Synthesis Band You’ve Never Heard of Band of the Day: KeyDragon
Posted on 03. Mar, 2008 by James in Band of the Day, Lifestyle, Music
Key Dragon. I’ve got to be blunt. I’m not a fan.
I have a soft spot for female fronted goth metal. I’m a sucker for heavy, theatrical bands like After Forever, Within Temptation… I even interviewed ex-Nightwish frontwoman Tarja Turunen recently, and that shit was hot. (Her new solo album is pretty fucking good, coincidentally.) But I thought KeyDragon’s recordings sound a bit flat (at least on their SonicBids page), and their songs were pretty basic musically. However, all their lyrics are about dragons, and that wins them major kudos in [...]
After Forever Make Maiden Voyage to North America
Posted on 08. Oct, 2007 by James in Music
I never played V:tM or anything, but when no one’s looking, I like listen to female-fronted Euro prog/goth metal. I’m not sure if I really like it, but I like to listen to it. Maybe it’s all the pomp and circumstance, or the beautiful women in corsets, or because when I was in high school, I used to read Tolkien and Anne Rice novels in the library instead of eating lunch in the cafeteria.
This is getting embarrassing.
Uh…yeah… After Forever are from Holland. And now they’re coming to the US [...]
