Long awaited comeback from Felicia Adams who first came to wider attention via her ‘Read My Lips’ CD from 2004. ‘Re-birth’ has all the hallmarks of her old school sensibilities especially on the beautiful, laid back ‘Baby, Baby’, the throwback, vintage Motown-esq curveball of ‘Music Thang’ and the lazy, hypnotic ‘Melody’. ‘Best Of Me’ brings in some funk and see Felicia turn up the attitude a notch or two, ‘Wake Up’ is a blissful dreamy mid tempo highlight.

Hungarian-born pianist and keyboardist Peter Horvath performs with the who­is­who of jazz such as Victor Bailey, Lenny White, Arturo Sandoval, Randy Brecker, Marcus Miller, and many more. While he is a in demand recording musician on numerous albums his solo career has only seen two albums yet. His debut album Foreign Matter (1995) and his sophomore album Absolute Reality. All original compositions, the music fuses a variety of elements from hard hitting funk jazz with horns, to pieces with latin and straight ahead jazz influences, along with some beautiful mid tempo tunes and ballads, even a solo piano performance to close the album with. The sound represents the musical diversity of the Bay Area along with the influences of years of touring and recording with some of the greats in jazz and beyond.

Delain have transformed into an ambitious supergroup project into a symphonic powerhouse, easily now ranking alongside the Dutch greats of Within Temptation, Epica and After Forever. The band are on a perpetual mission to gain an identity as a great in their own manner, and with each album, they have succeeded a little more. Moonbathers‘ has proven that there is still a lot to be excited about in Delain, and they don’t intend to simply fall off the radar after releasing a series of successful albums. The band are striving to be bigger, better, and possibly the ambassadors to symphonic metal worldwide.

"Interlude" is an fantastic blend of brand-new songs, special versions and mixes of popular DELAIN tracks, covers, and the beautiful single "Are You Done With Me". Thanks to the new mix, the well-known anthem shines with a new-found splendor. The album includes a special DVD featuring exclusive live footage and clips from the band's career. "Interlude"is not only a must for loyal DELAIN fans, but also for those who have not experienced the music by Delain so far. It is the perfect introduction to the world of DELAIN and the starting point to an emotional and bombastic journey!

Germany has yet again contributed to power metal in the form of Winterstorm. Winterstorm released their third studio album ‘Cathyron’ on 7th February 2014 via Noise Art Records. They have created such a thin line between these two sub-genres that it is difficult to comprehend when the power metal elements are playing and when the folk metal elements are doing so. They have mixed both sounds in such a way that it gets hard to differentiate between the two.