This album is good, although it lacks… power. If you feel like being serenaded rather than sang at, this might be up your alley. I haven’t seen them live, but I have a very vivid mental picture of a long haired Michael Buble crooning, meshed with rather apathetic guitar solos....
Iron Maiden is my favorite band hands down and has been for over a decade, I hold them to a very high standard, an almost unfair standard. My initial thoughts on this album were ones of disappointment. It’s regular Maiden formula, the galloping bass, the extended guitar solos, the mighty...
One of the better Kamelot albums as far as I’m concerned, Tommy Karevik sings in his range and he brings a little bit of a heavier and darker feel to the album. Since the departure of Roy Khan, Kamelot has gotten less melancholy and poppy. It’s still creeping on hard...
Starts off promising; heavy, proggy, but there is something about the vocals that is off. Could be the pitch, it’s perhaps an octave too high. The growls sound very forced, and hoarse. Moving through the album there is a trend of wicked guitar solos ruined by misplaced vocals that come...
This debut album by the Canadian melodic metal quartet is amazing. Lots of reverberated vocals with a good range, double kick goodness, sweeping guitar solos, a dose of djent, crushing bass riffs and a dash of some mechanical samples. The production on this album is so well done, it’s worth...
One of the best examples of symphonic metal, this album combines the soprano voice of classically trained Floor Jansen with the fanfare of an orchestra with heavy guitars and drums providing excellent depth. The choir is well utilized, however the falsetto male vocals, are a hindrance. A majority of females...
Going into battle? Have legions of enemies to slay? Look no further for musical accompaniment than the newest release from Finland’s most prominent vikings, Ensiferum. One Man Army is another installment of what we’ve come to expect and love since the band was formed in 1995. The menacing growls of...
I finally got my hands on one of the few Shrapnal demos that were released in June 2014, appropriately named DEMOlition. One of the newest (and youngest) bands in Calgary right now, Shrapnal brings a new but recognizable take on traditional thrash metal. Skyler Mills’ clear classical thrash vocals are...
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXsOBODehxA&w=560&h=315] Originally uploaded through Extreme Metal Television on September 13, 2015.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzH5nAshaBc&w=560&h=315] Originally uploaded through Extreme Metal Television on November 7, 2014.