Sami Hynninen aka Sir Albert Witchfinder is especially known from projects and bands such as Opium Warlords, KLV, Reverend Bizarre, Spiritus Mortis, Armanenschaft, Orne, The Candles Burning Blue, Azrael Rising and many others. These entities do differ from each other, yet all of them have one common idea: the creation of weird, dark and extreme sonics.
Hum...I was almost certain havin' come across this Milano based Italian Gothic metal act before, but it turns out I was mistaken about that idea. You know, it could've been any of 7 other bands by that name (and from quite different sub-genres) that I came across.
This band, or is it just a project, consists of some very well known musicians. On vocals we have none other than Tommy La Verdi (21 Guns), Josh Ramos (The Storm, Hardline) on guitars and Michael Shotton (Von Groove, Airtime) on drums. The intention of this project was I guess to resurrect the career of Tommy La Verdi, whom we’d not heard of in a long time. There’s also fair contribution of Alessadro Del Vecchio (
This is the debut album from this young English band. And a fine album it has become.
Production of the album was done by Michael Voss, which is always a good sign and immediately gives you a hint that you”re going to listen to some quality music. The song contributors are also well versed in the business, among others Steve McEwan (Foreigner, Roger Daltrey, Robbie Williams) but also Tommy Denander and Herman Rarebell have written songs for this album.
Live albums are not something I typically go for. Of course there are exceptions. With a live CD, it has to be quite something special in my opinion. Unfortunately, this live recording does not offer anything that you can’t get from listening to their studio albums Growers of mushroom (their must-have debut) and their follow up Unleashed.
Lacuna Coil is an Italian metal band from Milan. Since their formation in 1994, the group has had two name changes, being previously known as Sleep of Right and Ethereal. The current members are; Cristina Scabbia – vocals, Andrea Ferro – vocals, Marco “Maus” Biazzi – guitar, Cristiano “Pizza” Migliore – guitar, Marco “Maki” Coti-Zelati – bass and Cristiano “Criz” Mozzati – drums.
Greek band Kult Of Taurus did release a demo, an EP and a split before, and Divination Labyrinths is the combo’s debut full length studio recording, which lasts for thirty two minutes. The material was mixed and mastered by Yusaf Parvez aka Viper aka Vicotnik, known from Dødheimsgard, Ved Buens Ende, Code, Manes, Strid and many other notorious yet slightly unusual and extreme acts.
And now...for something completely different: Concrete Web's excursions into the world of Belgian Jazz music...or not?!
Well, I'll be... I really can't remember the last time I read such a load of bollocks in picking up a label's info sheet about one of their bands!
You might've heard about this Chinese Folk/ Folk Rock band recently, as they've been on a short European tour to coincide with the release of their third album, Baifang, playing select venues in the UK, Holland, Belgium (the AB Club in Brussels), Germany and Denmark. And if indeed we're able only now to post the album's review, please keep in mind that we dó review an awful amount of albums, some of which take precedence over the others for a multitude of reasons (business-related, or because a hard copy was sent to us).
