Switzerland

Mirrorthrone – Gangrene (2008) Review

This is by far my favorite Mirrorthrone album to date.  To say this album is ambitious is an understatement, especially considering that the band is really just one guy (Vladimir Cochet) doing all the instrumentals and composition and such.   The music is sweeping and grandiose, and it’s full of...

Eluveitie – Everything Remains As It Never Was (2010) Review

Everything Remains As It Never Was is here! Eluveitie is playing some of their heaviest and most melodic music. After one listen I have placed this beside Spirit as my favorite Eluveitie album. I’ll get my complaining out of the way now:  This music is almost too catchy. Some of...

Forest of Fog – Abgründe (2006) Review

Forest of Fog is a one man black metal band from Switzerland. Ivo “I.H.” Henzi (aka Warburz) is the man behind the ‘melancholic black metal’. If you haven’ hear of him before, he is one of the guitarists from Eluveitie. The music is mysteriously beautiful. For black metal, it...