Album Review: Omnivide – A Tale of Fire

"Tearing my own flesh down to the bone, such pain to erase all I’ve ever known." Omnivide - A Tale of FireMarch 22nd, 2024Progressive / Technical / Symphonic Death MetalIndependently ReleasedMoncton, New Brunswick, Canada Moncton is perhaps an unlikely place to expect to hear the brand of music represented in the mainstream by such bands …

Album Review: Epica – Omega

"Use this healing energy, form a holy trinity. This is the knowledge that we have been searching for." Epica - OmegaFebruary 26th, 2021Symphonic MetalNuclear Blast RecordsReuver, Netherlands Symphonic metal is a genre that, while I don't often find myself listening to it very often in my current adult life, does hold a special place in …

Album Review: Unleash the Archers – Abyss

Now to the edge of imagination. Open my eyes to phenomenon and hope. Unleash the Archers - AbyssAugust 21st, 2020Power MetalNapalm RecordsVictoria, British Columbia, Canada “Holy. Shit”. That was my initial reaction the first time I finished listening to Abyss, the fifth album from Canadian power metal group Unleash the Archers. But it was also …

Album Review: Lindsay Schoolcraft – Martyr

Lindsay Schoolcraft - Martyr October 11th, 2019 Gothic Hard Rock Cyber Proxy Independent Oshawa, Ontario, Canada Singer, songwriter and keyboardist Lindsay Schoolcraft is undoubtedly best known for her role as the keyboardist and backing vocalist of the Gothic metal powerhouse Cradle of Filth, of which she has been a member since 2013. In that time she …