Hailing from Cremona, Italy, symphonic gothic metal band Evenoire are one of a different breed. Founded in 2007, the band consists of vocalist and flautist Lisy Stefanoni, bassist Marco Binotto, drummer Daniele Foroni, guitarist Alessandro Gervasi, and newest member/guitarist Toshiro Brunelli. With an abundant amount...
Finland's Insomnium has been carving their name in stone as leaders in melodic death metal since their formation in 1997. Founded by Niilo Sevänen when only seventeen years of age, he asked his two metal loving friends Ville Friman and Markus Hirvonen if they wanted...
Sweden's Dead By April is a band whose style is hard to define. Together now since 2007, over the course of the years, the band has combined many sub-genres of rock with electro and pop music. Their sound is rather unique and if they must...
The spring of 2014 has given birth to a new season of female fronted symphonic metal albums from some of the genres elite. Speaking of which, Dutch band Epica are back and ready to release a new studio album. Founded in 2002 by former After...
The symphonic gothic metal band from Germany named Xandria has been going strong for two decades. In that long period of time the band has sustained a list of line-up changes, including four vocalists after the departure of Manuela Kraller in 2013. Quickly rebounding, last...
Tuomas Holopainen is the founder, main composer, and keyboardist of Finnish orchestral metal band Nightwish. On Nightwish's last three albums, Once (2004), Dark Passion Play (2007) and Imaginaerum (2011), the direction of the music has became larger than ever, with more instruments, more orchestra, and...
The symphonic/gothic metal band from the Netherlands known as Delain, conjured in 2002 by former Within Temptation keyboardist Martijn Westerholt and To Eliysum vocalist Charlotte Wessels, are back with their forth full-length album in 2014. Titled The Human Contradiction, the album comes two years after...
Sonata Arctica is a power metal band from Finland, who has been together now for eighteen years. Pariah’s Child is the band's 8th studio album and with release, the band announced that it is a return to their original power metal roots, after having tried...
It has been eighteen years since Within Temptation first saw the light of day. This epic Dutch band started with a visceral and mystical style, but has converted to a more mainstream approach of metal music after the first two albums, most pronounced after the...
