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Album Review: Ophelia's Eye - Hopeless World (2022)

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  First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ This coverage was created via Musosoup  #Sustainablecurator Click here  and run your own campaign on MusoSoup Picture Credit: Gogo Melone Ophelia's Eye - Hopeless World Release Date: April 15, 2022 Label: selfrelease Format: CD / Digital Duration: 25:28 Genre: Progressive Metalcore / Death Metal Origin: Dulliken , Switzerland Ophelia's Eye are a young band from Dulliken, in the Swiss Canton of Solothurn. In this triangle between the three cities of Bern, Zürich, and Basel, great music for those who love to bang their heads or to go savage in the moshpit has been born. In 2021, Ophelia's Eye have released two singles in which they presented their very own approach to grooving, brachial, and yet innovative and sophisticated Metal. You can read the reviews on the singles here: 'Speak Words of ...

New releases: April 15, 2022

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  First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ 12 new releases that are worth checking out. If available on Spotify, one track of the release will be added to the MangoRotation ( MR ) playlist for 14 days. Want to advertise on MangoWave? Send a request to rmangowave@gmail.com Tenderhooks - Yolena (Dance Remix) (MR) Single - 14/04/2022 Disco Rock / Indie Rock - Brighton, England Yolena Dance Remix by Tenderhooks Vidro - Glöd   (MR) Album - 14/04/2022 Hardcore Punk - Stockholm, Sweden Glöd by Vidro Darkher - The Buried Storm   (MR) Album - 15/04/2022 Dark Folk / Doom Folk - England The Buried Storm by Darkher DIMWIND / Breaths - Seasons   (MR) Split EP - 15/04/2022 Post Metal / Doomgaze - Gothenburg, Sweden / Richmond, VA, USA Seasons ( BREATHS / DIMWIND - Split) by BREATHS / DIMWIND droneroom - Whatever Truthful Undestanding ...

Single Review: Ophelia's Eye - The Demon behind my Mind (2021)

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  Picture Credit: Mickey Mithrid Art   Ophelia's Eye - The Demon behind my Mind Release Date: October 10, 2021 Length: 04:12 Genre:  Metalcore  /  Death Metal Origin:  Dulliken ,  Switzerland The single on hand is the latest release by Solothurn's rising star Ophelia's Eye. As the title already tells us, this song is about demons. But it is a very special of demons that is dealt with here: it is everyone's very own and unique demon - the voice in our head, the power that makes us do stupid things sometimes, and helps us out of misery some other times. And thus, here is what Ophelia's Eye have to say to us: know your demon, and embrace your demon - love it if you want. The band's very first music video is accompanied by the mélange of Death Metal and Metalcore, Ophelia's Eye are known and loved for. The staccato leads add some Black Metal-like cold to te rough soundscape. And so, Ophelia's Eye present an empowering sound that combines the headbanging dy...

Single Review: Ophelia's Eye - Speak Words of Destruction (2021)

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Picture Credit: Mickey Mithrid Art   Ophelia's Eye - Speak Words of Destruction Release Date: July 10, 2021 Length: 03:35 Genre: Metalcore / Death Metal Origin: Dulliken , Switzerland 'Speak Word of Destruction' is the second single off Ophelia's Eye's EP " Fight for us ". If the band name confuses you, that might because the Swiss quintet has changed their name from Project Penny to Red Fire Dragon to Ophelia's Eye. The final name derives from the novel 'Der Sandmann' by German romanticist ETA Hoffmann . The stunning narrative features a character named Olimpia  whose name was changed to Ophelia  in this case. 'Speak Words of Destruction' deals with chasms of human behaviour, like the rest of the EP does, too. In this special case, the lack of communication that often leads to division, separation and conflicts is concerned. Once, communication is lost, a single misunderstanding can lead to major escalation. First time, I listened to ...