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Midnattsol : The Metamorphosis Melody

by Trevor Portz Staff Writer Following their seemingly standard three-year gap between albums, symphonic metallers Midnattsol have readied their third release, The Metamorphosis Melody. Fans may be happy (or sad) to know that despite the name, the lyrical themes do not appear to be inspired by [...]

Leaves’ Eyes : Meredead

by Joe Mis Staff Writer “Unmistakably different” reads the intro to Leaves’ Eyes bio on their Facebook page, and indeed that is not far from the truth. The veteran troupe of international symphonic metal stars is back with their fourth studio entitled Meredead. More than symphonic metal, [...]

Vintersorg Jordpuls

by Trevor Portz Staff Writer While he may be known for his seemingly endless string of projects, ranging from the all-out folk metal of Otyg, to the pure prog of Waterclime, or his well-known position as frontman for Borknagar, Andreas Hedlund has finally returned to the band that gave him his [...]

Visions of Atlantis Delta

by Franco Cerchiari Staff Writer It has been said since the dawn of man, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Ok…but what about within the realm of music – particularly metal? Is it ok to maintain the status quo if what worked on previous releases, the band should do more of the same [...]

Nox Aurea Ascending in Triumph

by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Ascending in Triumph is the second album from Swedish gothic/doom/death metal band Nox Aurea. The Gothenburg-based band takes a fairly melodic, yet still completely heavy, approach to the doom/death genre and adds gothic elements like symphonic keyboards and clean [...]

Battlelore Doombound

by Marc C Staff Writer While 12 years of history and numerous line-up changes would be enough for any band to lose focus and wander, Battlelore not only found a way to keep it together, but may have recorded their defining album in Doombound. Drawing on the inspiration of JRR Tolkien’s Middle [...]

Falkenbach Tiurida

by Trevor Portz Staff Writer It seems that in the nearly 20 years(!) that Viking metal has been a recognized metal subgenre, essentially two Viking “tribes” have emerged. On one side, we have the more extreme-metal influenced groups that like to lace in folk melodies and what not, but are still [...]

Monster Magnet Mastermind

by Trevor Portz Staff Writer Any band that’s been on the scene for 20+ years is bound to go through changes: band members, levels of fame, style revamps; you know the drill. Monster Magnet have faced all of these and more (Dave Wyndorf’s nearly fatal prescription drug overdose a few years back, [...]

Edenbridge Solitaire

by Franco Cerchiari Staff Writer One of the best female fronted goth/symphonic bands cut loose with their follow up to 2008’s My Earth Dream, that featured the amazing track, “Whale Rider,” (a larger than life ballad with keyboards to die for.) Solitaire is Edenbridge’s seventh studio [...]

Revolution Renaissance Trinity

by Trevor Portz Staff Writer Anyone who has been successful in the music biz as long as Timo Tolkki is bound to have ups and downs in terms of producing quality material. Luckily for him, though, there have been far more ups, and Trinity, the third (and final?) offering from his post-Stratovarius [...]

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