Tag: review
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: Leprous – Malina (Musicalypse Archive)
Ever since I joined this site, we've been keeping a close eye on LEPROUS. The melancholic Norwegian prog metal group has been busy touring...
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: The Haunted – Strength in Numbers (Musicalypse Archive)
I've been a fan of THE HAUNTED (without knowing it) since I heard "Dark Intentions," the legendary intro track from "...Made Me Do It"...
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: Eluveitie – Evocation II: Pantheon (Musicalypse Archive)
The time has come! ELUVEITIE had what seemed to be a rather rough division in members last year, resulting in the formation of CELLAR...
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: Crimfall – Amain (Musicalypse Archive)
CRIMFALL has been fairly quiet since their 2011 album, "The Writ of Sword," with the odd tour date here-and-there. Now it seems they're back with...
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,...
REVIEW: Shaman’s Harvest – Red Hands Black Deeds (Musicalypse Archive)
This album showed up in the mail a few weeks ago, and has been sitting on my desk ever since. I've never heard of...
REVIEW: Wintersun – The Forest Seasons (Musicalypse Archive)
And so the climax of WINTERSUN's controversy is finally upon us! For those of you who are late to the party, WINTERSUN has been...
REVIEW: Cellar Darling – This is the Sound (Musicalypse Archive)
Let me be frank - I've been terrified to listen to this album. I really like CELLAR DARLING. I like Anna Murphy, I like...
REVIEW: Iced Earth – Incorruptible (Musicalypse Archive)
It's been 3 years, which means it's time for another ICED EARTH album. There's been some debate over the progression of the band in...
REVIEW: Tuesday the Sky – Drift (Musicalypse Archive)
It's no secret that Jim Matheos is one of my favorite musicians. As the captain of progressive metal pioneers FATES WARNING and the other half...
(2007) Turisas – The Varangian Way: Anniversary Special (Musicalypse Archive)
Ahh, sweet Turisas! You stormed the Viking folk metal world with your debut in 2004 and took what you started and ran with it...
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...
(2007) Sonata Arctica – Unia: Anniversary Special (Musicalypse Archive)
Major stylistic shifts are often frowned upon in the metal scene. SONATA ARCTICA got to experience this first-hand in 2007 upon the release of...