Ethereal Metal Webzine

05/07/2024

📰 REVIEW ALERT! 📰

Come check out Ryan’s review of Visions of Atlantis’ “Pirates II - Armada”, out tomorrow via Na**lm Records!

“Visions of Atlantis have seemingly been at the top of their game since Pirates, and while some may have thought that album marked the pinnacle of their growth, it was clearly just the beginning. Pirates II - Armada represents their strongest and most cohesive work to date, both lyrically and musically.”

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer [email protected] 📸 – Robert Eikelpoth Just when you think symphonic/pirate metal icons Visions of Atlantis have outdone…

03/07/2024

🎥 INTERVIEW ALERT! 🎥

Come check out Ryan Murray’s interview with Dan, Ryan and Josh of Story of the Year! Join them as they discuss 20 years of “Page Avenue”, touring, their latest album “Tear me to Pieces” and starting beef?!

Ryan caught up with Dan, Ryan & Josh of Story of the Year! Check it out as they chat about touring, 20 years of “Page Avenue”, their latest album “Tear me to...

19/06/2024

🎥 INTERVIEW ALERT! 🎥

Come check out Ryan’s interview with Clémentine Delauney of Visions of Atlantis as they discuss Pirates II - Armada, dancing Metal heads and more!

Pre-order link is in the video description, so be sure to pre-order your copy now!

Ryan chats with Clémentine Delauney of Visions of Atlantis about their upcoming album “Pirates II - Armada, inspirations behind some of the tracks, their big...

19/06/2024

📰 ALBUM REVIEW ALERT! 📰

Come check out Ryan’s review of Seven Spires’ “A Fortress Called Home”, out this Friday, June 21st via Frontiers Music srl!

“‘A Fortress Called Home’ is a monumental achievement for Seven Spires. With its intricate compositions, powerful performances, and emotional depth, it’s an album that demands and rewards repeated listens. Many tears will be shed throughout this journey, but it’s worth it. The band has crafted a musical experience that is both deeply personal and universally relatable, ensuring their place as one of symphonic metal’s most innovative acts….”

📸 - Doga Somer

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer [email protected] The world of symphonic metal faces formidable competition, and Seven Spires’ return with their fourth studio…

14/06/2024

🎥 INTERVIEW ALERT! 🎥

Come check out Ryan’s follow up interview w/ Adrienne Cowan & Jack Kosto of Seven Spires as they chat about inspirations for some of the emotions behind the songs, how pop songs may have influenced some of the melodies and more!

This was a killer interview, don’t miss it!

Ryan had the opportunity to catch up again with Adrienne Cowan and Jack Kosto of Seven Spires! Check it out as they discuss inspirations behind the album, ho...

08/06/2024

📰 LIVE SHOW REVIEW! 📰

Come check out Ryan Murray Photography’s review of Symphony X & Heathen at Toad's Place in New Haven, CT!

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer [email protected] Toad’s Place in New Haven, CT, was the epicenter of a progressive and thrash metal frenzy on Thursday, May 3…

23/05/2024

📰 REVIEW ALERT! 📰

Come check out Josh’s review of Unleash The Archers latest album “Phantoma,” OUT NOW WORLDWIDE via Na**lm Records!

📸 - Shimon Photo

Joshua Tanner | Contributor 📸 – Shimon Karmel Following their massive success with the Immortal saga, spanning 2017’s “Apex” and 2020’s “Abyss,” Canadian power metal and Juno awar…

17/05/2024

📰 LIVE SHOW REVIEW! 📰

Come check out Ryan Murray Photography’s review of Soen’s show at (le) poisson rouge this past Saturday, with direct support from Trope!

📸 - Ryan Murray Photography

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer [email protected] Progressive metal quintet Soen returned to North America for their second headlining tour, this time in supp…

16/05/2024

Check it out! Seven Spires released their next video/single today! Video and pre-order link for their upcoming album “A Fortress Called Home”, releasing June 21st via Frontiers Music srl, is at the bottom of review!

📸 - Ryan Murray Photography

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer [email protected] Symphonic metal’s Seven Spires, who completely defy any boundaries the genre may have, have revealed their l…

11/05/2024

📰 LIVE SHOW ALERT! 📰

📍 - Toad’s Place (New Haven)
📸 - Ryan Murray Photography

Come check out Ryan Murray Photography’s review of From Ashes to New’s massive headliner tour that stopped at Toad's Place in New Haven!

With a killer line up of support from Elijah, Phix, Ekoh & Point North!

