SKYLINER, a fitting name for an American Power Metal band, considering this kind of buildings in the States… The band was formed in 2000. Five years later a first release was put out, the demo “Light Comes Out Of Black”. … continue reading
WE ALL DIE (LAUGHING) is a French/Belgian Avantgarde/Progressive Metal band, formed in 2013. The name is taken from a track by the Post-Metal/Drone band THE ANGELIC PROCESS, from the band’s 2007 album, “Weighing Souls with Sand”. WE ALL DIE (LAUGHING) … continue reading
The sympathetic Northern Irish rockers from SANDSTONE are back with a new full-length release. It was back in 2009 that I got acquainted with their Heavy/Progressive Metal, as Limb Music re-released “Purging The Past”. See my review here. Two years … continue reading
Said to be formed after a split within DEPRAVITY, an obscure West-Flemish Death/Black Metal band, IMMANENT DISTANCE is young female-fronted Melodic Metal band, formed in 2005 according to Metal-Archives.com. The band released a demo (“Transcend”) in 2009, which quickly sold … continue reading
MUNRUTHEL is the solo project of THUNDERKRAFT (see my review of their latest album here) drummer… Munruthel. Everything started around 1995, when the debut album of SILENTIUM was released. It was a CDemo titled “The Ancients’ Wisdom”, containing 18 electronic … continue reading
DYSCORDIA needs no introduction anymore, at least not for its Belgian fans. Otherwise, I’m going to repeat what I wrote in the “Reveries” review (see here). “Reveries” is the band’s first release, a 6-track EP (2010). Flanders (in Belgium, yes) … continue reading
CIVILIZATION ONE is a German melodic Power Metal band, formed in 2006 by singer Chitral Somapala together with guitarist Aldo Lonobile (SECRET SPHERE), Pierre-Emmanuel Pélisson (MALADAPTIVE, ex- HEAVENLY) and Luca Cartasegna (SECRET SPHERE). You may know Chitral Somapala from such bands … continue reading
I got to know about the Croatian guitar master Ivan Mihaljevic back in 2008, when he released his first album “Sandcastle”. See my review here. On this album Ivan demonstrated his skills, having written songs that reminded of Paul Gilbert, … continue reading
It’s been three years since the German Prog/Power Metal band MOB RULES put out a recording, i.e. first the P “Astral Hand” (see my review here) followed by the full-length “Radical Peace” (see my review here). Both were a big … continue reading
MERCURY FALLING is a German Progressive/Power Metal band, formed 15 years ago. After the demo “Impression Of A Dream” (1998) the band could put out their debut album “Phanta Rei” in 2003. The preceding demo from 2001 was also titled … continue reading