Review: Nightfall – Cassiopeia

Paige Camisasca — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:59:55 +0000

The long-running Greek outfit serve up a little bit of everything on their brutal, mostly solid new disc: symphonic metal, death metal, goth, prog. It’s all in service to Nightfall’s own peculiar set of lyrical preoccupations, which this time around seem to include Egyptian mythology, astronomy, free-floating mysticism, and something about reptiles. Past Nightfall albums have sometimes included elements of clean singing, but Cassiopeia is given over almost entirely to frontman Efthimis Karadimas’ paint-peeling growl. On the disc’s best track, “Oberon and Titania,” he riffs on/takes a sledgehammer to fluff-ball fairy comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” You’ll never look at Shakespeare—or woodland fairy creatures—in the same way again. ALLISON STEWART

Check out “Oberon and Titania” off Cassiopeia below:

Exclusive: Fake Figures—Featuring Members of Atreyu, Hotwire, Scars of Tomorrow, and Nightfall—Stream Debut EP

Brandon Geist — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:50:01 +0000

Fake Figures–the new band featuring vocalist Russ Martin of Hotwire, guitarists Travis Miguel of Atreyu and Heather Baker of the Iron Maidens, bassist Bob Bradley of Scars of Tomorrow, and drummer J Po of Nightfall–release their debut EP, Hail the Sycophants, on December 6. In anticipation, the group is streaming the seven-song mini-album right here right now. Crank the tracks below and let us know what you think in the comments!

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Review: Nightfall – Cassiopeia

Exclusive: Fake Figures—Featuring Members of Atreyu, Hotwire, Scars of Tomorrow, and Nightfall—Stream Debut EP