Pandora’s Piñata is the third studio album by Swedish avant-garde metal band Diablo Swing Orchestra. It was released on…
Diablo Swing Orchestra – Pandora’s Piñata (2012)
Sonata Arctica – Stones Grow Her Name (2012)
Having seemingly reached the limits of their experimental comfort zone with the more progressive and/or aggressive…
Arjen Anthony Lucassen – Lost in the New Real (2012)
Lost in the New Real (also referred to as Arjen Anthony Lucassen’s Lost in the New Real) is the…
Sigh – In Somniphobia (2012)
Sigh’s ninth album was described upon its release by vocalist Mirai Kawashima as “your sonic nightmare,” but regardless of who owned it, it…
Epica – Requiem for the Indifferent (2012)
This title refers to the end of an era. Mankind can no longer stick their head in the sand for the things that are happening…
Amberian Dawn – Circus Black (2012)
Stratovarius vocalist Timo Kotipelto provides lead vocals on “Cold Kiss” and keyboardist Jens Johansson (Stratovarius, Dio, Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force) contributed…
Freedom Call – Legend of the Shadowking (2010)
Having a European address is by no means mandatory if one wants to be part of a power metal revival band, but it certainly doesn’t hurt. And being from Germany — a country boasting a…
Freedom Call – Live in Hellvetia (2011)
It isn’t hard to understand why young headbangers who aren’t old enough to remember the ’70s/’80s heyday of power metal are drawn to Freedom Call’s live shows. On-stage, Freedom…
Freedom Call – Land of the Crimson Dawn (2012)
Land of the Crimson Dawn is the seventh full-length album by the German power metal band Freedom Call. It…
Kamelot – Silverthorn (2012)
Silverthorn, the tenth studio album from Tampa, Florida-based fantasy metal veterans Kamelot, is also their first with new vocalist Tommy Karevik, who took over from Roy…
We Came as Romans – Understanding What We’ve Grown to Be (2011)
Understanding What We’ve Grown to Be is the second studio album by We Came as Romans. It was released on September 13, 2011 through Equal Vision Records. It…
Dragonland – Under the Grey Banner (2011)
Under The Grey Banner is the fifth studio album by Swedish power metal band Dragonland. The album was released…
Arkona – Stenka Na Stenku (2011)
25-Minute-long Mini CD incl. 5 Exklusive Non-Album Tracks. Slavonic Pagan Folk Metal. Arkona will be…
Arkona – Slovo (2011)
6th Full-Length Album from the Russian Pagan Folk Metal Force. The members of Arkona have already managed…
Manowar – The Lord of Steel (2012)
The Lord of Steel is the 12th studio album released by the American heavy metal band Manowar in June 2012. It marks a change in the…
Fleshgod Apocalypse – Agony (2011)
DMax Lussier of The NewReview said that Agony “is a very different album than its predecessors”. While he praised the speed of the songs and the…
Xerath – II (2011)
The unimaginative title chosen for Xerath’s second album — II — only heightens existing perceptions that the Baskingstoke, England-based…
Symphony X – Iconoclast (2011)
Symphony X’s eighth studio opus (and first for Nuclear Blast), 2011′s Iconoclast, sees the New Jersey progressive metal…
Theatres des Vampires – Moonlight Waltz (2010)
Moonlight Waltz is the ninth studio album by the Italian extreme gothic metal band Theatres des Vampires. A music video for…
Tristania – Rubicon (2010)
The album was released on August 25, 2010, and displays a different lineup from the previous album. It is the first Tristania album…
Turisas – Stand Up and Fight (2011)
Stand Up and Fight is the third album by the Finnish symphonic / folk metal band Turisas, released on February 23, 2011 through…
Avantasia – Angel of Babylon (2010)
A couple of years after The Scarecrow shook things up, Tobi is back with not one, but two new albums of brand new material featuring the…
Tarja Turunen – What Lies Beneath (2010)
What Lies Beneath is the third album by finnish singer Tarja, which was released on 1 September (Finland), 3 September…
Dark Moor – Ancestral Romance (2010)
Ah, Dark Moor. I’ve enjoyed the vast majority of this band’s discography over the years, even their post-Elisa Martin albums which are a sore spot for some…