore though,… Continue Reading →
This is actually Dreams In Fragments’ second release – their debut appearing back in 2019…which I was completely unaware of, sorry. However, that does mean that I can enjoy this latest Dark Symphonic Metal release by a relatively new Swiss… Continue Reading →
One could never accuse this French band of lacking ambition, their debut album is as opulent and lavish as anything you’ll hear this year within the symphonic metal sphere no matter whether power metal, death metal, black metal or any… Continue Reading →
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 →
Fans of Symphonic Metal band Midnight Eternal are possibly by now wondering where the hell the follow up to that impressive 2016 debut has got to. Well, basically this is it. After rather acrimoniously falling out with their previous vocalist… Continue Reading →
Marco Garau will be a familiar name to some of you as keyboardist for Italian Symphonic Metallers Derdian. On this side project he uses the vocal talents of Anton Darusso (Wings Of Destiny), guitarists Gabriel Tuxen (Seven Thorns) and Matt… Continue Reading →
I am very pleased that the wait for this new 17th album by Therion has been only three years as opposed to six between 2012’s ‘Les Fleurs Du Mal’ and ‘Beloved Antichrist’ in 2018. ‘Beloved Antichrist’ coalesced everything about Therion… Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
If you bought Leaves’ Eyes last EP ‘The Black Butterfly’ in December of last year then you will already have a good idea as to what this full length sounds like. Indeed Leaves’ Eyes affection for Nordic sagas continues with… Continue Reading →