This Finnish art-doom band is something of an underground all-star project, featuring members or ex-members of Swallow the Sun, Kreator, Amorphis…
Barren Earth – The Curse of the Red River (2010)
Barren Earth – The Devil’s Resolve (2012)
The Devil’s Resolve is the second full-length album by Finnish progressive death metal band Barren Earth. [1] The album is said to contain even more 1970s progressive…
Amorphis – Forging the Land of Thousand Lakes (2010)
It’s easy to be skeptical of live records. Oftentimes they’re put out by labels looking to bring in a little extra money between releases while…
Amoral – Beneath (2012)
BENEATH is the fifth album by Finnish heavy metal band AMORAL.[1] The American release date was 2/14/12. It was released in Europe by…
Amorphis – The Beginning Of Times (2011)
Pretty much from the very start, Amorphis’ career has been about constant reinvention (hence the name, hello!), and so the Finnish group’s albums…
Lordi – Babez for Breakfast (2010)
When theatrical/makeup bands like Alice Cooper and Kiss first appeared on the scene in the early ’70s, quite a few journalists wrote them off as…
Finntroll – Nifelvind (2010)
Finntroll and Korpiklaani are the two prime contenders for the throne as “kings of Finnish folk metal.” They both do more or less the same thing…
Apocalyptica – 7th Symphony (2010)
Apocalyptica was a cool concept to begin with: four classical cellists playing arrangements of Metallica songs. But that was their first EP, and that was a long time ago…
Stratovarius – Elysium (2011)
Elysium is the thirteenth studio album by power metal band Stratovarius, released on January 12, 2011 through Victor Entertainment (Japan) and on January…