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It’s been over 10 years since Tarja Turunen was sent packing from one of the world’s largest metal acts, Nightwish. It’s only natural that fans would bring up the issue and make comparisons to her former band, but Tarja has been striving to be a single entity over the last decade, and not one with a stigma attached. We look at the first part of her two part release, ‘The Brightest Void‘.
It’s been a very long time since Tool released an album, and we’re beginning to think it might never happen. Iceland’s Future Figment however are making brash attempts to fill the genre’s void with their debut release, ‘Qualm‘.
Insanities can manifest themselves in many different forms. From the everyday hustle and bustle of life to more impactful situations which can have a knock on effect to create entities the likes of depression. It can be a malleable and incredibly hard foe to tackle which is ever present throughout life whatever form it might be. Taking madness as their muse Lacuna Coil play with the idea on their brand new record Delirium.
Anger can be a limitless resource fuelling endeavours with avidity. Architects have long since been striving towards where they stand today, set to release their brand new album All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us the growing pains experienced by the band have led them to become a unit now solidified by the addition of guitarist Adam Christianson the Brighton quintet look to indignation in delivering their brand new record.
Music itself could be considered cyclical, an ever changing entity feeds off history, culture and aggression. Asserting it dominance in the late eighties Thrash Metal was a force to be reckoned with. Returning from the graves of the Ultra Violence Death Angel forcefully kicked down the door once again asserting their dominance within the scene. With a three year gap between previous effort The Dream Call For Blood the band bare their teeth once again with The Evil Divide.
Unveiling their latest offering All Hail The Yeti bring to the fore their interpretation of a sound that has been among the Metal movement for years. Behind the machismo grooves is there any real substance behind the band? Delving into Scream From A Black Wilderness we aim to find out.
Conjuring memories through the vapour of nostalgia Katatonia stand alone. Though the sun might be beginning to shine these doom mongers bring a very much autumnal sound as we begin Spring. Celebrating their ten year anniversary of the classic The Great Cold Distance the band unveil their latest masterstroke, The Fall of Hearts.
Archetypal in the fruition of Death Metal, metal heads the world over shall forever be indebted to the genius that was Death. Pioneers of a more technical ability whilst never forgoing melody the band grew exponentially both in musical direction and philosophical ideals but it wasn’t always like that… Beginning as as a zombie munching horror loving entity before its lofty theoretical transformation. Having made their debut with Savage Land just last year Gruesome return with a brand new EP Dimensions of Horror once more to simultaneously honour and challenge Death.