Bear Reviews Music!
After a decade of music journalism for Musicalypse and Tuonela Magazine that started in 2011 and continues to this day, I’ve developed a love of writing critical analyses of things that interest me. Please enjoy everything from live reports and album reviews, and even the occasional monthly collections of featured singles!
My goal, as a critical reviewer, is not to trash people’s work, because effort deserves respect. I try my best to be objective, while still sharing my personal feelings based on my own experiences.
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Where You Go We’ll One Day Follow, pt. I
From Kitee to Rovaniemi and down to Helsinki, Bear Wiseman and Kathy Criswell travel around Finland to see Johanna Kurkela, Robin la Joy, Martijn Westerholt, and Mikko Mustonen in Eye of Melian all around the country. Part I covers the shows in Kitee, Espoo, and Kouvola.
From Finland to the Forest of Forgetting for Eye of Melian’s Album Release Show
Yet another chaotic journey from Finland (and other countries) to the Netherlands, to a 4.5 hour queue outside Hedon in Zwolle, Johanna Kurkela’s international cheering squad met up once more to see Eye of Melian’s album release show for “Forest of Forgetting.”
ALBUM REVIEW: Eye of Melian - “Forest of Forgetting”
Bear Wiseman and Kathy Criswell join forces to deep-dive into Eye of Melian’s whole discography, both “Legends of Light” and of course, special attention to “Forest of Forgetting,” which is due for release on February 20th, 2026.
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