Femetalism associates Underground Metal Alliance (UMA) have just released their 2015 promotional compilation album featuring some of the best underground metal. Some of the bands were chosen by fans, others by the UMA jury; including members of Exilia, Sadist, Nanowar and managers of studios and festivals, and other bands were chosen as they are already part of the UMA roster.
Alwaid is a melodic metal band from Lille, France, which was founded in 2010. Within a few months, the first songs were written and the band played its first gigs in local bars. The band's first demo was released in the course of the summer 2012. The year 2013 was dedicated to live shows before the band hit the studio to record their first album "Lacus Somniorum", which was released in March 2014. An intense promotion tour then took Alwaid around the north of France, Belgium and the UK.
The band was named after a star that evokes a nocturnal and oniric world, and each track of this album tells its own story, following the different stages of sleep, from waking to unconsciousness, from insomnia to nightmares. The band strives to create a diversity of atmospheres, sometimes relying on symphonic structures and sometimes on more aggressive heavy metal guitars, not forgetting a number of darker pieces when male growls combine with the melodic female vocals.
Lacus Somniorum is the title track from Alwaid's 2014 album.
Alwaid are:
Marie Perrier – Vocals
Simon Lamarcq – Bass
Max Renard – Guitar & Grunts
Alexis Godel – Guitar
Laurent Feisthauer – Keyboards
Marceau Canis – Drums
Viper Arms is an all-female rock band from Turku, Finland. In the current line-up dating back to 2008, Niina sings and plays guitar, Päivi lead guitar, Laura drums and Soffe bass. Some members of the band have been making music in Viper Arms even longer. Viper Arms has very actively performed in Finland and abroad for the past six years. Their music is best described as rock music with hard rock influences.
The band's first single Closer (2013) was first released by Turku Rock Academy & V.R. Label Finland, but the song also appears on a compilation CD released by Outlanders Productions and Metal From Finland. The compilation presents various Finnish hard rock and metal bands.
In 2014 Viper Arms recorded two singles. The first one, Addiction, was released by V.R.Label Finland & Turku Rock Academy in May ´14. The second single, You Will Not Possess Me, was released by Outlanders Productions in April 2015.
Viper Arms is an independent, unsigned band.
Viper Arms is:
Niina - Vocals and Guitar
Laura - Drums
Soffe - Bass
Päivi - Lead Guitar
The 7 headed, 14 legged creation that is Aonia comprises a dual wield of 'sopranos with balls' as vocalists, along with shredding twin axes, symphonic keys and driving drums and bass for fans of operatic metal, power metal, progressive metal and NWOBHM. Aonia’s tsunami of sound is a blend of the very old and the very new – a tempered steel in a velvet glove.
Aonia is starting to be climb the ladder of the heavy metal scene, supporting touring acts such as Canadian power metallers and Bloodstock veterans Kobra and the Lotus. Most recently, the band has been booked to play the acclaimed Dames of Darkness Festival. Aonia has also organised its own all day festival, Aonia Fest, in association with Feralworld Music and will be supporting the legendary Blaze Bayley. Furthermore, Aonia has booked their first show outside of England – supporting the melodic Alwaid in Belgium in July.
Reflections is taken from the bands 2014 EP, Sunchaser.
Aonia is:
Melissa - Vocals
Joanne - Vocals
James (“Carrot”) - Guitar and Backing Vocals
Przemek (“Slick”) - Guitar
Tim (“The Machine”) - Keyboards
Gary - Bass
Tony (“Feraldayor”) - Drums.
Mongrel is known as "the hardest working band in Boston" (Metal Edge) and with the latest release "Evolution" the band has brought it's unique blend of aggressive rock, punk influence, and metal to a new level. Featuring Jessica Sierra's sultry to aggressive vocals, "Evolution" showcases founding guitarist Adam Savage on guitars, and features the recorded debuts of drummer Mike Hogan and bassist Michael Ariza. "Evolution" was recorded by Jim Foster (POD, Thy Will Be Done, Sully Erna), mixed by Dave Fortman (Otep, Slipknot, Evanescence, Godsmack), and mastered by Howie Weinberg (Pantera, Metallica, The Cult, Nirvana, Soundgarden) and has gotten a great response from old fans, new fans, and critics alike earning the band a good number of year end awards for 2014.
Over and Over is taken from the bands 2014 release, Evolution.
