I don’t really do much exploration anymore in my metal as often as I used to given that I’ve honed in on what styles I really like in the last few years. Recently, though, I’ve been craving some good prog … Continue reading Scardust – Sands of Time
It’s so easy for a band to take something as well known as the Roman Empire and turn it into some form of music. It’s been a huge inspiration to musicians for centuries and still continues to this very day. … Continue reading Ex Deo – The Immortal Wars
Everyone has so many different ideas when it comes to creating new and unique types of music that even when you constantly sift through them, it’s hard to keep up. Yet for me, the most unique type of music has … Continue reading Xandria – Theater of Dimensions
I’m a fan of many things. A lot of stuff in the world of metal music tends to be very favorable in my eyes and while I feel I can agree with a lot of what I hear, there are … Continue reading SevenSins – Due Diaboli Et Apocalypse
I’m as much a fan of tales of fantasy and wizards and dragons and things as much as the next guy. It’s gotta be presented pretty well, though, it can’t just be all mashed together without and then tada! a … Continue reading Daedric Tales – Cult of Ashes
There are many styles of metal that can easily be labeled as epic such as some might consider death metal to be epic and others claim that folk is more worthy of such a description. But I’m more… selective with … Continue reading Enemy of Reality – Arakhne
It’s difficult enough to make any sort of music, that much I feel is obvious to anyone who knows about the tedious process. There’re so many moving parts and intricacies that go on, and the world of metal is clearly … Continue reading Diabulus in Musica – Dirge for the Archons
Whoever said that symphonies were boring? Who dared to say that they were dull, boring, and could put any bastard poor enough to experience it into slumber instantly? People who don’t know about symphonic metal, that’s who! Combining the swift … Continue reading Sirenia – Dim Days of Dolor
I want you to imagine a band that is the reason the term “genre-bending” is a thing. I’m sure we’ve all got at least one we can think of. Got it? Magnificent. Now, I want to you get ready to … Continue reading Candiria – While They Were Sleeping
Whenever a new symphonic metal band comes across my radar I’m always a little hesitant because the style has always been a legitimate toss up in every sense for me. So even though I’d never listen to the veterans of … Continue reading Delain – Moonbathers
