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'Inner Silence' is the debut album of German based, female fronted melodic metal band Envinya. The vocals of Natalie Pereira Dos Santos is quite typical for the genre, whilst the music in general has a slightly darker, goth oriented approach. The sound is modern and the sporadic use of screaming male vocals underlines the modern approach, while the lead instrumental parts are more in the neo-classical vein. There's no...

Those out there who have lived a while might remember Swedish act Alien making an impact on the melodic hard rock scene in the late eighties/early nineties, but since then the band has more or less been surrounded by silence. In 2010 Alien re-united with the original line up and now they are back with a brand new album entitled 'Eternity'. The album consists of 12 great AOR/melodic rock...

'The Aura', debut album of Canadian technical death metallers Beyond Creation, was originally released in 2011 but has now been re-released by Season Of Mist. The band was founded in Montreal, Canada in 2005 and has only released one demo prior to 'The Aura'. What about the music then? Well, as already stated this is thechnical death metal and it's pretty amazing stuff. The technical skills of the individual...

Testament viste med sitt forrige album, ´The formation of damnation´, at de fortsatt kan sine saker og bandet fortsetter å overbevise med sitt nyeste verk som har fått tittelen ´Dark roots of the earth´. Duoen Skolnick/Peterson har denne gangen valgt å gjøre som i gode gamle dager når de skriver låter, nemlig å sette seg ned med hver sin gitar og jamme frem ideer uten noen andre instrumenter...

'Invader From Beyond' is a concept album and third full lenght offering from German based Damnation Defaced. As far as i recall I haven't heard any of their previous albums yet, but I'm sure I will check out both after having heard this one. Damnation Defaced is a death metal band, but not a traditional one since their style mixes elements from several of death metal's sub genres. The...

Staind har hatt noen heldige komposisjoner gjennom årene som har truffet massen godt. På dette selvtitulerte albumet er vi kommet frem til deres sjuende album i rekken og denne gangen ser de seg tilbake mot starten med et langt tyngre sound enn på lenge. Skiva er nærmere nu røttene og er ikke like radio vennlig som deres senere utgivelser har vært preget av. Samtidig har de latt deres postgrunge...

Norwegian progressive metal outfit, ILLUSION SUITE, made a very promising debut with their 2009 effort, "Final Hour", which was released through the Limb Music label. Since then the band has signed for Power Prog and been through a couple of line-up changes as well. 'The Iron Cemetary' is more or less following in the same footprints as the debut, still everything has been even more refined and taken a...

Eternal Delyria is a new discovery for me, though the band has been active since 2011. Formed in Ticino, Switzerland, they previously released one EP and one full‑length album before unveiling Paradox of the Mechanical Angel. While the foundation of their sound is firmly rooted in melodic death metal, the band incorporates elements from several other genres, giving the album a broader and more textured identity. ...

'Exile' is the debut album from Barcelona based progressive death metallers Karlahan. The album was recorded in The Room Studios in Barcelona, while mixing and mastering duties were handled to Dan Swanö in his Unisound Studios in Sweden. Swanö also appear as guest artist on 'Exile', and you can easily hear that Karlahan has gained inspiration from mr. Swanö's projects. Anyway, the result of this collaboration is an exiting...

On their later releases Norwegian extreme metal act Vreid have made historical based concept stories some kind of a trademark. While ´I Krig´and ´Milorg´ was about the Norwegian liberation work during world war 2, ´V´was dealing with liberation in a broader historical and philosophic view. On ´Welcome Farewell" the lyrics are more personal and concentrated around Hválls own local community. The music is still typical Vreid but everything seems...