symphonic metal 110 articles

Reviews
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Review: Genus Ordinis Dei “Glare of Deliverance” [Eclipse Records]

Combining dreamy arpeggios, orchestral swells, and guttural vocals, Genus Ordinis Dei (or GOD to their friends) return with their third full-length symphonic metal concept album...

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Review: Royal Hunt “Dystopia” [NorthPoint Productions]

For more than 30 years of existence, Dutch Royal Hunt released 15 albums – impressive number, especially for Progressive Metal bands, which usually don’t rush...

News
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Top-10 albums 2020! (editorial team)

Headbangers! Check out TOP-10 2020 from our team! Attention! The list comes in alphabetical order. Winners! 1 – (5 votes each) Necrophobic “Dawn of the...

Video
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THERION – Release Official Video For “Die Wellen Der Zeit”

Sweden’s Symphonic Metal pioneers THERION are proud to unveil “Die Wellen der Zeit“, another single from their upcoming 17th studio album Leviathan, which drops on January 22nd, 2021,...

Video interview with Melissa Bonny of Ad Infinitum

On the 4th of December 2020 Napalm Records released Ad Infinitum‘s second full-length album Chapter I Revisited – an acoustic version of band’s debut – Chapter...

News
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Sirenia Announces New Album. New Video Released

Sirenia announces the release of their 10th album called Riddles, Ruins & Revelations, due to be out on February 12th via Napalm records. Morten Veland stated: “Riddles, Ruins...

Reviews
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Review: Surma “The Light Within” [Metal Blade Records]

Recently the cult label Metal Blade has decided to sign the contract with a new band Surma, the product of Heri Joensen from Týr and...

Video interview with Heidi of Dark Sarah

Interview video with Heidi of Dark Sarah – cinematic metal icons from Finland! darksarah.com https://www.facebook.com/DarkSarahHQ/ https://napalmrecords.com/english/dark-sarah/

Video interview with Victoria Hove of Etwas

Interview video with Victoria Hove of Etwas – Symphonic Metal band from France. https://www.facebook.com/etwasmetal/ https://etwasmetal.bigcartel.com/ https://etwas.bandcamp.com/album/behind-the-veil

Reviews
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Review: Leaves’ Eyes “The Last Viking” [AFM Records]

This autumn after two-year gap the German/British band Leaves’ Eyes has presented their eighth full-length album “The Last Viking” in a long-term partnership with a...

Interview: CARACH ANGREN

Would you like some horror? Well, here’s Franckensteina Strataemontanus, the newest album by the dutch horror black metal act, Carach Angren. No shows, but the...

Video interview with Anthea

Interview video with Anthea – a melodic, symphonic metal band from Los Angeles, CA. The band aims to create coherent yet diverse cinematic, theatrical metal...

Video interview with Afterpain

Interview video with Afterpain – a Symphonic Metal band from Argentina. https://www.facebook.com/afterpainofficial/ https://afterpain.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/1o3WWK8NWVOPg4SCideJSz

News
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DARK MIRROR OV TRAGEDY Announce Rescheduled Dates With Fleshgod Apocalypse

Korean symphonic metal group Dark Mirror Ov Tragedy have announced the new dates supporting the excellent Italian band Fleshgod Apocalypse on the first leg of...

Reviews
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Review: FAIRYLAND “Osyrhianta” [Massacre Records]

The band Fairyland has existed for more than twenty years (considering the years under the names Fantasy and Fantasia), but this year the band have...

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Review: Moonlight Haze “Lunaris” [Scarlet Records]

Italian Symphonic Power Metal band Moonlight Haze was formed not a long time y, in 2018, yet already next year their debut album De Rerum...

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Review: Thy Despair “The Song Of Desolation” [Rockshots Records]

According to established hideous tradition, I still continue to write reviews a month later after the album is out. This time it happened to Ukrainian...

FAIRYLAND – Release Lyric Video For “The Hidden Kingdom Of Eloran”

The French symphonic metal band FAIRYLAND will release its new album “Osyrhianta” on May 22, 2020 via Massacre Records! You can now watch the lyric...

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Review: Deathless Legacy “Saturnalia” [Scarlet Records]

I follow Italians Deathless Legacy for something like four years. Since 2016 they released an album in a year, slowly going from a fun “circus...

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Review: Allen/Olzon “Worlds Apart” [Frontiers Music srl]

Allen/Olzon project has grown from another project of vocalists Russel Allen (Symphony X, Adrenaline Mob), Jorn Lande (Masterplan, Avantasia) and songwriter, guitarist and producer Magnus...