Archive for 2013

I was a bit worried about the band splitting in half, but apparently both Rhapsody of fire and Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody are doing just fine. There’s just more Rhapsody in the world under two different titles and what’s not to like about that? It’s an album that’s epic and grand …

There’s a notable change in style between The never ending way of ORWarriOR and All is one and I’m not sure what to think about it. On All is one they explore their softer and more sensible side more and the result is simply beautiful, but on the other hand I really miss the death metal …

Phase I, singularity starts with the wonderful voice of JB from Grand Magus, one of the great vocal additions of this album and I’m already excited!  Arjen has the habit of making his singers sound better than ever and this album certainly makes no exception. It made me like Christina Scabbia, …

I fell in love with Orphaned Land after seeing them live and I’ve been pretty much obsessed with them ever since. The oriental vibe might put a lot of people off, especially in a country where the epitome of bad taste is genre that draws its roots from Turkish and …

Oh my God, I can die happy now, I saw The Wall and it was BRILLIANT!!!! I had always loved Pink Floyd, I had always loved the album, but I never listened and understood it as I did the other night. So much anger, so much frustration, so much sadness, …

Day 1 Amaranthe I used to strongly dislike Elize Ryd, she seemed very stuck up and self centered and vain and cold and unable to interact on stage with anyone else but her hair, but I must admit that she is much more tolerable in Amaranthe than she is with …

I have to start once more complaining about the organisation. It was a complete “fuck you” to the fans and you could tell that every bad decision happened because of greed and desire to make the most money from it. I’m not even going to go into how expensive everything …

After my beloved Vibeke’s departure and an album that was a whole lot better than I expected and at the same time a whole lot weaker than I expected, I had no idea what Tristania’s new album would have in store for me. I was hoping that Mary would consolidate …

Eluveitie I had waited for years to see Eluveitie live and so it figures that they came to Bucharest without Anna… Don’t get me wrong, I had a lot of fun and they were really good and energetic and full of good vibes as always, but I’m a bit disappointed …

It’s hard to keep up with Gamma Ray and Helloween and charm an audience that is waiting for your concert to pass quickly so that they get to the goodies of the show, but Shadowside seemed to have had issues with keeping the audience alert no matter the circumstances, they were most …