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer [email protected] The energy was palpable at Toad’s in New Haven, CT on Saturday, May 4th, as the venue hosted a sold-out show…

07/05/2024

📰 NEWS UPDATE! 📰

This weekend, we were informed that we had been selected as #29 in the top 40 Best Melodic Death Metal Blogs and Websites at Feedspot Blog Reader! This is a website that allows you to read your favorite Blogs, Podcasts, News Websites, Youtube Channels and RSS feeds from one place. It offers a suite of products like RSS reader, Brand monitoring and Scheduler to help individuals keep track of information on the internet efficiently. Feedspot’s media database has over 100k Influential Bloggers in over 1500 niche categories, and we’re excited to have made it to their top melodic death metal blogs/websites!

Thank you to Feed Spot and to all of our followers and supporters! This is just the beginning!

Go give us a FOLLOW!

03/05/2024

🎥 INTERVIEW ALERT! 🎥

Come check out Ryan’s interview w/ Hauptmann Feuerschwanz of Feuerschwanz as they discuss the challenges the band faced during the writing arranging process with the lyrics all in English, their sound and their new studio album they are currently working on as well!

“Warriors” is OUT NOW via Na**lm Records, be sure not to miss it!

Ryan chats with Hauptmann of Feuerschwanz and discusses challenges the band faced in writing a full album in English, including how songs needed to be tweake...

03/05/2024

📰 LIVE SHOW REVIEW ALERT!! 📰

Delayed due to personal reasons with Ryan, but we’re glad to have this up now!

Come check out Ryan’s review of Korpiklaani’s show at The Gramercy Theatre, with support from ILLUMISHADE & Visions of Atlantis!

📍 - The Gramercy Theatre
📸 - Ryan Murray Photography

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer [email protected] In celebration of their latest album ‘Rankarumpu’ (Ragged Drum), the Finnish grandmasters of folk metal, Kor…

01/05/2024

📰 RELEASE INFO! 📰

It’s time! Nightwish reveals details about “Yesterwynde”, releasing September 20th via Nuclear Blast!

📸 - Tim Tronckoe

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer [email protected] 📸 – Tim Tronckoe The wait is over for fans of symphonic metal legends Nightwish! They have broken th…

29/04/2024

📰 REVIEW ALERT! 📰

📍- NY
📸 - Amy Molina

Come check out Ryan’s review of Solace Band NY’s upcoming debut EP “Echoes of the Lost”, releasing this Friday!

PRE-SAVE 🔗 AT BOTTOM OF REVIEW, BE SURE TO PRE-SAVE!

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer [email protected] New York’s rising stars in progressive metal, Sølace, are standing at the precipice of their musical j…

27/04/2024

🚨 Interview Alert! 🚨

📍- The Paramount (Huntington, NY)

Go check out Ryan Murray Photography’s interview with Adrienne Cowan & Jack Kosto of Seven Spires at Huntington, NY’s The Paramount!

Join them as they chat about the 4-tour run with Kamelot, their upcoming album “A Fortress Called Home” out June 21st via Frontiers Music srl!

You can preorder at the link below the YouTube video!

Ryan chats with Adrienne Cowan & Jack Kosto of Sevenspires about their current 4-date tour with Kamelot and discuss their upcoming album “A Fortress Called H...

22/04/2024

🚨 Interview Alert! 🚨

📍- Irving Plaza NYC
🔗 - FULL INTERVIEW IN STORY/HIGHLIGHTS!

Go check out Ryan Murray Photography interview with Claudio of Wind Rose in NYC before their show as Claudio discusses the current tour and why “Warfront” was more epic and more cinematic than past works!

Ryan chats with Claudio of Wind Rose about their current North American tour with direct support from label mates Xandria, their more cinematic and epic soun...

19/04/2024

🚨 Interview Alert! 🚨

📍- NYC’s The Gramercy Theatre

Here’s Ryan Murray Photography’s interview with Jarkko & Olli Vänskä of Korpiklaani in NYC before their show Irving Plaza!

Ryan chats with Jarkko & Olli about their current North American tour, the meaning behind “Rankarumpu” and more! ALL AUDIO AND VIDEO CLIPS USED WITHIN THIS I...

18/04/2024

🚨 Interview Alert! 🚨

📍- The Gramercy Theatre NYC

Go check out Ryan Murray Photography’s interview with Clémentine Delauney of Visions of Atlantis in NYC before their show in direct support of Korpiklaani at The Gramercy Theatre!

Clemi discusses the current tour and their upcoming album “Pirates II: Armada,” including two tracks she’s most looking forward to everyone hearing from the upcoming release, out July 5th 2024 via Na**lm Records!

