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2010 Reviews

Accept - Blood Of The Nations
Ancient Bards - The Alliance Of Kings
Annihilator - Annihilator
Armored Saint - La Raza
Aspera - Ripples
Avantasia - Angel Of Babylon
Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony
Blaze Bayley - Promise And Terror
Cathedral - The Guessing Game
Charred Walls Of The Damned - Charred Walls Of The Damned
Danzig - Deth Red Sabaoth
Dream Evil - In The Night
Gamma Ray - To The Metal
Grand Magus - Hammer Of The North
Grave Digger - The Clans Will Rise Again
Halford - Made Of Metal
Helloween - 7 Sinners
Helstar - Glory Of Chaos
Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
Kamelot - Poetry For The Poisoned
Labyrinth - Return To Heaven Denied Pt 2
Masterplan - Time To Be King
Mirror Of Deception - A Smouldering Fire
Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy
Orden Ogan - Easton Hope
OverKill - Ironbound
Ozzy - Scream
Poisonblack - Of Rust And Bones
Rage - Strings To A Web
Revamp - Revamp
Rhapsody Of Fire - The Frozen Tears Of Angels
Roswell Six - Terra Incognita: A Line In The Sand
Royal Hunt - X
Sabaton - Coat Of Arms
Sacred Oath - World On Fire
Tankard - Vol(l)ume 14
Tarja - What Lies Beneath
Tarot - Gravity Of Light
The Man-Eating Tree - Vine
Therion - Sitra Ahra
Unsun - Clinic For Dolls
Vanden Plas - The Seraphic Clockwork
Virgin Steele - The Black Light Bacchanalia
Voices Of Destiny - From The Ashes



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Featured Band

Liv Moon



For the new band featured on the blog I have chosen a japanese band by the name of Liv Moon. It was back in 2011 when I kind of stumbled across this album and decided to give it a shot. I do like female fronted symphonic metal and the fact this was from Japan was also a bit intriguing. In relative terms there aren't that many successful bands from the region and I don't listen to or review a lot of stuff from there. Basically, I considered this a chance to get a peak at a metal scene I don't normally pay as much attention to.

Well, Liv Moon were certainly worth a listen. Listening to the band' releases I believe they can best be described as familiar enough to appeal to symphonic metal fans, but just quirky enough to be interesting. At times the band draws on the somewhat standard female symphonic song relying on melodic/atmospheric soundscapes, but at others they inject some non-standard sort of influences. Liv Moon songs can draw on anything from pop to industrial to electronic/dance influences and the end result kinda reminds me of something that could be on the soundtrack to an Anime film. There's just a certain different cultural take here on the sound and I find it pretty refreshing really.

Simply put, Liv Moon draw on familiar influences I like from the female symphonic sound, but add their own touch that draws a bit upon Japan's own music culture. It's an interesting experience and I'd recommend that any fans of symphonic metal check this out. Maybe you'll enjoy broadening your horizons as I did.

Links

My review of Symphonic Moon
My review of The End Of The Beginning
My review of Golden Moon
Liv Moon on Facebook
Liv Moon - Amen! on YouTube
Liv Moon - Black Ruby on YouTube
Liv Moon - Yozakuran ~ Yozakura Arashi ~ on YouTube (For one of their quirkier, more different tunes)

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