Tag: album review
REVIEW: …And Oceans – Cosmic World Mother
Formed in 1995 during the second wave of black metal, ...AND OCEANS emerged from the scene with an exceptional and unique symphonic approach to...
REVIEW: Green Carnation – Leaves of Yesteryear
Great comebacks always bring great expectations with them. GREEN CARNATION return to the scene with the album "Leaves of Yesteryear,” under the Seasons of...
REVIEW: Paradise Lost – Obsidian
Iconic British Gothic metal band PARADISE LOST are set to release the beautifully titled “Obsidian” on 15 May 2020 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up...
REVIEW: Vader – Solitude in Madness
VADER is a band characterized for cutting to the chase, so I’ll follow their example. The Polish death metal veterans are back to the...
REVIEW: (0) – SkamHan
Not much is known about the Danish progressive quintet (0). The band has taken an anonymous position to draw more attention to the music...
REVIEW: (0) – SkanHam (Musicalypse Archive)
(O) is a Danish black metal lineup that promises on their debut album, SkamHan, "Seven explosive and oppressive tracks presented in a frenzied mania...
REVIEW: Katatonia – City Burials (Musicalypse Archive)
Last year, the Swedish juggernaut of atmospheric gloom, KATATONIA, celebrated the 10th anniversary of their 2009 album, "Night is the New Day," with a...
REVIEW: Bailout – Road To Redemption
Finnish alternative rock band BAILOUT started their journey in 2010 in Kotka and the first full-length album “…As the Winds Blow On” came out...
REVIEW: Goatskullt – EP: Kinahmia
Founded in Helsinki back in 2017, the black metal band GOATSKULLT has already released a full length and a bunch of singles. The EP...
REVIEW: Oranssi Pazuzu – Mestarin Kynsi
Finnish psychedelic black metal masters ORANSSI PAZUZU return with maybe their most ambitious and grandest release to date. Following their cataclysmic 2016 album, "Värähtelijä,"...
REVIEW: Oranssi Pazuzu – Mestarin Kynsi (Musicalypse Archive)
”Metal alchemy” is a term that has been used to describe ORANSSI PAZUZU, probably ad nauseam, but it's hard to come up with any...
REVIEW: Turmion Kätilöt – Global Warning
As to be expected every year or every other year, Finnish peculiarity TURMION KÄTILÖT is back with another record this year, going by the...
REVIEW: Cirith Ungol – Forever Black
Formed in 1971, heavy metal band CIRITH UNGOL was one of the most legendary heavy metal acts of their time. Their last album was...
REVIEW: The Black Dahlia Murder – Verminous
In these unreal times, while we are stricken with fear as an entire species, our favorite music may offer some solace. Somewhere in between...
REVIEW: Wolfheart – Wolves of Karelia
This year's biggest surprise so far may have been when Tuomas Saukkonen released a brand new DAWN OF SOLACE album called “Waves” in January...
REVIEW: Turmion Kätilöt – Global Warning (Musicalypse Archive)
If you live in Finland, you surely already know about TURMION KÄTILÖT , but if the name is new to you, it may be...
REVIEW: Nightwish – HUMAN. :II: NATURE.
I believe I was twelve years old when I first heard “Nemo,” the song that introduced me to the world of NIGHTWISH. A lot of things have...
REVIEW: Corde Oblique – The Moon is a Dry Bone (Musicalypse...
If the "folkgaze" genre is a new one for you, you're not alone. Having never heard of such a genre, evocative as its name...
REVIEW: Wolfheart – The Wolves of Karelia (Musicalypse Archive)
The band WOLFHEART rises from a nation that holds a lot of mystery, despair, and enchantment. The mastermind of the wolf pack, Tuomas Saukkonen,...
REVIEW: Testament – Titans of Creation
TESTAMENT is one of those few bands that have never released a really bad album. Perhaps in the mid-90s their music changed into a...