By Phil Allely Swedish prog metallers Evergrey have packed an awful lot into their shortish career (the band were formed in 1995 and released eight studio and one live album since then). Here in this double Cd set we get the chance to own hear some of the bands best, most interesting and even a few unreleased tracks. Interspersed amongst these... Read more
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CD Review: Evergrey – A Decade and a Half
February 22 | Posted by Phil Allely | CD DVD Book Reviews Tags: a decade and a half, evergrey
The Self Titled e.p
February 22 | Posted by Dennis Jarman | CD DVD Book Reviews Tags: motivated music, The Self TitledKent based 5 piece band The Self Titled have certainly had a tumultuous 18 months since their formation. Line up changes and putting their debut album on hold for almost a year to concentrate on their live act have given them an edge judging by the quality of the 3 track e.p currently on release via Motivated Music. The aforementioned... Read more
SILENT OPERA – ‘IMMORTAL BEAUTY’ CD REVIEW.
February 21 | Posted by Simon Bower | CD DVD Book Reviews Tags: Rockngrowl, SILENT OPERA.Hailing from Italy, Silent Opera have been active since 2007, releasing a well received demo before turning their attentions to nurturing this debut almost conceptual album based around four immortals and their individual stories. An initial, listen and inevitable comparisons with Nightwish and Within Temptation may come to the fore but upon further delving, a rich layer of well structured and... Read more
Unisonic – Ignition CD Review
February 21 | Posted by Sheila | CD DVD Book Reviews Tags: Asia, Gamma Ray, Gotthard, helloween, Krokus, Pink Cream 69, UnisonicNostalgia is a wonderful thing, but sometimes you can return to something that you once held fond memories of and have them dashed very quickly against what you remembered. I’ll be honest, it’s been a long time since I’ve listened to anything by messers Kiske and Hansen. People will argue that Helloween’s golden age was when both were still a huge... Read more
Evenoir – Vitriol
February 18 | Posted by Ant May | CD DVD Book Reviews Tags: evenoir, review, vitriol“Vitriol” is the debut album from Italian band Evenoir. Formed in 2007, they released an EP at the end of 2008, and are now finally releasing their first album over three years later. The band play gothic/symphonic metal with folk or medieval influences, and the highlight of their sound has to be the beautiful voice of singer Lisy Stefanoni. The album... Read more
Dear Superstar – Damned Religion CD review
February 18 | Posted by Matt Seddon | CD DVD Book ReviewsDear Superstar is the 21st century equivalents of Motley Crue, without the tight leather pants and the extremely poufy hair. Their songs are like a blast from the past, transporting the listeners back to the 80’s, back when the music was pure and true, but adding a modern day metal twist to their music. This is Damned Religion a ten... Read more
Mouth of the Serpent – Manifest CD review
February 18 | Posted by Matt Seddon | CD DVD Book ReviewsHailing from Los Angeles, Mouth of the Serpent is a five piece progressive death metal band that is simply dyeing to get their music heard and get out there into the big league, and with their latest EP entitled Manifest, it is clear that their rise to power will be very soon. Made up of six astounding examples of modern... Read more
Rest in Fear – Insert Yourself CD review
February 18 | Posted by Matt Seddon | CD DVD Book ReviewsThe world already has the likes of Children of Bodom, In Flames and Wintersun, pioneering the magnificent genre that is melodic death metal, and with so many up and coming bands experimenting with this style and completely and utterly not being able to capture that manic but never the less beautiful sound, it is relieving to know that Austrian based... Read more