After being postponed quite a few times due to *that which must not be named* (you know what we’re talking about), three cellists and a drummer, all of them Finnish, walked into a Romanian club for the very first time. Here’s how Apocalyptica’s sold out debut performance in Cluj-Napoca went down.

While the 10 songs found on offer are great on a musical level, 'Will of the People' swiftly falls flat when you add the often absurd or repetitive lyrics into the mix, further confirming that, save for a few exceptions, Muse’s upwards streak ended in 2018.

With 'Nocturnal', Mothica continues to prove that the alt-pop and heavy music spheres shouldn’t just co-exist - they can safely bump into one another, as when they do, great results can and do come out. By taking her past and present experiences with trauma and mental illness, and coating them in poppy melodies driven by heavy guitars, she has crafted one of the finest and heaviest alt-pop albums in recent memory, if not of the whole year.

Though at times it seems to wander aimlessly with some less than inspired choices, 'Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind' is a more than suitable follow-up to 'The Unheavenly Creatures', acting as a sonic bridge between what has been and what will be in the world of Coheed and Cambria and their music.

It's always a time for celebration when Silverstein release a new album, and it's no different with their latest effort, 'Misery Made Me'. We caught up with frontman Shane Told and got him to answer a few of our questions about the band's recent release, which continues their streak of phenomenal records. 

Paving the way for a possible future direction the band could take, 'Misery Made Me' continues Silverstein's streak of great records, while simultaneously representing all aspects of the Canadian band's sonic palette.

Love him or hate him, you can’t deny the fact that Machine Gun Kelly has become an artist of considerable success and popularity, not in the least bit thanks to his 2020 landmark release, 'Tickets to My Downfall'. In the almost two years since that album came out, MGK’s become even more notorious than he already was, and he’s also gone and recorded a follow-up to the genre-bending record. Enter: 'mainstream sellout'.

Ghost return with 'Impera', the most cohesive yet eclectic mix of songs they’ve put out to date. With influences ranging from ABBA to Iron Maiden, ‘80s arena rock, and even some Latin inspired drumbeats, there’s something here for everyone, and it’s the best the band has ever sounded in their 10+ years of activity.

While there are a couple of slower moments, which tend to stagnate everything, 'Chimes at Midnight' is an amazingly fitting comeback for the band you didn’t know you needed (back) in your life: Madrugada.

For the past 20+ years, Tarja Turunen has been one of the most emblematic voices to hail from Finland. Whether it be with one of the biggest symphonic metal bands out there (you know the one), or joined by her solo band, this Nordic queen of operatic vocals has more than left her mark on the world of music. But what has Tarja done since her last studio album, 2019’s 'In The Raw'? We caught up with the soprano a short while ago to talk about her upcoming release under the Outlanders moniker, as well as her new book, 'Singing In My Blood'.