Tag Sonata Arctica
Last time I covered Sonata Arctica, one of the long established titans of European Power Metal, they didn’t impress me at all. Their work was, putting it bluntly… Shite. It lacked that energy and spark which the band used to… Continue Reading →
Just over 20 years since Swedish Power Metal mainstays Axenstar released their impressive debut “Perpetual Twilight” the band has racked up a number of equally attention-grabbing and unapologetically bombastic Metal albums, arriving in 2023 with their eighth offering (if only… Continue Reading →
Oooookaaaay Reverend…. This is both weird and more than a little creepy in places. A minute into what has built up into a pretty cool epic/power metal song ‘Leave A Little Room’ , suddenly we drop into half spoken word… Continue Reading →
Four albums in Fifteen years isn’t the most regular of album output, but Scandinavian (Three Swedish musicians with a Norwegian vocalist) Melodic Power Metal Band Saint Deamon are not a band to be rushed. In the scheme of things, it’s… Continue Reading →
Well that took a while didn’t it? It’s eleven years since we heard anything from Swedish Symphonic Power Metal maestros Dragonland! It’s always possible that some members were busy with other projects, for instance, it’s more than possible that guitarist… Continue Reading →
The UK has always been a bit of a tough place to be a Power Metal band. Ironic given that Iron Maiden are cited as one of Power Metal’s main influences, but basically, if you are not actually Iron Maiden,… Continue Reading →
Fallen Sanctuary are a brand new and much anticipated Melodic Symphonic Power Metal band formed by, and featuring the twin vocal approach of Georg Neuhauser (Serenity, Warkings, Phantasma etc) and guitarist/vocalist Marco Pastorino (Temperance, Virtual Symmetry, Wonders etc), who developed… Continue Reading →
Serious Black are back once again and for those who have read my previous coverage of their releases, you know that I consider this band a formidable force in the European metal scene. They have the history and pedigree of… Continue Reading →
This is Veonity’s fifth album (their debut emerging back in 2015 – and impressively in the Metal world with the same line-up!) and their second in their new home of Scarlet Records, enabling the band and their polished, expertly executed… Continue Reading →
It’s Christmas time. There’s no need to be afraid. Well, I wouldn’t go that far, especially as a fella with more than a passing resemblance to Saint Nick. “Oh thanks for the Father Christmas shout random stranger – original!”. However one thing that… Continue Reading →
Let’s get this out of the way now. Sonata Arctica’s brand of melodic metal is not for everyone. If Cannibal Corpse are Last House on the Left and Eaten Alive then these jovial Finns are the Princess Bride and Labyrinth… Continue Reading →
A Symphonic Power Metal band…from Sweden…on Nuclear Blast…called Majestica? And right now the readership has split straight into two camps – the first who read that and went “Oh bloody hell, I know exactly what THAT will be like” and… Continue Reading →