Tag Within Temptation
SATURDAY 8 August: Another day beckoned and another 11am start was on the cards. This time the day began on the Sophie Lancaster stage with PIST, a filthy sludgey four piece from Bury. From the off, you could see the… Continue Reading →
Sporting a moniker that describes the ancient Egyptian writing system, you’d expect this Leeds sextet to have some pretty far-out ideas on where they believe modern metal should be headed right now. Judging from the mashed-up sound that emerges from… Continue Reading →
I have fairly enjoyed Lyriel since the German band’s third album ‘Paranoid Circus’ turned up via Femme Metal in 2009. From there the group got snapped up by AFM giving us ‘Leverage’ in 2012, an album I appear to have… Continue Reading →
Just listen to Floor Jansen’s voice! Isn’t that just one of the many reasons we love Metal more than any other music? Metal musicians take things to the extreme, push the boundaries, usually ignore trends and generally like to be… Continue Reading →
I do like a lot of the female fronted metal, from Trail Of Tears or Tristania to Kingfisher Sky or Within Temptation and plenty in between, but I don’t actually own any albums by Edenbridge. I’ve heard just about every… Continue Reading →
Maybe I should start by stating that Delain have done 3 full length albums to date. I really liked their debut – one of the best Gothic Metal albums of that year, I thought their second one had some good… 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 →
Welcome to the V-Lodge. Founded over 100 years ago in Victorian times, this was a place all about decadence when visual beauty was an aesthetic that had to be followed by anyone with serious notions about joining the aristocracy, well… Continue Reading →
Founded in 2009, Italian symphonic metal band Sinheresy have released “The Spiders and The Butterfly”, their debut EP. With a dual but predominantly female-fronted vocal attack, comparison has been drawn with Nightwish and Within Temptation. It’s true that there’s a… Continue Reading →
Vitriolic is not a word I would use to describe this work from the Italian band Evenoire. A bombastic opening leads us into female-fronted majesty. The female in question has an angelic voice to bring on lazy comparisons with Tristania,… Continue Reading →