Tag: album review
REVIEW: Kaunis Kuolematon – Syttyköön Toinen Aurinko
There is a certain something in many doom-death metal Finnish bands’ trademark sound that strongly represents the melancholic feelings stereotypically associated with Finland: a...
REVIEW: Nobody – Atmosfear
Developing a different style in a well-established subgenre such as black metal is a brave move. In a time when playing faster and louder...
REVIEW: Jinjer – Alive in Melbourne
Anno Domini 2020 will be remembered as the year that pressed pause on the live music scene. But before everything came to a halt,...
REVIEW: Dark Tranquillity – Moment
Swedish melodic death metal icon DARK TRANQUILLITY barely needs any introduction. Together with IN FLAMES and AT THE GATES, they were at the forefront...
REVIEW: Sólstafir – Endless Twilight of Codependent Love
Icelandic band SÓLSTAFIR just released their latest studio album, poetically titled “Endless Twilight of Codependent Love.” The band is known for their rebellious songwriting,...
REVIEW: Draconian – Under a Godless Veil
Autumn is the perfect season to enjoy some well-crafted doom metal with a palpable gothic tinge to it. And with their latest offering, titled...
REVIEW: Lords of Black – Alchemy of Souls Pt. 1
Spanish heavy/power metal revelation LORDS OF BLACK are finally back with their fourth full-length album entitled “Alchemy of Souls Pt. 1,” to be released...
(2010) Machinae Supremacy – A View from the End of the...
When I think about perfect albums, the first one that comes to mind that I'm very happy to listen to whenever and wherever is...
REVIEW: Jeff Scott Soto – Wide Awake (In My Dreamland)
”Wide Awake (In My Dreamland)” is the seventh solo album by hard-rock veteran Jeff Scott Soto, to be released on November 6th, 2020, via...
REVIEW: Dragged Under – The World Is in Your Way
Life has a nasty tendency to drag us under every once in a while. The force majeure imposed by the pandemic notwithstanding, lately, we've...
REVIEW: Pallbearer – Forgotten Days
What started as an underground doom metal band with tremendous potential, is now set to release one of the most anticipated doom albums of...
(2000) The Smashing Pumpkins – Machina/The Machines of Gods: Anniversary Special
At the turn of the millennia, the star of the undisputed heroes of 1990s teenage-angsty alt-rock, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS, had started to dim. The...
REVIEW: Fever 333 – Wrong Generation
2020 has come with a few curveballs that has left humanity in anger, anxiety, and altogether a rollercoaster of sentiments that many of us...
REVIEW: Sólstafir – Endless Twilight of Codependent Love (Musicalypse Archive)
Baphomet is the goat-headed deity that represents the Devil on one of the Major Arcana cards in the Tarot deck. Below his massive figure,...
REVIEW: Antipope – Apostle of Infinite Joy
With a name like ANTIPOPE, you'd expect maybe something like BEHEMOTH – blasphemous black-metal ripping holy books to shreds either literally on stage or,...
REVIEW: Neon Angel – Neon Light District
It seems rather obvious that the 1980s revival shows no signs of having run its entire course yet. Yes, regardless of the fact that...
REVIEW: Defecto – Duality
When I discovered the band DEFECTO four years ago, I was very impressed by the energy in their music and their technical skills. “Excluded”...
REVIEW: Skepticism – Alloy (Re-issued)
Writing a review about a reissue surely has its own features: it’s a release that fans and supporters are already familiar with so, less...
REVIEW: Draconian – Under a Godless Veil (Musicalypse Archive)
A romantic darkness in the form of doom/death with a gothic touch is the best way I can sum up DRACONIAN, a rather unique Swedish...
REVIEW: Noumena – Anima
Finnish melodic death metal veterans NOUMENA have recently released their sixth studio album, "Anima," on 4 September 2020 via their own label, Haunted Zoo...