When one resides outside a given nation or region of the world, it can sometimes be difficult to properly appreciate the cultural divides found within.…
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There are few ways so apt to express disillusionment with the state of the world than poetry steeped in the darkness of doom, made all…
Long sabbaticals beget stronger sorcery. Though often referred to affectionately as “Iced Guardian” by their fans, no doubt in acknowledgement to the iconic bands from…
There is a certain magic in watching bands that had thrived in the underground for years rocket to stardom practically overnight. This effect is particularly…
Some of the best attempts at genre-bending metal occur when artists balance the strengths of wildly different sub-genres to create a sound that draws evenly…
Having recently celebrated their 40th Anniversary, Pendragon are one of the few bands of progressive rock’s second wave to have persevered and weathered the changes…
The Teutonic apocalypse comes to London. Perhaps the only subject more interesting than headlining act making major waves while on tour is the history of…
In a genre where breaking conventions is the status quo, there is a refreshing light in storytellers that embrace musical conventions as their core, and…
Marley was dead, to begin with. So too, sadly, was Paul O’Neill, and Savatage with him. While Savatage may survive the loss of one or…
Out of the frying pan and into the fire. So it seemed to be for iamthemorning’s Marjana Semkina (henceforth spelled as Mariana, to be in-line…