Mongrel is:
Jessica Sierra - Vocals
Adam Savage - Guitar
Mike Hogan - Drums
Michael Ariza - Bass
It all began in the summer of 2010 when two musicians who already knew one another from their previous musical projects – vocalist Anna Achtelik and guitarist Paweł Dylewski, decided to create the project of their dreams – a symphonic metal band that would follow in the footsteps of the greatest bands of the genre, but still remaining original and searching for its own style.
The first songs were created very quickly and the first shows were played at the beginning of 2012. The audiences' very positive reception confirmed that the direction was right. The first record was released later that year – an EP called My Secret Place, containing four songs, and the first music video for a song called My Memory. In the meantime new material was being composed and the band attended multiple shows and festivals. In 2014 As Night Falls released their second EP entitled From Grace To Oblivion.
Final Destination is taken from that EP - From Grace To Oblivion.
As Night Falls is:
Anna Achtelik - Vocals
Paweł Dylewski - Guitar
Łukasz Hatłas - Bass
Łukasz Siwy - Keys
Darek Markiewicz - Drums
Fate Prevailed is a metal band with a full and addicting sound. Combining melodic female vocals with heavy instrumentation and screaming vocals, the band appeals to a wide variety of listeners. The music is progressive, technical, and changes with every song.
Coming from different musical backgrounds each member of the band brings new life to the music as they come together. Dark lyrical themes, raging solos, and haunting melodies make Fate Prevailed a band you need to hear.
Blue Skies Burn Red is the title track from their 2014 EP.
Andraste was formed following a mosh-pit collision at Paganfest '08, and became established as Manchester's foremost exponents of folk metal. Founder member Hazel Mayow (whistles and mandola) had long harboured a vision of combining her folk background in the wildlands of Cumbria with extreme metal; with Justin Morley (lead vocals, guitars, mandolin), Greg Chick (drums, vocals) and Tommy Rushton (bass, vocals) completing the lineup, the band proceeded to forge a very human take on history and mythology against the resulting epic backdrop of progressive virtuosity.
A self-produced debut album, The Secret Valley, was released in 2011 and garnered sufficient praise to earn the band an appearance on Bloodstock's acoustic stage in 2012. 'Bribe the Ferryman' is taken from the band's second album, due for release in mid-2015, and tells the tale of a grieving widow from the perspective of a priest who offers safe passage for the dead ... but at a dreadful cost.
As Bribe The Ferryman is a brand new, as yet unreleased track here is another Andraste song to keep you going until the compilation is released.
Gothic metal band, Bleeding Tears was formed in August 2004 in Valencia, Venezuela. With two female vocalists and combining pianos, lyric voices and distorted guitars with extreme voices, Bleeding Tears creates an ambient sound, that connects the feelings of melancholy, anguish, desolation and heavy burdens. A sound that shows the anger and the contrast of human emotions.
Bleeding Tears has played in Europe with the Norwegian Band Ancestral Legacy and the Portuguese Band Chaos in Paradise on a tour entitled Brother Wolf European Tour 2011. They performed in cities such as Berlin, Roermond, Amsterdam, Valencia, Madrid and Porto. The band has also been chosen to support International Bands such as Epica, Theatres Des Vampires, Siebenbürgen and played at important festivals in Venezuela.
Brother Wolf is taken from the bands 2013 album of the same name.
Bleeding Tears is:
Vanessa Murillo - Mezzo Soprano
Carla Valsangiacomo - Soprano
Darwin Gil - Extreme Voices and Guitar
Jaime Murillo - Bass
Sergio Rivas - Guitar
Alejandro Pinto - Keyboards and Synthesizers
Reign of Sirius are a Melodic/Symphonic Metal 6 piece band from the UK, based in Macclesfield in North West England. They reformed as a Symphonic Metal band in 2010 after a 3 year Electronica project of the same name founded by guitarist Mayo and Vocalist Alex. After multiple lineup changes they settled as a six piece to complete the resurrection of the band.
Showcasing their desire for heavy guitar riffs blended with epic symphonies and compositions, topped with the hard hitting screams and growls that build to the melodic and catchy choruses.The concept is strong with that hint of darkness and theatrical storytelling verses and lyrics which make the grand live shows more of an experience than you would get at your usual metal show.
Reign of Sirius released their second album 'Mirror Figures' which was a huge step up from their previous album. Released in April 2014 'Mirror Figures' is the promising next step for this fresh and original band, first heard with the release of the first single from the album 'Dice of Fate', released on 31st July 2013. The 8 minute plus single was more than a taster of what was to come and has shown exactly what the band can do.
