Sophie Laliberté 141 articles

Let’s have a new trip through the strange and varied musical landscapes created by Amorphis, because there is unexpected beauty to this musical world. Amorphis...

Here’s a fascinating mixture of death metal and gothic metal, about a chaotic world and uncertainties about the future. This album is gothic and death-obsessed,...

Here is a tortured EP influenced by nu-metal and extreme metal, that shows some potential but doesn’t go all the way yet. There are many...

Here’s a first for me: how do you review a cover album? Do you review how the music stands on its own, or how it...

Here’s a gloomy World War First-themed black/death metal album that has its moments but isn’t well-made or long enough to make a big impact. Most...

Here is a nice rocking album with all sorts of promising ideas and interesting stories. The album is somewhere between rock and metal, with some...

Here is a band working through their sorrows and difficult emotions with the help of a tortured doom metal album, and with rather musically enjoyable...

Here is an interesting album with a mix of almost all genres of popular music and themes of survival in a broken world. It’s pretty...

What a great and majestic power metal album. Rhapsody of Fire give us another symphonic and power metal adventure, full of energy, great choruses and...

With this fine selection of dark, creative and apocalyptic tracks, Imperial Triumphant offer one memorable concert experience. Some background: Imperial Triumphant is a band inspired...

Is this the ultimate album of Satan? Well, it may not be the best thrash-influenced black metal album you’ll ever hear, but it’s definitely enjoyable....

Here’s a nice death metal album with a lot of energy and a selection of tracks about death, chaos and various questions, that should get...

Here is an eerie and haunted album, that isn’t always great but has some really good moments and most importantly, really succeeds in creating a...

Let’s hear the songs of the mountains, and explore their musical landscape, bask in their beautiful and odd atmosphere. Yes, this is the kind of...

Now, here’s a nice metal symphony of mythological stories and diverse musical elements. Some background might be needed. I’m reviewing a new split disc, and...

Here is a dark metal ride that doesn’t always live up to expectations, but definitely has its moments. The album’s overall sound is a nice...

Here’s a vicious piece of blackened death/thrash metal, with some interesting ideas but a rather uneven set of songs. This album has an interesting title,...

Let’s get in our caravans for a trip through musical worlds. We’ll have a lot of adventures and hear all sorts of musical ideas along...

Are you ready for some kick ass super-heavy death metal? Something brutal and fun with lots of energy through and through? Because that’s what you’ll...

This band describe their music as “tortured blackened death metal”, and indeed, this is a great way to describe this eerie, heavy, strange and experimental...