Rocktopia: Ansoticca - 'Rise' - CD Review

A Rocktopia / Fireworks Magazine album review by Paul Jerome Smith: How does a new female-fronted gothically-tinged symphonic metal band/project get noticed in a marketplace that is now full to overflowing with others having similar pretensions? The answer, dear Fireworks reader, is to produce a debut album that grabs your ears from the very first notes and refuses to let them go until an hour later! Admittedly this is a genre that very much appeals to me anyway, but as 'Rise' played out to me for the very first time, I found myself muttering various comments of disbelief! http://ping.fm/yl6E0