Author: Geanina Chiricuță

Deeply rooted in the northern darkness and crippling despair, the third record by the band THY KINGDOM WILL BURN, entitled to suggest the same mere thing, The Loss And Redemption, is reminiscent of forces of the dark and the extremes of self-dissolving emotions. Battling between glimpses of hope and overpowering gloom, the album gives way, across its ten tracks, to a much more pungent approach to the classic Finnish melodic death. “Perpetual Void” starts off with its heavy-heartedness and extreme juggling between eerie melodies and pleadings. The willingness to succumb to internal landscapes and escape the modern trap is highly encapsulated on tracks…

Boarding alongside Evergrey in their current adventure across Europe, Virtual Symmetry caught my attention through its old school view of prog rock and the virtuosity that comes with it undoubtedly. The band is supporting Evergrey whilst promoting their new record, Veils Of Illumination, that will see the light of day in just a matter of days, on the 6th of December.  With its eight tracks and an epic 20-minute suite to wrap it up, the album borrows a lot of the elements we’d expect from the great ones in the current and past prog scene, such as Dream Theater, with some insightful touches of ethereal and heavy driven solos.  “Heart’s Resonance”…