Tag Archives: Album review

Artist: Oddland Album Title: Origin Label: Sensory Records Date Of Release: 9 September 2016 Don’t you just love it when you ‘discover’ a new band? I know I do. It is one of the most exciting things that I can think of, even after over two decades of listening to music. Today’s interesting discovery is  Continue Reading »

Artist: Sonata Arctica Album Title: The Ninth Hour Label: Nuclear Blast Records Date Of Release: 7 October 2016 It has, I must admit, been a long time since I last listened to Sonata Arctica. When I went through a huge power metal binge around the turn of the millennium, I discovered the Finnish metallers via  Continue Reading »

Artist: Edensong Album Title: Years In The Garden Of Years Label: The Laser’s Edge Date Of Release: 30 September 2016 I’m always on the look-out for bands that may have slipped under the radar a little that are worthy of a little extra love and attention. Edensong are just one such band, having been alerted  Continue Reading »

Artist: Meshuggah Album Title: The Violent Sleep of Reason Label: Nuclear Blast Records Date Of Release: 7 October 2016 Despite the fact that the genre of heavy metal as we know and love it today has been in existence for the best part of half a century or so, there precious few metallic creations spawned  Continue Reading »

Artist: Alcest Album Title: Kodama Label: Prophecy Productions Date Of Release: 30 September 2016 Allow me to begin this review in a forthright and clear manner by stating that ‘Kodama’, the fifth release from French duo Alcest, is utterly, jaw-droppingly beautiful. I am thoroughly addicted and transfixed by it, almost to the point of being  Continue Reading »

Artist: Negură Bunget Album Title: ZI Label: Prophecy Productions Date Of Release: 30 September 2016 If you’re on a quest to discover an artist that offers something just that little bit different, then Negură Bunget should be close to the top of your list. I have been a keen observer of the Romanian band ever  Continue Reading »

Artist: Epica Album Title: The Holographic Principle Label: Nuclear Blast Records Date Of Release: 30 September 2016 I’m nothing if not honest – ‘beauty and the beast’ symphonic metal is a genre that I have lost a lot on interest in. Subsequently, I’ve not been sufficiently invested in this seemingly saturated loose sub-genre order to  Continue Reading »

Artist: Amaranthe Album Title: Maximalism Label: Spinefarm Records Date of Release: 21 October 2016 When I first heard the self-titled debut album from Amaranthe in 2011, I was quite rude about it. I considered it to be heavy metal fluff, the kind of music that goes in one ear, gives a momentary shot of aural  Continue Reading »

Artist: Eye Of Solitude Album Title: Cenotaph Label: Independent Release Date Of Release: 31 August 2016 I’m not the biggest fan of pure doom metal, but once in a while, I will succumb to it if it is good enough. And today, I have well and truly succumbed. Referring to themselves as ‘lugubrious doom metal’,  Continue Reading »

Artist: Insomnium Album Title: Winter’s Gate Label: Century Media Records Date Of Release: 23 September 2016 I am a big fan of melodic death metal, a genre normally considered to be the preserve of the Swedes who helped to create the very movement. However, over the past few years, Finland have muscled onto the scene  Continue Reading »