Within Temptation - Hydra (2014) - Boring pop music going from bad to worse - 33% (14/07/14)

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Do you remember Within Temptation? Yes, I’m talking about that Dutch band that played passionate gothic metal on early releases like Enter and The Dance, and then switched to magical and inspired symphonic metal on later albums like Mother Earth, The...

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Within Temptation - Hydra (2014) - Boring pop music going from bad to worse - 33% (14/07/14)

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Do you remember Within Temptation? Yes, I’m talking about that Dutch band that played passionate gothic metal on early releases like Enter and The Dance, and then switched to magical and inspired symphonic metal on later albums like Mother Earth, The...

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Orphaned Land - All Is One (2013) - The Nobel Peace Prize of the metal world - 99% (29/05/14)

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Orphaned Land is an ambitious band from Bat-Yam and Petah-Tikva in Israel that started as a death and doom metal band back in 1991. As time went by, the band shifted more and more towards Middle Eastern folk metal and developed a musical and lyrical approach...

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Apocalyptica - Wagner Reloaded (2013) - A homage to a great artist from a great band - 92% (26/05/14)

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Three years after their least convincing studio effort “7th Symphony”, Apocalyptica comes around with a rather intriguing project. The band came together with the MDR Symphony Orchestra and different choreographers to create fourteen instrumental songs...

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Xandria - Sacrificium (2014) - Taken by surprise and conquering the genre crown - 97% (11/05/14)

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Xandria is a symphonic metal band from Bielefeld, situated in my home province North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The band has managed to survive and stand out among so many similar genre bands that have popped up at the end of the nineties when genre...

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Feather Crow - Arlekin Memories (2012) - The women are cute but the music isn't - 17% (30/06/13)

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This brand new band comes from Mexico City? Well, that sounds rather exotic, I should try this out! The band is composed by five women that perform vocals, guitars, bass, drums and keyboards? Great, an all female band could sound rather interesting! The...

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Therion - Les fleurs du mal (2012) - A different world - 98% (10/10/12)

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Therion have always been a little bit different from regular Metal bands but when I heard that they would release their new record on their own and without the support of the visionary German Nuclear Blast label, I was quite surprised. When I later heard...

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Haggard - Tales Of Ithiria (2008) - Epic fantasy between barock, folk and metal - 80% (13/07/12)

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Haggard is more than just a band, it's an ensemble of right now twenty-two musicians that mostly have a classic music background and play instruments such as a harpsichord, a piccolo or a timpani but also more common instruments such as cellos, contrabasses...

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Nightwish - Imaginaerum (2011) - A step back on a high level - 80% (30/11/11)

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I have been looking forward for the release of this record with mixed feelings for quite a while. I really adored the band's last bombastic, diversified and impressive output "Dark Passion Play" and was intrigued by this new record, its concept and the...

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Rhapsody Of Fire - Triumph Or Agony (2006) - Less speed and cheese for more focus and diversity - 93% (14/11/11)

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I have never been a big fan of Rhapsody Of Fire because I thought that their early works included to many fast and hectic tracks and a lot of useless bombast and silly orchestrations. On "Triumph Or Agony", the Italians reduced their speed and focused...

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