Under this line-up, the band released its first album Fright Night in 1989, with Tolkki as the only songwriter. While the band went through many bassists, the band released the albums Twilight Time in 1992 and Dreamspace in 1994. In 1994, Tolkki decided to stop acting as lead vocalist,...
A wind of change over the metal sphere. Power, melody, emotions. A perfect mix of modern and traditional metal led by an extraordinary lead vocalist allied with an unbelievable variety in atmospheres. Asylum Pyre plays each song as if it were the last, as if its life was on trial. A ra...
The band features a female vocalist. SODOM will issue a 40th-anniversary self-cover version compilation called 40 Years At War – The Greatest Hell Of Sodom through Steamhammer/SPV on 28.10.2022. The band covers less known tracks from each of its previous records. A new track included is ...
Again, the first band was one I wanted to see since two of the performers are neighbors in the Milwaukee area. Vocalist Kassandra Novell and husband Chad from Mercy Isle had begun the band in Wisconsin but ended up looking for a new guitarist and drummer after a short tour last year. ...
Founded in 2002 by guitarist/vocalist Steffen Kummerer, German progressive death metal band OBSCURA caused a stir when they - out of nowhere - toured as support for the legendary Suffocation on the band's European tour in 2006 and independently released their debut album Retribution that same ...
In 2000 Promisqes released their 2nd album Gehenna releasing 5,000 copies. Promisqes then opened for Malevolent Creation in Salt Lake City. Playing “Milwaukee Metal” number 3 Promisqes was invited to go on a 3 week west coast tour with Corpse Vomit and female fronted band Vernicious Knid....
This paper exa mines how a specific metal vocalist --Tatiana Shmayluk (of the Ukrainian band Jinjer) --navigates the discourse of progressive metal to challenge hegemoniq nouns and create space for alternative female subjectivities. Jinjer's defiance of genre bou daries and Shmayl...
After a period of turmoil concerning their line-up, they went on to add gothic-style instruments such as violins, a female vocalist, and synthesizers to their music. To this day Ancient can be considered as one of the original Norwegian black metal bands that were part of the now famous ...
Arch Enemy has legendary guitarist Michael Amott from Carcass. It is one of the few metal bands with a female vocalist. What more could you want? They are getting more popular with each album, and every one is getting more melodic than the last. Although some hardcore metalheads may not ...
Out of the Texas underground came Power Trip and vocalist Riley Gale in the 2010s. Draped in an infectious don’t-give-a-f**k attitude, Gale blew up every stage he ever performed on, hitting the pinnacle of his powers during the band’sNightmare Logiccycle. Though he left us far too...