Broken Crown Halo is a continuation of the sound Lacuna Coil developed with Dark Adrenaline. However, while Dark Adrenaline was heavy, catchy, and full of energy, much of Broken Crown Halo feels like it came from a stockroom of stale rock melodies. I wouldn't call it quite commercial, but a third of the album is made up of filler. It's one of those albums you can put on in the background at work or doing chores - while nice enough to listen through, nothing is extremely remarkable. That being said, I recommend giving it a few listens through and…

Bye Bye Beautiful
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I'm not glued to Facebook or Twitter and Nightwish's homepage is not one of my permanent tabs, so I guess that’s why I didn’t know about this until two weeks after it happened.

But I know now, thanks to the update picture on Nightwish's Lastfm page with Floor Jansen.

I am beyond words about this. I now understand how the Tarjaholics felt.

Now, I'm not crazy. I am a Nightwish supporter first and foremost and whoever they bring in now I will try to love as much as the past two. But…

The Wanderer

Diabulus in Musica has expounded on their debut with more bombast and a bit more participation from the male vocalist. I've never been a huge fan of the beast effect in symphonic metal, but it is tolerable and even enjoyable with paired with the female in the right consistency.

As with Epica's new album, there was a little too much excess of the male here. Which is great if you like that sort of thing. But as a person who loves to sing along (even though I am terrible), it is distracting and a bit irritating.

Favorite…

Neverworld's End

Xandria's style feels like it changed, but that's only due to their new operatic vocalist Manuella Kraller. She is quite talented, but as with Nightwish when I first found them, I had to adjust. There is something about operatic vocals that, while gorgeous and impressive, leave me feeling cold, as if the singer is aloof, separate from the lyrics she is singing.

The comparisons to Tarja Turunen are inevitable, but I will say the German Kraller has better diction than Turunen. A lot of Turunen's vocals (to me) sounded as if she were struggling with the English.…

Many people have already commented how Emilie Autumn’s new album Fight Like A Girl sounds more like the soundtrack to a play than a music album. This is very true, but even so, she does it with her usual flair. I personally don’t care for musicals and plays (I do like opera) but with her themes and vocalized passion, Emilie makes me want to see this. And that is the beginning of the pros and cons of FLAG.

EDIT: I recently went to EA's site and captured this bit of information: "Fight Like A Girl, my new album, featuring…

I keep posting short reviews of new albums I buy on DeviantART, which I realized is counter-productive. Yes, most of my art are photo-manipulations of bands (Nightwish, Within Temptation, Delain, Indica, etc) but no one really cares beyond the pictures. As this is a music site, I feel posting them here will create more conversation. We'll see.

Imaginaerum

Imaginaerum is MAJESTIC, AMAZING, WONDERFUL, THE MOST ORGASMIC EAR FOOD IN THE UNIVERSE.

Nightwish is the nourishment of my soul.

I cannot pick a favorite, but the tracks most listened to so far are:

Last Ride of the Day Best song next…