The Rook and The Feather is taken from the bands 2014 album Mirror Figures.
Reign of Sirius is:
Alex Blaikie - Vocals
Simon Mayo - Guitars
Tom Perry - Guitars
Charlie Blaikie - Bass
Alex Williams - Keyboards
Jacob Lockett - Drums
Burn The Void are a UK band formed in late 2010 by guitarist Steve Peril and bassist Nicky Rogerson. The idea from the start was to create a sound, which brought together their NWOBHM influence, merged with more modern elements of the rock and metal genres. This idea was finally realised when they released their debut self titled EP in 2011, including popular songs ‘No Man’s Land’ and ‘Embrace The Night’. The response they received was more than they anticipated and their following started to grow around the world. They were achieving recognition in the UK, USA, Europe and Russia, even accomplishing high standing positions in the Myspace Rock/ Metal music charts against fully established bands at the time.
The band continued to write and gig throughout 2011 until early 2012 when the line up parted ways. Steve and Nicky continued to write and in October 2012 the band was reborn, with the introduction of Doogle Hill on guitar and Londa Ntotila on lead vocals. With this new line up came a new musical direction for them. Fusing together the rich classic rock and metal sound of their past, with soaring classical-styled vocals, the music has found its unique edge.
Vehemal is a Montreal-based music outfit formed in September 2008 by Marie-Josée Sévigny and Martine Bourque. The original concept was to compose metal music from a feminine perspective of the world. The writing of the album "The Atom Inside", which was recorded at Silverwings Studio, reflects this idea. The album was released in September 2014.
Riseback is an alternative metal band from Istanbul/TR. The band is founded in February 2010. Influenced by contemporary rock/metal the band created its own musical style. In love with metal music, the band produce modern rock-metal sounds, melodic and rich guitar riffs, strong drumming, solid bass and sincere female vocals with musical colours coming straight from the heart.
Live Performance history includes concerts at Dorock, Rock'n Rolla, 5th Marmara Rock Days, 13th Istanbul Rock Festival, Headbangers' Weekend Refresh The Venue, Msgü Spring Fest. Riseback also performed at Metal Crowd Open Air, Belarus with headliners including Sybreed, Suidakra and many other international bands. The song ''My Treasure'' was included to the festival compilation CD.
Riseback's song ''Faraway'' was first released on the compilation album of Prog Power Festival U.S.A in 2011. The bands self titled debut album was released in 2013. They are currently working on music for the second.
Make You Real is taken from the bands debut album.
Riseback is:
Riella Eskenazi - Vocals
Ali Safa Uzun - Guitar
Koner Memili - Bass
Onur Akça - Drums
Formed in 2008 by guitarist Mit and bassist Dave, Jackknife Seizure's line up was not completed until 2010. The past few years have been spent writing, rehearsing, demoing and gigging all over the capital and beyond as their unique blend of melodic, proggy riffs and heavy grooves started to take shape. Jackknife Seizure is sneaking up on the British rock and metal scene, an endeavour boosted by the band winning the London Metal 2 The Masses finals to play Bloodstock Open Air's prestigious New Blood Stage in 2014.
With influences ranging across the spectrum from heavy Soundgarden and Black Sabbath style rock to more progressive metal, i.e. Mastodon and Tool, their hard-to-classify yet captivating style has caught the attention of a rapidly growing audience and various media outlets. Their debut release 'Time of the Trilobites', a four track EP, is out now and available through the band's website and bandcamp pages.
Jackknife Seizure's debut record, the four track EP ‘Time of the Trilobites’ was released in Autumn, 2014 and is available for purchase and download via the band's website. The title track is featured on Forged in Stone and Steel Part 2.
Celestial Wish are a Birmingham based Symphonic Metal act with a sound characterised by the use of powerful orchestrations, eerie synths, angelic vocals, heavy riffs and blistering solos, which all come together to form a sound that takes the listener into their own personal dreamland, where each Celestial Wish comes true, and anything is possible.
Celestial Wish are heavily influenced by bands such as Nightwish, Kamelot, Avantasia, Rhapsody Of Fire and Sonata Arctica, however, their list of influences goes far beyond the Metal genre, among their list of influences are Nobuo Uematsu, of Final Fantasy fame, Danny Elfman and Richard Wagner. All of these inspirations have come together to form a powerful sound that one might describe as majestic, or epic.
