Tragacanth. Hmm, that name looks distinctly foreign to me. I wonder what the origin is. As I gaze up the definition, that being a natural gum obtained from the dried sap of several species of [Read »]
Almanac is the new band of ex Rage guitarist Victor Smolski. We also know him from Lingua Mortis Orchestra and on this album he combines both styles to one. Other musicians completing the band are: [Read »]
Revenience are a new act to enter the European metal scene only coming together as a group last year. The enigmatic five piece hail from Bologna, Italy and have released their first full length album, [Read »]
My introduction to Delain was some years ago as one of the opening acts at the 2010 UK edition of Sonisphere. At that stage, though enjoyable, I wouldn’t really have considered them to be peers [Read »]
I am not sure which band/project is the most important or even the most successful one to Tobias Sammet these days, Edguy or Avantasia? But one things is for sure, the effort and energy behind [Read »]
The symphonic powerhouse from Austria has finally returned with their 5th full length album entitled “Codex Atlanticus”. This is a band with a sound filled to the marrow with pure symphonic power metal, which is normally not my [Read »]
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 »]
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 »]
Let’s leave out the fact that Perditus et Dea has been released in February – firstly, there’s no doubt that this album is no light fare, and secondly, it somehow got buried under the monstrous [Read »]
Let’s face the truth: Xandria is one of the most well-known Symphonic Metal bands. And one of the best. Period. Last year, Xandria released their 6th studio album Sacrificium and now they are coming up with a [Read »]
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