Tag Therion
I’ve never been quite sure why companies and bands seem to hold such sway in rebranding. I mean, why would you spend a number of years building an identity, attracting fans and customers to that particular brand only to destroy… Continue Reading →
I guess with the band being named after a Kafka story and an album title like that, it was a fair signpost that there would be introspection and an urge to go the progressive route by these Ukrainian musicians. Would… Continue Reading →
Apparently this Spanish symphonic and operatic band formed in Spain in 2005 and recorded just one song which got immediate airplay and inspired the band to write more. I would kind of like to go and find whoever played the… Continue Reading →
This album unashamedly announces itself on the sleeve as “opera metal”, which brings to mind a number of possibilities, among them Nightwish, Therion and Diablo Swing Orchestra. This is a band comprising an operatic singer as you’d expect, a cellist,… Continue Reading →
War Possession were created in 2008 by members of Embrace of Thorns and Wargoat, along with Merciless Crucifixion’s singer, Vaggelis P. They have already released a demo called, simply, ”War”. ”Through The Ages” came out this year, which is their… Continue Reading →
I was thinking about who had got the most reviews on the site since it started a year ago. It should have no doubt been megalomaniac Devin who told me some time ago he was out from making music finito…. Continue Reading →
While I may have never heard of this, dare I say it, mob before; I must admit that I’m glad to have become acquainted with them now. The German sextet has been around for nearly 2 decades now and have… Continue Reading →
I like many others were stunned when Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli decided to call it a day with their joint venture under the banner of Rhapsody, which subsequently became Rhapsody Of Fire due to so called copyrights of the… Continue Reading →
Formed after a chance meeting between David Grimoire and Adrian de Crow at a stage performance of Umberto Eco’s book “The Name Of The Rose” the two met up and decided to do a concept album based around the same… Continue Reading →