With their new album Live From The Apocalypse, which is available June 25 via Century Media, Italy’s gothic metal torchbearers Lacuna Coil have captured an intriguing—and ultimately elevating—spotlight of life in the music community amid the COVID-19 pandemic…
To the casual Metal fan, the name Penumbra is an obscure one, with little to no meaning to them. Although, if one goes deeper beneath the surface, the more educated fan of the genre eyes may light up at the sound of Paris, France based band…
Following in the footsteps of the Gathering and Lacuna Coil (goth-influenced "symphonic" metal bands with female vocalists), Nightwish were formed in Kitee, Finland, in 1997 by keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen. Initially attempting to create acoustic music, he recruited trained opera vocalist Tarja Turunen, but soon added full metal band instrumentation in the persons of guitarist Emppo Vuorinen, bassist Sami Vänskä, and drummer Jukka Nevalainen…
This video compilation from Asleep By Dawn, which calls itself "a music and lifestyle magazine for the nonconformist with discriminating tastes," features a variety of interesting, offbeat bands with distinctive visual styles…