Posted by Zenae Zukowski on January 16, 2020
Dutch symphonic metal giants Epica spent a chunk of 2019 celebrating the tenth anniversary of their fourth studio album, Design Your Universe. In addition to releasing the Gold Edition, the group toured through different parts of the globe to commemorate the record. Towards the end of last year, Epica finally announced bringing the celebration […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 23, 2019
I try to follow the rules, but, once again, another year of good music has gone by, and I was able to narrow it down to 20 instead of 10. There are a bunch of variables that make me connect to a song or artist. Whether it’s the overall vibrations the sound leaves behind […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on July 9, 2019
DragonForce have announced North American and European tour dates as the group plan to share a preview of “some very interesting news” sometime soon. These power metallers have been working on their follow up to 2017’s Reaching into Infinity as it wasn’t too long ago when guitarist Herman Li accidentally leaked part of a new […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on February 28, 2019
In anticipation of the upcoming record Gravity, Starkill have unveiled a new music for “The Real Enemy“. Last week, the band started a crowdfunding campaign via Indiegogo to help out with production and touring costs. The piano work on this track was provided by Coen Coen Janssen of Epica and violin duties were none-other than Olli Vänskä of Turisas. The album is said […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on February 15, 2019
Chicago metallers Starkill have continued to reinvent the wheel since their latest effort, 2016’s Shadow Sleep. Since then, the group has embarked on quite a few tours as well as introduced vocalist Sarah Lynn Collier as a full time member. However, aside from releasing a few singles such as covering the Foo Fighters, the animated […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on November 30, 2018
Chicago metallers Starkill are definitely up to something. However, aside from surprising us with a few singles such as “Until We Fall” as well as covering the Foo Fighters, they haven’t unveiled any details on a follow-up to 2016’s Shadow Sleep. Today (30th), the group shared another surprise with a music video for their new song […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on August 24, 2018
Starkill have been working in the studio for the last two years on the follow-up to 2016’s Shadow Sleep. Since then, the group have also recruited vocalist Sarah Lynn Collier as a full-time member. Before announcing their new album, these Chicago metallers decided to release the new song “Until We Fall” to give fans a […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on February 23, 2018
Starkill released a cover track of Foo Fighters classic song, “The Pretender.” These Chicago metallers added an original symphonic metal spin to the mix and it looks like they have a lot planned for 2018. According to Bravewords, the group will announce new tour dates in the near future in addition to heading back to […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on May 31, 2017
Earlier this year, the Chicago metal outfit Starkill embarked their first headlining tour in North America. It gave them a chance to perform older tunes mixed with songs from their recent album 2016’s Shadow Sleep via Prosthetic Records. Since then, the group have been keeping themselves busy writing new tunes and recruiting vocalist Sarah Lynn […]
Posted by Matt Brown on December 14, 2016
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week’s top debut is odd for a few reasons. First of all, it’s a big name release coming out in the middle of the December, which doesn’t happen often. Second, said release […]
