Few things in the world of metal music excite me more than the impending release of a new album from Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia, the would-be side project of the entertaining and…
Melodic Power Metal
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The Floridian power metal band Artizan made me first take note of them back in August of 2011 when they were performing on the “Uniting the Powers of Metal” tour, and…
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The land of Slovakia has been producing a fine and steady stream of high-quality metal over the last few years, and relative newcomers Within Silence is part of that ongoing scene.…
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Since the release of their 3rd album, Exodus, in 2013, the Slovakian power metal band Signum Regis is back again. As they continue working on their 4th full-length studio album, due…
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As it happens, one of the few things that manage to frustrate me about my favourite bands is the fact they can’t release awesome new albums more often, say, every year.…
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Black Fate is a group that has an established founding in 1990, but has undergone a number of lineup changes and hiatuses that have developed over time to form the band’s…
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The term “supergroup” is used often to describe recording projects that involve a gathering of well-known musicians from popular bands who join together to release music under a new moniker, usually…
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Do you perhaps know this feeling when you start listening to some album and think along the lines “well, nothing new or groundbreaking here”? And then after only a few minutes…
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Multinational melodic metal band Eden’s Curse started out in 2007 on a high note, and kept gathering acclaim. Their initial self titled release garnered much attention, to which they followed up…
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Anyone who is familiar with German power metal knows the name Magnus Karlsson. His list of achievements/writing credits/bands in the world of melodic metal could fill an encyclopedia. His main gig…