TOP 10
1. MORTEMIA - MISERE MORTEM
Welcome, readers! In this section you are invited to read our reviews of the most explosive albums that have been published during the first months of this amazing 2010.
The solo project of the great Morten Veland (Ex-Tristania, Sirenia), is an incredible album from beginning to end: each song has its own personality which can only be perceived the more you listen to the 9 songs that are a part of this amazing work. In short, it is a good sample of good Symphonic/Gothic Metal, where we find only brutal tracks, well-marked guttural voices, and an exquisite composition in the lyrics, orchestration, vocals and instruments.
*Recommended songs: "The One I Once Was", "The Pain Infernal and The Fall Eternal" & "The Candle At the Tunnel’s End".
Her album is full of a dark atmosphere in each song, her voice is impeccable, and the use of choirs where they are needed will satisfy all fans of Symphonic/Gothic Metal.
*Recommended songs: "A Sign Of Sublime", "The Devil's Opera" & "The road to nowhere".
An exquisite album to our ears is the one that the mythical hard rock band Krokus offers: well-developed and forceful themes using the purest style of the old school, with the necessary fressness to leave a high level work. A must-have for the hard rock lover.
*Recommended songs: "Hoodoo Woman", "Ride Into the Sun" & "Too Hot".
A stunning solo effort from the incredible vocalist Sarah Jezebel Deva (Angtoria, Therion and former collaborator of the band Cradle Of Filth).
This magnificent Israeli band shows their latest production, replete with a masterful Progressive/Folk Metal. Eastern influences, female vocals, guttural voices and a clean male voice: all of these give the album an unique identity to each of the topics of the album.
*Recommended songs: "Sapari", "The Warrior" & "Disciples of the Sacred Oath II".
3. SARAH JEZEBEL DEVA - A SIGN OF SUBLIME
4. ORPHANED LAND - THE NEVER ENDING WAY OF ORWARRIOR
2. KROKUS - HOODOO