Albums

Origins – Oh that accent and the story-like voice! It’s a great way to start the album, as it prepares you for an epic journey. And considering these very high expectations are met, I have to say I am extremely satisfied with this album. The nameless – Aaaaand then the headbanging starts. There’s something …

The early summer of 2014 was a good time to be a folk metal fan, as June brought on not one, but three such albums, mostly from bands that took their sweet time working on their next release. Falconer, Black moon rising Black moon rising is a pleasant album, that sends …

With the risk of attracting the wrath of the older Opeth fans, I have to say I’m very happy that they’re continuing on the path they started with Heritage. This is an album that’s more prog rock than progressive metal, but personally I love it. It’s moody, it’s complex, it’s experimental …

Symphonic gothic metal has always been a love of mine, to the point where I would be obsessed with it and know pretty much every band in and around the genre. With age came less spare time and more need for variety and nowadays I regularly listen only to a …

Once I was an ignorant child who knew nothing of the wonder that Matt Barlow is. Then my boyfriend (now husband) saved me from my darkness by showing me a live interpretation of Iced Earth’s Dracula and I was in awe. That man, who I would affectionately call Lurch because of his …

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 …

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 …