Tag: album review
REVIEW: Burning Serpent – EP: Burning Serpent
Playing an acoustic guitar is the ultimate zen exercise in precision and songwriting. When you strip away the distortion, by-pass the effects, and swap...
REVIEW: Gaerea – Limbo
GAEREA is a black metal five-piece band from Portugal founded in 2016. The upcoming full length, ”Limbo,” is going to be published on 24...
REVIEW: Rumahoy – Time II: Party
If you've ever found yourself thinking that, while great, ALESTORM just isn't crazy enough, we have a band for you. RUMAHOY takes the pirate...
(2000) Dark Tranquillity – Haven: Anniversary Special (Musicalypse Archive)
In July 2000, a mere 2 weeks after IN FLAMES had molded "Clayman," fellow Gothenburg band DARK TRANQUILLITY invited fans of melodic death metal...
REVIEW: Lonely Robot – Feelings are Good (Musicalypse Archive)
What kind of a name for a band is LONELY ROBOT? I cannot help but think of the 2008 computer-animated science fiction film, Wall-E,...
(1990) Depeche Mode – Violator: Anniversary Special
In the summer of 2017, I had the pleasure of attending a DEPECHE MODE concert during their Global Spirit Tour stop in Cluj-Napoca, Romania....
REVIEW: Primal Fear – Metal Commando
PRIMAL FEAR must be one of the most prolific bands in the power metal scene. Twenty-two years after their excellent self-titled debut, the Germans...
REVIEW: Damnation Angels – Fiber of Our Being
British symphonic power metal outfit DAMNATION ANGELS have been around since 2006, with two highly acclaimed releases under their belt, “Bringer of Light” (2012)...
REVIEW: Altesia – Paragon Circus
ALTESIA is the brainchild of French multi-instrumentalist Clément Darrieu, based in Bordeaux. Passionate about music since his childhood, he founded this solo project in...
REVIEW: IA – initIAtion
Probably due to some strange cosmic synchronicities, after witnessing a global pandemic, Pentagon footage of alien spacecraft, and the fall of an empire, the...
REVIEW: Kansas – The Absence of Presence (Musicalypse Archive)
American rock legends KANSAS are back again with their sixteenth release, entitled "The Absence of Presence," which follows 2016's "The Prelude Implicit." Set for...
REVIEW: Rumahoy – Time II: Party (Musicalypse Archive)
The newest name we've noticed in pirate metal is RUMAHOY, who came to our attention when their vocalist, the infamous Captain Yarrface, was featured rapping in...
REVIEW: DreamSpy – My Halo of Obsession
With a name like DREAMSPY, one would expect some over-the-top, progressive/djent type of metal. However, this one-man Finnish project that is the brainchild of...
REVIEW: Dark Sarah – Grim (Musicalypse Archive)
For fans of Gothic metal and strong sopranos, Dark Sarah may not be a new name. Having already released three concept albums following the story...
REVIEW: Halysis – Cerulean
HALYSIS is a young band from Lahti, formed in 2015, and they released their debut “Cerulean” on 15 May 2020 independently. The Finnish quartet...
REVIEW: Rantama – Rantama
During the lonely lockdown days, one has had to find some wholesome ways to stay occupied. For me, this meant working through my list...
REVIEW: Dark Sarah – Grim
My most sincere apologies go out to all the information technology startups, but it is a cold, hard fact that cinematic, orchestral metal is...
(2000) Killswitch Engage – Killswitch Engage: Anniversary special
In the late 1990’s, two bands named OVERCAST and AFTERSHOCK fell apart, and from their remains rose a new band named KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. The...
REVIEW: The Hu – The Gereg (Musicalypse Archive)
Music is truly a universal language and there is simply no other way to explain the landslide level of interest toward the Mongolian band,...
(2000) In Flames – Clayman: Anniversary special
In the year 2000, Swedish melodic death metal group IN FLAMES released a record named “Clayman” through Nuclear Blast Records. The album was their...
