Tag: review
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...
REVIEW: Avatarium – Hurricanes and Halos (Musicalypse Archive)
It seems like only yesterday when Sweden's AVATARIUM captured my attention with their mix of doom metal and vintage rock on their previous album,...
(1997) Bruce Dickinson – Accident of Birth: Anniversary special (Musicalypse Archive)
How many instances can you think of where an artist left their established, secure place in the world and set off to prove that...
REVIEW: The Surge – EP: The End Goes On (Musicalypse Archive)
About once a year I come across a demo or a new band that actually piques my interest. It doesn't happen a lot because...
REVIEW: Ten After Dawn – EP: Best of Both Words (Musicalypse...
TEN AFTER DAWN is an electronic/industrial dark-pop band from Helsinki that recently came onto my radar, formed by Teemu Salo and Toni Viholainen. These...
REVIEW: Brother Firetribe – Sunbound (Musicalypse Archive)
The '80s have returned! BROTHER FIRETRIBE has paid homage to the music world’s greatest decade with "False Metal" (2006), "Heart Full of Fire" (2008),...
REVIEW: Beauty and the Beast – Original Soundtrack (Musicalypse Archive)
Well, this is something I'm sure most of you didn't expect to find here! This is Musicalypse, not Filmpocalypse (spinoff site, maybe?) after all....
REVIEW: The Night Flight Orchestra – Amber Galactic (Musicalypse Archive)
Although the NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA features well-known members of Swedish bands like SOILWORK and ARCH ENEMY, it's a far cry from a melodeath supergroup:...
REVIEW: The Mute Gods – Tardigrades Will Inherit the Earth (Musicalypse...
My favorite debut album last year was "Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me" by the new prog rock act THE MUTE GODS, as...
REVIEW: Lost in Grey – The Grey Realms (Musicalypse Archive)
LOST IN GREY is a newcomer to the Finnish metal scene, even if frontman Harri Koskela is not. This symphonic metal project tells...
REVIEW: Zeal & Ardor – Devil is Fine (Musicalypse Archive)
Just when you think you've seen it all, you come across something like this. ZEAL AND ARDOR is a one-man project by Swiss-born Manuel...
REVIEW: Tim Bowness – Lost in the Ghost Light (Musicalypse Archive)
Tim Bowness is best known as the other half of the British art pop duo NO-MAN, which also includes Steven Wilson. For some reason,...
REVIEW: Ember Falls – Welcome to Ember Falls (Musicalypse Archive)
It's no secret that I've been a huge fan of EMBER FALLS ever since I learned of their existence in 2016, nor that my...
REVIEW: Haken – Aquarius & Visions (reissues) (Musicalypse Archive)
British new-generation prog metallers HAKEN are celebrating their 10th anniversary as a band this year, and their first two albums, "Aquarius" (2010) and "Visions"...