VOLA Origin: Denmark Active since: 2006 Label: Mascot Records Genre(s): Djent, progressive metal, progressive rock For fans of: Meshuggah, Skyharbor, Leprous, Agent Fresco This review is also available at rateyourmusic.com “Applause of a Distant Crowd” Read more…
Throes of Dawn Origin: Finland Active since: 1994 Label: Argonauta Records Genre(s): Progressive metal, progressive rock For fans of: Amorphis, Anathema, Hanging Garden, Thence “Our Voices Shall Remain” I’ve reviewed and written about many underappreciated Read more…
Just as the metal bands per capita map indicates, Finland is the home of a crapload of good metal bands. These are my 50 favorites. I’m going to exclude some gateway metal essentials like Children Read more…
Finland is an export leader in dark metal and rock music. Thence is yet another quality band that proves it. The music style is somewhere in the borderline of metal and rock where other Finnish Read more…
This my extensive and surprisingly varied list of bands that sound like Katatonia. Being a big Katatonia fan, I often find myself looking for bands with a similarities. I’m gonna divide them up in a Read more…
This my list of the 30 best progressive metal bands, I hope you can find something interesting. The progressive metal genre classification is pretty difficult to narrow down so I’ve done my best to include Read more…
What are the best Katatonia albums? Ranking Katatonia albums is hard: the band have covered many different styles (from death/doom metal to progressive and goth rock), and since they’re all very good. I’m pretty sure Read more…
Which 20 Amorphis songs are the best? Amorphis is a long-running band with many different eras, so there are a lot of songs to choose from; everything from old school death metal and doom metal Read more…