Tag: album review
REVIEW: Lamori – To Die Once Again
Originally founded in 2009 in Åland Islands an autonomous region in Finland, goth rock act LAMORI have blended the lines between gothic metal and modern rock. The five...
REVIEW: Paara – Riitti
Sometimes I wonder what's in the water here, or if it's the cold and the darkness and the in general melancholic atmosphere, that makes...
REVIEW: Hautajaisyö – Matkalla Kohti Hautaa
Hautajaisyö from Iisalmi, is here with their latest "Matkalla Kohti Hautaa". A ten track album, that makes a strong impression. The album will be released...
REVIEW: Harakiri For The Sky – Arson
Harakiri For The Sky is an Austrian post-black metal band. The duo consists out of a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter M.S. and vocalist and lyricist J.J. The...
REVIEW: Ode in Black – Seeds of Chaos
Ode In Black originally from Kuopio, Finland, released their first EP "Goodbye" in 2014. Now in 2017 the band has released their debut full-length album...
REVIEW: Red Raven Down – EP: Phantoms
Red Raven Down already got introduced to us by frontman Jani Korpela participating in The Voice of Finland, where he even made it through the first round,...
REVIEW: Beast In Black – Berserker
Who doesn't remember the moment Beast In Black released "Blind and Frozen" as their first single? My reaction to that video was somehow a...
REVIEW: I Revolt – EP: I Revolt
Here's yet another episode of our exciting "Support your local band"-thread. This time around we have listened to a young five-piece called I Revolt. The band...
REVIEW: Arch Enemy – Will To Power
When Alissa White-Gluz joined death metal act Arch Enemy during their previous release "War Eternal", the lineup change couldn't have gone smoother. Alissa White-Gluz not only took...
REVIEW: Ensiferum – Two Paths
There is no reason to introduce Ensiferum, except for needing a short introduction to this review. The Finnish folk metal band has been holding...
REVIEW Epica – EP: The Solace System
Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA have released an EP containing six tracks that unfortunately didn't fit into "The Holographic Principle" and you can hear right away...
REVIEW: Blackcurrent – EP: Homicide
Citizens of Finnish city Vantaa often have to deal with the ground to be rumbled by the close vicinity of the airport. It seems...
REVIEW: Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Der Rote Reiter
When the last tones of "Wir Sind Zurück" hit my speakers, I hear the final words of the lyrics: "Seid ihr bereit?" Fuchs sings (translation: Are...
REVIEW: Blind Hen – EP: Life
Blind Hen, a relatively young band hailing from the South of Finland is definitely one of those bands with a very promising future ahead....
REVIEW: Eluveitie – Evocation II – Pantheon
Imagine living in Switzerland from about 500 B.C. to A.D. 400, where a Celtic tribe named the Helvetians settled in the land of the...
REVIEW: Accept – The Rise of Chaos
After a long hiatus in 2009, Mark Tornillo joined German titans of Accept as a vocalist. In 2014 guitarist Herman Frank and Stefan Schwarzmann...
REVIEW: Edguy – Monuments
In 1992 Tobias Sammet and friends decided to name their band after their mathematics teacher, leading to founding Edguy. The band became an immediate...
REVIEW: Heroes Don't Ask Why – Heroes Don't Ask Why
Arising from what was then still a dark cloud in 2015, Heroes Don't Ask Why rose to existence in Kokkola and is our next...
REVIEW: Hamartia – EP: Ílios
Finnish band Hamartia from Tampere hands a very powerful debut EP "Ílios" with a lot of depth, which they released in July 2016. The...
REVIEW: Nicumo – Storms Arise
Northern Finland is home to a new genre: Melancholic metal. What is that, you may ask? A genre used to describe the music Finnish...