Tag: album review
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...
REVIEW: Junktone – EP: Junkrock
Meet Junktone, established in 2016 in Tampere. Put 5 experienced players together in a band who bring a mixture of metal, '90s Seattle grunge,...
(1992) Dream Theater – Images & Words: Anniversary Special (Musicalypse Archive)
Progressive metal legends DREAM THEATER are out on the road this year, celebrating the 25th anniversary of their best-selling and most popular album, "Images...
REVIEW: Red Moon Architect – Return of the Black Butterflies
The town of Kouvola is often referred to as the "largest lighted cemetery" in Finland. Finland, which also happens to be seen as cold...
Review: Skellington – EP: Caveman Rising
Swedish metal band Skellington returns after a couple of years of silence with a brand new EP “Caveman Rising”. The album is digitally available...
REVIEW: Kobra and the Lotus – Prevail I (Musicalypse Archive)
While Canada's metal scene might not be known for much more than Devin Townsend, there are a few other gems to be found in...
REVIEW: Firewind – Immortals (Musicalypse Archive)
It’s been 5 years since their last studio album, "Few Against Many," came out, but now FIREWIND are back with their newest creation, "Immortals."...
REVIEW: Maschine – Naturalis (Musicalypse Archive)
British progressive rock/metal band MASCHINE is a new name to me, although they've got one record, "Rubidium" (2013), under their belts already. Their new...
REVIEW: Riverside – Eye of the Soundscape (Musicalypse Archive)
Arguably one of the greatest progressive rock bands of the 21st century, RIVERSIDE faced a tragedy earlier this year when founding member Piotr Grudziński...
REVIEW: John Wesley – a way you’ll never be (Musicalypse Archive)
John Wesley is known to most prog fans as a sideman, having worked as MARILLION's guitar tech, Fish's songwriting partner and guitarist, and most...
SCREENING: Nightwish – Vehicle of Spirit (Musicalypse Archive)
NIGHTWISH is one hell of a band these days, now that they have their strongest line-up yet, so it's no small wonder why they...
REVIEW: Opeth – Sorceress (Musicalypse Archive)
OPETH's recent releases have been rather polarizing in the metal community. I had no problem at all with the stylistic change on "Heritage" (2011),...
REVIEW: Insomnium – Winter’s Gate (Musicalypse Archive)
These days, INSOMNIUM is one of those bands that hardly needs to be introduced to metal audiences. Ever since their debut in 2002, this...
REVIEW: Fates Warning – Theories of Flight (Musicalypse Archive)
Progressive metal pioneers FATES WARNING started enriching my record collection around the time their previous album, "Darkness in a Different Light" (2013), came out....
REVIEW: Whispered – Metsutan: Songs of the Void (Musicalypse Archive)
WHISPERED first caught my attention after the release of their debut album, "Thousand Swords," in 2010. "Thousand Swords" presented a mature band – WHISPERED...
REVIEW: Amon Amarth – Jomsviking (Musicalypse Archive)
It has been weirdly hard for me to decide if I like AMON AMARTH or not. If you had asked me 6 years ago,...
REVIEW: Lacuna Coil – Delirium (Musicalypse Archive)
Oh LACUNA COIL, how I used to love you. I don't remember how I came across these guys back in the day, but I...
REVIEW: Everfrost – Blue Eyed Emotion + concept teaser (Musicalypse Archive)
The name EVERFROST may be a new one to many of you, which is a true shame. Formed by Benjamin Connelly in 2014, this...
(2004) Ayreon – The Human Equation: Anniversary special (Musicalypse Archive)
When you think of a rock/metal opera, or a concept album, you know that no one does it better than Arjen Lucassen's AYREON (unless...