Norwegian Songstress Liv Kristine Espenæs is no stranger to Heavy Metal. With the voice of a siren who sounds like an angel, Kristine got her start with the Gothic Metal outfit Theatre of Tragedy, with whom she spent nearly a decade and released 5 studio...
Midnattsol are back and bigger than ever, now fronted by the awe-inspiring vocal team of Carmen Elise Espenæs and sister Liv Kristine Espenæs (Leaves’ Eyes, Theatre of Tragedy), authoring an entirely new book of stories on The Aftermath, which arrives May 25, 2018, through Napalm...
If there are modern day Heavy Metal bands with old roots enjoying a better run of successful albums than Finland's restless enclave, the mighty Amorphis, it might be difficult to name more than a mere few. May 18th, 2018 sees these innovators of Melodic Death...
Currently comprised by Kobi Farhi (lead vocals), Uri Zelcha (bass), Matan Shmuely (drums, percussion), Chen Balbus (guitars, piano, bouzouki, saz, oud, xylophone, backing vocals), and Idan Amsalem (guitars, bouzouki), the Israeli Metal band Orphaned Land was formed in 1991, in Petah Tikva/Bat Yam, Israel, and released...
Prepare your alehorns for celebration and head for the high seas of adventure, Leaves' Eyes are set to make their triumphant return with Sign of the Dragonhead on Friday, January 12, 2018, thanks to AFM Records. German-Norwegian Symphonic Metal alumni Leaves' Eyes were formed in 2003...
Through the years, Finland has established an abundant Heavy Metal scene. With roots dug deep in Folk Metal, one of the heavier Folk Metal acts outside the ever popular Finntroll and Korpiklaani, is none other than Ensiferum. At it since 1995, their Melodic Death Metal...
Hindsight is more than just a look back at history. It allows the ponderer to reflect on the lasting effects of whatever it is one happens to be considering. For Amorphis, 2007 was arguably one of the most important times in the Finnish band's 27 year...
The appreciation of music written in foreign languages is not an art practiced or comprehended by all. Although, if really broken down, music is a universal form of communication, therefore the dialect sung merely becomes another instrumentation in the orchestration. So why close one's mind when the emotional level...
If we were talking about Horror movies, Cellar Darling might be a dastardly little gloom dolly, sitting in the basement and haunting your nightmares. Fortunately for those afraid of polystyrene-stuffed appendages, instead Cellar Darling are a trio of Metal musicians from Switzerland. Their debut studio...
Pagan Metal, more often than not, hails from the European corner of the Earth. Perhaps due in part to their diverse old world cultures readily available to them, it is not to say American bands have nothing to offer the genre. That said, Helsott falls...
