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Pre-release Review of Tarja’s “The Shadow Self”
Review by Jessica Clingempeel© Ethereal Metal Webzine With each album we can see Tarja maturing and getting better. She has proven once again that she does not need Nightwish to succeed in the metal genre. Time and time again, we have seen comments from the worshipers of Nightwish saying Tarja is nothing without the band,…
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Second Review of Tarja’s “The Shadow Self”
Review by Brian Kelman© Ethereal Metal Webzine Orchestrated Rock: that’s the label Tim Palmer used when referring to Colours In The Dark. That label is more applicable in the case of The Shadow Self. The Shadow Self is the heaviest, most aggressive, the most layered and has the most complex compositions to date with a…
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Review of Tarja’s “Beauty & the Beat”
Review by Brian Kelman© Ethereal Metal Webzine7/6/2014 Classical Tarja Hits All The Right Notes Fans that like classical music are going to greatly enjoy “Beauty & the Beat”. Mike: “It’s obvious that I provide the BEAT & Tarja provides the BEAUTY.” Tarja: “Our main goal with these kinds of concerts is that the younger audience…
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Review of Epica’s “Retrospect“
Review by Brian Kelman© Ethereal Metal Webzine Retrospect: 10th Anniversary This review is for the 2 Blu-ray/3CD Retrospect concert performed live by the Dutch Symphonic Metal Band Epica in celebration of their 10th anniversary in Eindhoven, Netherlands on March 23, 2013. Joining the band on stage for this 3 hour extravaganza were the same orchestra…