Ryan chats with Clémentine Delauney of Visions of Atlantis about their current North American tour with Korpiklanni and their upcoming album “Pirates II: Arm...

17/04/2024

🚨 Interview Alert! 🚨

📍- NYC

Go check out Ryan Murray Photography’s interview with Fabienne Erni & Mirjam Skal of ILLUMISHADE in NYC before their show opening for Visions of Atlantis & Korpiklaani at Irving Plaza!

📸 - Lina Glasir Photographer

Na**lm Records

Ryan chats with Fabienne Erni & Mirjam Skal of Illumishade about their more cinematic sound, Mirjam’s first time in NYC and Illumishade’s first time performi...

14/04/2024

Thanks to Oceans of Slumber for allowing Ryan to preview your new single and video “Where Gods Fear to Speak”!

His review is below! Be sure not to miss this track, releasing tomorrow!

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer [email protected] When a band says “Our new album is going to be the heaviest yet”, it’s always best to take it with a grain o…

05/04/2024

📰 REVIEW ALERT! 📰

Come check out ’s review of Korpiklaani “Rankarumpu”, out today via Nuclear Blast! This album is one hell of a good time, don’t miss it!

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer [email protected] Korpiklaani’s latest offering, “Rankarumpu,” is a spirited journey into the heart of Finni…

01/04/2024

Update from Nightwish on their new album! Details below!

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer [email protected] Floor 📸 – Tim Tronckoe Symphonic metal giants Nightwish have been busy getting their 10th album ready.…

01/04/2024

📰 LIVE SHOW REVIEW ALERT! 📰

Come check out Ryan Murray Photography review of Avenged Sevenfold’s incredible show with Sullivan King & Poppy at Mohegan Sun

Photos may be shared, but watermark is not to be removed and credit must be given!

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer [email protected] 📸 – Ryan Murray Photography Avenged Sevenfold’s concert at Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday, March …

29/03/2024

Check it out! Oceans of Slumber singer Cammie Beverly reveals first single and title track from her upcoming solo album “House of Grief”, an unbelievably haunting and beautiful track that you won’t want to miss!

Ryan’s review is below!

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Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor |Contributor | Photographer [email protected] 📸 – That Heavy Glow Grief, a place all too familiar to all of us and connects us all, is the silent sto…

29/03/2024

If you haven’t heard of LYNCHPiN yet, you’re missing out!

This brutal progressive death metal/death core & “Caricore” as the band likes to call themselves quintet from Trinidad and Tobago is set to make a huge statement with their new single “Asphyxiation”, feat. Matt McGachy of Cryptopsy, releasing tomorrow, March 29th as a self-release.

Check out Ryan’s review of “Asphyxiation” below!

📸 Sataish Rampersad

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor |Contributor | Photographer [email protected] 📸 – Sataish Rampersad LYNCHPiN, the dynamic progressive metal/deathcore and self-named “Caricore” ensem…

28/03/2024

It’s the end of an unforgettable 27 years! Sum 41 is set to release their final album “Heaven :x: Hell”, poised to be their best album yet, tomorrow, March 29th via Rise Records!

📸 - Travis Shinn Photography

📢 - Big Picture Media

Check out Ryan’s review below!

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor |Contributor | Photographer [email protected] 📸 – Travis Shinn Reaching an extraordinary milestone, the legendary Canadian pop-punk rock outfit Sum 4…

24/03/2024

Come check out VK Lynne’s latest single/video “There is Nothing”, featuring Whitesnake/David Coverdale’s Joel Hoekstra and Temperance’s Marco Pastorino!

In a recent conversation with Ryan, VK shared about Nicole Tilley, who recently and tragically passed away. She was the President of the WHTF Foundation, and this video has been dedicated to her. Check out VK’s words below!

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer [email protected] On Friday, March 22nd, BMI singer VK Lynne released ‘There is Nothing,” and revealed the official musi…

21/03/2024

‼️ INTERVIEW ALERT ‼️

Come check out Ryan’s interview with Peavy Wagner of Rage!

The massive double album “Afterlifelines” releases next Friday, March 29th via Steamhammer, you won’t want to miss it!

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer [email protected] 📸 – Oliver Bob In a recent interview, I had the privilege of having a chat with Peavy, the iconic fron…

12/06/2023

Seventh Wonder’s Tommy Karevik announces departure from the band.

Read his statement, as well as a statement from SW here.

📸 - Stephen Schmidt Photography

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer [email protected] 📸 – Stephen Schmidt In what is bound to be a shock to the Progressive Metal world, Tommy Karevik has a…