Album Reviews

Wisdom – Rise of the Wise

19th February 2016 Markus Falkenberg

My first impression of Wisdom’s “Rise of the Wise” was that of a highly skilled Old School Power Metal band. Clear vocals, melody, guitar riffs and solos, basically everything what one would expect from a [Read »]

Album Reviews

Fireleaf – Behind the Mask

14th February 2016 Reinier de Vries

This is the debut album of this German power metal (with balls) band, but with ex-Stormwitch members Ralf Stoney and Micha Kasper (Glennmore) a band with a lot of experience. That experience I can certainly hear because [Read »]

Album Reviews

Septagon – Deadhead Syndicate

4th February 2016 Reinier de Vries

Markus Ullrich and Jürgen Schrank both known from Lanfear, Markus Becker (Atlantean Kodex), Alexander Palma and Stef Binnig Gollub form this German band. After an intro, the first track “Revolt Against the Revolution” sets off and immediately [Read »]

Album Reviews

Serenity – Codex Atlanticus

29th January 2016 Megan McMillan

  One of Europe’s finest symphonic power metal bands, Serenity released their spellbinding fifth studio album, Codex Atlanticus this year. The Austrian quartet has truly put together a masterpiece and start 2016 on top of [Read »]

Album Reviews

Brainstorm – Scary Creatures

10th January 2016 Reinier de Vries

Strike while the iron is hot is an expression that can be used here. The band didn’t waste a lot of time entering the studio again after their rather successful 2014 album ‘Firesoul’. The first album I [Read »]

Album Reviews

Benighted Soul – Kenotic

28th December 2015 Thomas Nielsen

I’ve been exposed to a lot of French music off late because, Doweet,  a promotion/distibution company from France, has kindly begun to send us material. Some of it is terrible and not at all within [Read »]

Album Reviews

Eldritch – Underlying Issues

7th November 2015 Reinier de Vries

This is the tenth album of this Italian band. Eldritch is a progressive metal band, although I have to say that the term progressive isn’t always easy to describe. What is progressive? Must the music [Read »]