Some News & A Review

This week I applied for and accepted a position with Sonic Cathedral as a reviewer. SC an organization I've been getting CDs from for quite a while now and I've discovered a lot of new female fronted bands through them.  They have a web zine, in addition to all the other things they do, and my CD reviews for SC will be appearing there.

First up, my review of the new Sarah Jezebel Deva release, The Corruption of Mercy.  You can read it here.  As you can see, I really loved this CD, and thought it was a great step forward for SJD in the evolution of her sound and solo career.  Check it!

Some news

Sarah Jezebel Deva's new single "The World Won't Hold Your Hand" was released yesterday. The single comes from her new album "The Corruption Of Mercy".

Tarja works on her new rock album. She has written 18 songs already and wants the songs to be ready at the end of the summer. The name of the album or release date is not known yet.

Simone Simons from Epica will join Kamelot on their NA tour singing "The Haunting". According to Kamelot's founder/guitarist Thomas Youngblood, the members of the band have already begun searching for a permanent replacement for Roy Khan.

Johnny Depp recently joined Alice Cooper on stage to play "I am Eighteen" and "Schools Out".

Come Cover Me: Zombie by Sarah Jezebel Deva

Deva covered Zombie on her new album The Corruption Of Mercy, which will be released on 27th June.

Zombie, one of the biggest hits of Irish rock band The Cranberries, was released in 1994. It's a protest song from No Need to Argue album.

In my opinion it is qutie good cover. Though I am not fond of the long guitar ending, the piano part at the end of the song fits in well.

The Cranberries

The Corruption Of Mercy by Sarah Jezebel Deva

The artwork and track list of Deva's second album were released couple of days ago.

 1 No Paragon Of Virtue
 2 The World Won't Hold Your Hand
 3 A Matter Of Convenience
 4 Silence Please
 5 Zombie
 6 Pretty With Effects
 7 What Lies Before You
 8 Sirens
 9 The Eyes That Lie
10 The Corruption Of Mercy
The album will be released in Europe on June 20.

You may recognise Sarah as a  backing vocalist in Cradle of Filth or a leader of Angtoria.

Some News!

1. Leaves' Eyes is offering a preview of one of their upcoming songs from Meredead called "Velvet Heart" and you can listen to it either on their Facebook page or on their MySpace page.  It's very different, but I do like it!

2. I just heard via Blabbermouth yesterday that one of my favourite metal singers, Sarah Jezebel Deva has completed work on a new solo album!  It's called "The Corruption of Mercy."  There is no release date mentioned but here is another album in 2011 I can look forward to.

3. And thanks to the miracle of Facebook, I heard from the folks of Satyrian, one of my favourite Gothic metal outfits, that they are working on a new album and already have half the material done!  Yay!  Their debut album, Eternitas, was released in 2006, so it's been five loooooong years.