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Viveynne – Becoming Jane Doe (2009)

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I must say that since I stumbled with Viveynne’s myspace page, I have been very impressed with the bands vocalist talent, and the even most impressive thing is that she is 14 years old. While I usually don’t go raving about a band’s vocalist unless she is very good, I have found a new female vocalist to rave about for now in the Gothic Metal genre.

Once I received “Becoming Jane Doe” I was very eager to put in on my stereo and take a good listen to this new EP. And from beginning to end I was very pleased with what I was hearing. Viveynne is a Canadian act that is fronted by its young vocalist Mikki, she is also main composer and songwriter for the band. If this is not impressive enough, she wrote all songs for this album when she was 13 years old.

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Idols Are Dead – Mean (2008)

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Idols Are Dead are trying to take the USA by surprise with their very interesting mix of Trash metal, sleaze rock and some Metalcore hints. This Italian band manages to create interesting and modern sounding music that would appeal to fans of all of the previously mentioned genres and from all different age ranges in the metal community.

All tracks in this album blast you away from start to finish. All songs are very simple in nature since most riffs are very basic, but extremely effective. The catchiness achieved by the melody in all songs is one of the best things this band has going for them.

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Hypno5e - Des Deux L'une Est L'autre (2007)

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Hypno5e is a French band that plays avant-garde / experimental metal. I get plenty of albums to review each month and I have not heard anything like this album in quite a while, and I don’t mean this in a bad way “Des Deux L'une Est L'autre” is a very interesting album from start to end.

Since the first track Hypno5e sets the stage for a psychedelic voyage that the listeners are about to take. This album features a very good balance of ‘heavy’ metal parts with nice ambient passages that complement each other to perfection; the band has achieved a very unique balance of musical elements.

June 2009

Editorial

Hello readers, our June update is still a work in progress however you can find enough interviews and reviews to entretain yourself until the next update in a few days/weeks. We are currently traveling, but the updates will still be happening.

We just covered WGT 2009 which was an amazing festival, and we have so much material in terms of pictures, interviews and just reviews of performances. We will be releasing a special edition for WGT 2009 in by August or so. We will also plan to have special editions about Hellfest and With Full Force, both festivals we are attending and be bringing you the best coverage from them.

Enjoy this update contents and be waiting for some more in the next few weeks. Plenty more of interviews and reviews will be updated during the next few weeks, so subscribe to our RSS feed to get all the new content.

Interviews:

New Update Straight from Hellfest 2009

Interview with Cynic
Interview with Fairyland
Interview with Jungle Rot
Interview with Stream Of Passion
Interview with Sons Of Seasons

Last Update

Interview With Eternal Tears Of Sorrow
Interview With Ashes You Leave
Interview With Delain
Interview with IQ
Interview with Trail Of Tears
Interview With Horde Of Hel
Interview With Ruins
Interview With Dodsferd

Album Reviews:

Trail Of Tears – Blood Stained Endurance (2009)
Týr – By The Light Of The Northern Star (2009)
Glittertind – Landkjenning (2009)
Stream of Passion – The Flame Within (2009)
Alestorm – Black Sails At Midnight (2009)
IQ – Frequency (2009)
Magnum – Into The Valley Of The Moonking (2009)
Dakrya – Monumento (2008)
Grnd_0 – Destroyer / Creator (2008)
Fomento – Either Caesars Or Nothing (2008)
Ashes You Leave - Songs Of The Lost (2009)
Amoprhis - Silver Bride (2009)
Amorphis - Skyforger (2009)
Anneke Van Giersbergen (with Agua de Annique)...Pure Air (2009)

In case you missed last month:

Interview with Agathodaimon
Interview with Centaurus-A Interview with Disgust
Interview with Emergency Gate
Interview with Gate Of Sorrow
Interview with Saga
Interview with Thee Orakle
Interview with Visions Of The Night
Interview with the the With Full Force Team

Reviews:

Album Reviews:

Archgoat - The Light-Devouring Darkness (2009)
Black Messiah – The First War of the World (2009)
Desire - Crowcifix (2009)
Dodsferd – Suicide and the Rest of Your Kind Will Follow (2009)
Doro – Fear No Evil (2009)
Ektomorf - What Doesn't Kill Me... (2009)
Elvenking - Two Tragedy Poets (...And a Caravan of Weird Figures) (2009)
Exilia - My Own Army (2009)
Fairyland - Score to a New Beginning (2009)
Hacride – Lazarus (2009)
Horde Of Hel – Blodskam (2009)
In Memorium – Lost To Antiquity (2009)
Jungle Rot - What Horrrors Await (2009)
Magica – Wolves & Witches (2009)
Ministry – Adios…Puta Madres (2009)
Old Wainds - Death Nord Kult (2009)
Ruins – Cauldron (2009)
Saga - The Human Condition (2009)
Shakra – Everest (2009)
Sons of Seasons - Gods Of Vermin (2009)
Tankard – Thirst (2009)
The Gathering - The West Pole (2009)
The Legion – A Bliss To Suffer (2009)
The New Black – The New Black (2009)

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