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Review of ‘The Cruellest Goodbye’ by Outlanders

Review by Ryan Murray | February 26, 2022 Outlanders is so far exceeding all expectations I ever had about this project! “The Cruellest Goodbye”, the second offering from Outlanders (Tarja Turunen and Torsten Stenzel), featuring the amazing Al Di Meola, has successfully blended, in such a beautiful way, different genres of music and should be…

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26 Feb 2022

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Review of ’Closer to the Sky’ by Outlanders

Ryan Murray | Chief Editor | November 26, 2021 THE TIME FOR OUTLANDERS IS FINALLY HERE! Tarja has had this project in mind for quite some time, and in 2010 the work began. She then approached a longtime friend, Torsten Stenzel because of his lifelong knowledge and work with electronic music for many years. This…

Ethereal Metal Webzine

26 Nov 2021

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Review of ‘Anthem’ by Symfinity

Symfinity, while listed as a symphonic metal band, also have a lot of progressive metal and even some folk/ren faire vibes. This New York City based band is a must see and must hear group! Their website states they have been described as a mix between Jethro Tull and Nightwish, and I completely agree with…

Ethereal Metal Webzine

19 Feb 2021

heavy metal, Interviews, reviews, Uncategorized

classical, orchestra, rock, symphinity, symphonic metal, symphonicmetal

Review of Tarja’s Christmas Together (World Wide Live) Show

Review by Jessica Clingempeel | December 12, 2020 | Official Facebook Every year we are delighted with Tarja’s Christmas concerts, whether in churches of Finland or bigger venues such as ones in Czech Republic. This year, however, was different due to Covid-19. Tarja gave her listeners the chance to buy tickets for two special shows…

Ethereal Metal Webzine

12 Dec 2020

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Review of ‘A Funeral of Innocence’ by Ligeia Wept

Review by Ryan Murray | October 21, 2020 Ligeia Wept is a band that is hard to place into any one specific genre. Hailing from Melbourne Australia, this band stretches across genres that include goth, symphonic death/doom metal and melodic metal. Their press release states that they were formed by Alister in 2006. Over the…

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21 Oct 2020

heavy metal, Interviews, reviews

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Review of Finntroll’s ‘Vredesvävd’

Review by Ryan Murray | September 15, 2020 Folk metal band Finntroll, from Helsinki Finland, is releasing “Vredesvävd”, their first studio album in seven years via Century Media Records on Friday, September 18th! With a career spanning over two decades, Finntroll has managed to sell over 50,000 albums in the US alone and has gained…

Ethereal Metal Webzine

15 Sep 2020

heavy metal, Interviews, reviews

finnish, Finntroll, metal, review