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Melody and Growls with Spiritbox – Tsunami Sea – Album Review

The Band   Spiritbox is a Canadian metalcore band, formed in 2017. The band is led by the married couple LaPlante and Stringer. They were members of Iwrestledabearonce, but then decided to make their band, that’s how Spiritbox was born.   Band Members Courtney LaPlante – vocals Mike Stringer – guitar, bass, drums Josh Gilbert – bass and backing vocals  Zev Rosenberg – drums     The Album   Tsunami Sea is Spiritbox’s second studio…

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25 New Songs from the King of Dark Pop with BlutEngel – Dämonen: Sturm – Album Review

The Band   BlutEngel (Blood Angel) is a German electro-gothic band formed in 1998 by singer Chris Pohl. Their lyrics are in German or English. Their songs are presented with male and female vocals. The songs’ themes usually deal with Gothic fiction such as love, vampirism, death, and immortality with an emotional undertone. The band calls its musical style dark pop.   Band Members Chris Pohl – vocals, lyrics, programming Ulrike Goldmann – vocals and…

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The Beauty of Death with Nachtblut – Todschick – Album Review

The Band   Nachtblut (Night Blood) is a German gothic, symphonic, melodic black metal formed in 2005.   Band Members Askeroth – vocals  Greif – guitars  Ablaz – bass  Skoll – drums       The Album   Todschick (Dead Girl) is Nachtblut’s seventh studio album. It was released on February 21, 2025. Produced by Chris Harms (Lord of the Lost singer). Their lyrics are in German.   The Songs   1. Von Hass Getrieben…

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A Heavier Album from Lacuna Coil – Sleepless Empire – Album Review

The Band   Lacuna Coil is an Italian gothic metal band formed in 1994.    Band Members Cristina Scabbia – female vocals Andrea Ferro – male vocals Marco Coti Zelati – bass Richard Meiz – drums Daniele Salomone – guitar     The Album   Lacuna Coil released their tenth album, Sleepless Empire, on February 14th, 2025. This work comes with a heavier sound, and it’s the first album after the departure of their longtime…

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A Beautiful Comeback with Dream Theater – Parasomnia – Album Review

The Band   Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985. One of the founding members, Mike Portnoy (drummer) left the band in 2010 to take a break and participate in other musical projects. He intended this period to be short, but the band replaced him with Mike Mangini. Portnoy wanted to return to the band for a long time, but the relationships with his ex-bandmates weren’t optimal yet. This situation changed…

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An Even Darker Side of Poppy – Negative Spaces – Album Review

The Singer   Moriah Rose Pereira, better known as Poppy, is an American singer and artist who delves her music into various genres and sounds in which we can include metalcore, electro-pop, and experimental (to name a few). She also used to do surreal videos on YouTube, which made her famous.   The Album   2024 was a successful year for Poppy. She collaborated with Bad Omens and Knocked Loose. The second one even gave…

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Vegan Deathcore with To The Grave – Everyone’s A Murderer – Album Review

The Band   To The Grave is a deathcore band from Australia. Formed in 2010, their songs are usually about veganism, climate change, and other social justice topics. The band members are vegan, and they talk about animal liberation, they use their music as a vehicle for their message. In the beginning, they used to sing about normal deathcore things like violence, but then their singer, Dane, had his vegan awakening, and he started to…

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Their First Album without Pat Torpey – Mr. Big – Ten – Album Review

The Band   Mr. Big is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1988.  The band’s lineup has pretty much remained the same until the death of their drummer, Pat Torpey, in 2018 due to Parkinson’s disease. Pat not only was their drummer, but he also did backing vocals, so they had to find someone with a similar vocal register.  Now, they have Nick D’Virgilio on drums who has played with Tears For…

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Metalcore with Wage War – Stigma – Album Review

The Band   Wage War is an American metalcore band formed in 2010, under the name, Empires.   Band Members Briton Bond – lead vocals, guitars, unclean vocals  Seth Blake – lead guitar Cody Quistad – rhythm guitar, clean vocals  Chris Gaylord – bass  Stephen Kluesener – drums      The Album   Stigma is the fifth studio album by Wage War. It was released on June 21, 2024.    The Songs   1. The…

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A Compilation by Health – Selected Works – Album Review

The Band   Health is an American noise rock/industrial band, formed in 2005. They have five studio albums; the last is Rat Wars (2023). They also have made music for video game soundtracks like Grand Theft Auto V.   Band Members Jake Duzsik – vocals, guitar  John Famiglietti – bass, pedals, electronics  BJ Miller – drums      The Album   This work is a compilation of various HEALTH songs and collaborations from 2019-2024. It…

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