Piano? Check. Growls? Check. Epic clean vocals? Check. Well-written lyrics that you’ll be singing to by the second listen? Check. Ovary exploding arrangement of guitar solos and melodies? Check. This is easily one of the best albums Amorphis has come out with. 9/10 Originally published on extrememetal.tv
Between the name, the logo and the album art and the genre listed I was anticipating some doom metal. Maybe doom metal is different in Greece, this isn’t doomy at all. It makes more sense to file it under power metal. With that considered, it’s fairly good. Vocals have good...
I think this falls somewhere into the spacy goth rock category. Maybe post grunge industrial. It’s weird in a neat kind of way, but the strained distorted vocals I could do without. Props to these guys for developing their own unique sound, something that would be at home in the...
One of my first interviews on camera, with Iced Earth! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL_Jn8APy-Y?list=PL344VKyZmrHKHics4R07yg72yRz1F5chD&w=560&h=315] Originally published through Extreme Metal Television on Oct 4, 2014.
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...
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...