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Review of Tarja’s “My Winter Storm”
Review by Brian Kelman© Ethereal Metal Webzine It appears that I’m 5 and half years behind the times, but I thought I’d review Tarja’s My Winter Storm anyway. Treat yourself to Tarja’s excellent debut album, My Winter Storm (MWS) Fan Edition (which includes an added CD of new material, remixes and live performances): an eclectic…
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Review of Tarja’s “What Lies Beneath”
First review by Brian Kelman and second review by Jessica Clingempeel© Ethereal Metal Webzine With the hollow shell of the parody that is her old turf fading quickly in the rear view mirror, What Lies Beneath continues Tarja’s journey in the exploration of her eclectic fusion of classical, rock and metal music that was begun…
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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…