Muziekrecensies 🇳🇱 / Music reviews 🇬🇧
Onségen Ensemble is a Finnish progressive collective. It consists of a permanent core, joined by different musicians on each release. As a result, every album features different voices, instruments and perspectives. This is also the case on ‘A Tale’, their fifth album; what remains consistent are the intuitive sounds. This thematic album is about peace. … Read more
‘Battle of the Dead’ is the new concept album by the Italian symphonic power metal band. The opening is almost cinematic and very promising. Although the vocals and music are good, the cinematic allure quickly fades.The English (classically trained) vocals are not entirely understandable. The historical aspects come across better in the beautiful lyric booklet … Read more
‘Humanised’ is the new album by singer and multi-instrumentalist Kristoffer Gildenlöw. After a few ‛quieter’ albums, he returns to his (prog) metal roots. The album features, amongst other things, heavy seven-string guitar parts, driving riffs and shifting time signatures. What’s more, there’s a mix of nuances and styles, including sleaze rock, art rock and doom. … Read more