Music Review Metal Life album review: Summer Flake – Hello Friends Terry Bunch, April 5, 2016April 5, 2016 While not a metal release, Aussie indy band Summer Flake is set to unleash an album upon us, the unwashed masses, that deserves a serious listen through. Hello Friends is a bluesy, down and dirty groove rock album that is top notch to say the least. Front woman Stephanie Crase’s… Continue Reading
Music Review Metal Life review: PALACEBURN – Curses EP Karila Shannis, January 19, 2016January 19, 2016 Kids these days wouldn’t know what rock music was if it slapped them in the faces with a Marshall halfstack, thanks to sensible denotations like AC/DC and Kiss being exchanged in the minds of youth for the marshmallow-ness of bands like Mumford & Sons and Arcade Fire. Thank goodness there… Continue Reading
Music Review Metal Life Album Review: Tarja Turunen (ex NIGHTWISH) – Ave Maria En Plein Air Diana Marsh, October 27, 2015 With the release of her debut classical solo album, Ave Maria En Plein Air, Tarja has opened a new world of beauty and composition to metal and classical fans alike. The song, Ave Maria, an intersessional prayer to Mother Mary set to music, has inspired countless composers throughout the ages,… Continue Reading
Music Review Album Review: DISTURBED – Immortalized Karila Shannis, September 17, 2015 I have been a fan of Disturbed since I was in junior high; their music was the crutch that I leaned on during awkward adolescent phases, transitioning into college life, and coping with shifts in religious and political beliefs. Thus this preface exists to say I did my best to… Continue Reading