Secret Sphere

Skeletoon – They Never Say Die Review

By Eldritch Elitist on March 13, 2019 in 2019, Italian Metal, Power Metal, Reviews, Scarlet Records, Power Metal, 74 comments

“Considering the prevalence of nostalgia culture in social media, I’m surprised that Richard Donner’s 1985 cult classic The Goonies hasn’t seen a significant surge in popularity. Seeing it today reminds me that the film was a perfect recreation of my wildest childhood fantasies of close-lurking adventure. Yes, there is a pirate ship loaded with treasure hiding underneath your hometown. Yes, you have to go down an extremely fun and extremely dangerous waterslide to get to it. Yes, you can steal a kiss from your older brother’s hot girlfriend, even if your older brother is an even hotter Josh Brolin. If there’s any musical genre in existence that’s all about crafting a similar sense of childlike wonder, it’s power metal; so, as lame as it is, a power metal concept album about The Goonies makes some sense.” Goo-nie-capped.

Dr Wvrm and Eldritch Elitist’s Top Ten(ish) of 2017

By Steel Druhm on December 27, 2017 in 2017, Blog Posts, Lists, 114 comments

“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages: Jørn proudly brings to you the hall door swingin’, poser metal slingin’, the not brvtal enough, not even once, the Great Old Weenie, Eldritch Elitist, the Basic Bitch, Dr. Wvrm, the Shame of Angry Metal Guy.” Yeah, that’s about right.

Secret Sphere – The Nature of Time Review

By Eldritch Elitist on June 13, 2017 in 2017, Frontiers Records, Italian Metal, Power Metal, Reviews, Power Metal, 38 comments

“It’s no secret that Secret Sphere hasn’t seen a lot of love over their twenty year career. On top of being snubbed from AMG’s most prestigious of lists, their distinctly Italian take on the Euro-power formula has never come close to breaking away from second-rate status, and the band itself isn’t entirely free from blame.” And now, a blamestorming session.

DGM – The Passage [Things You Might Have Missed 2016]

By Eldritch Elitist on January 5, 2017 in 2016, Frontiers Records, Italian Metal, Power Metal, Things You Might Have Missed 2016, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, 44 comments

“Italy’s litany of exports are unmistakably intertwined with the country’s culture; one look at a Fiat or an Armani suit and my intuition immediately tips me off that it’s a product of pizza-pasta land, even if I can’t quite place what makes the item in question distinctly Italian. The same applies to DGM.” It’s all in the seasoning.