Crossing The River is taken from the bands EP Our Creation.
Celestial Wish are:
Saneeta Ram - Vocals
Daniel Carpenter - Guitar & Orchestral Composer
Fraser Banks - Bass
Michael Brush - Drums
Scandelion pushes past the normal confines of genres and “labels” with their unique and refreshing approach that can only be described as “brutally beautiful”. Formed in 2002 by Jorge Afonso, Scandelion takes its name from the ruins of a greek fortress on the coast of Jerusalem. The band released their first demo in 2005 and their first album “The Pureheart’s Breed’ in 2008.
Three albums later, 2014 saw a dramatic lineup change following a relocation to the UK. Jorge was first joined by guitar virtuoso Fabrizio Ferraro. Then came bassist Hallam Smith, then singer Nina Dysis, and lastly drummer James Chapman. Scandelion transformed their sound of their roots into something far more aggressive and powerful. Their latest album “Nonsense” released in 2014 shows a darker, more intense incarnation of the band; showing that they can move seamlessly into the more extreme styles of metal while retaining their symphonic and doom metal influences.
Dusk In Your Dreams is taken from the bands 2014 Nonsense album.
The story begins in 2004. Alain Robitaille, Éric Lee and Éric Pomerleau join forces with one objective in mind: to play their own music. They start by forging their sound rocking the local club scene, sharing the stage with many bands including Unexpect and Stream of Passion. In 2010, they present “The Story of Sarah”, a short film included within a rock concert, on which the band collaborates with a local folk-rock singer named Joëlle Nolin. Her unique voice and energy give Unveil a new drive and she is asked to become the official lead singer.
Her trademark vocal style is now part of the Unveil sound. 2013 saw the release of Codex Noctem, a first EP featuring some of the band’s most road tested material. This collection of original songs, inspired by vampires, solitude and the secrets of the night, got rave reviews from both sides of the Atlantic. Go ahead and give in. Dare to Unveil.
Hide is taken from the bands first EP Codex Noctem.
Kill For Eden is a London based hard rock band. Influences include Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and The Cult’s solid riffs, Blondie’s instant melody and Garbage‘s contemporary mix of pop hooks and rebel attitude.
They've been gigging around England promoting their debut album released in May 2013 and an EP released in November 2013. The band are currently in pre-production for their second album due 2015.
Kerosene is taken from the bands self-titled debut album
Kill For Eden is:
Lyla D'Souza - Vocalist
Dave Garfield – Guitar
Mike McGuinness – Bass
Wally Miroshnikov - Drums
APRIL WEEPS is an atmospheric metal band from Slovakia that was formed in 2010 in a town called Dunajská Streda. In September 2012 they recorded their debut album, "Outer Calm, Pain Within", and self-released it in February 2013. The lyrics are mainly inspired by life itself. They focus on the individual with his attitudes, belief and fears, reactions to difficult life situations and coping with everyday challenges. Musically, it incorporates a lot of synths along with gothic metal, doom metal, symphonic metal and melodic death metal.
In August 2014, the band released its first promotional music video for the song “The Last Piece Of Eden”. After that they were the opening act for XANDRIA, held their first mini-tour that took place almost completely in the Czech Republic and, in 2015, they were the opening act for IN MOURNING Krakow gig during their Poland Tour 2015. APRIL WEEPS is currently working on the songs for the second album.
The Last Piece of Eden is taken from their upcoming new album and was the bands first music video.
April Weeps is:
N – Growls
Marta - Vocals
Dex– Guitars
Doki – Guitars
Tosho – Bass
Roland – Drums
Stronghold – Atmospherics
Blind Saviour can lay claim to be Malta's only fully fledged Power Metal band. The current line up was completed in 2013 and since then the band have played several gigs and local metal festivals. Lightning fast double bass drum rhythms, twin-lead harmonies, catchy sing-a-long refrains and orchestral textures are all combined in an elegant and exciting blend. The powerful and varied vocals together with an overall judicious use of keyboards make Blind Saviour quite a unique sounding band within the female fronted metal scene.
The band have been working to release their 10 track debut album which is centred around a story line featuring characters and places in a post-apocalyptic setting created by the band itself. Here one finds a few of the popular themes associated with this musical style a clearly defined good vs evil plot and the inclusion of epic battles between surviving human clans and their robot oppressors.
Their track Freedom Call is taken from their upcoming debut album.
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