by Deb Rao Staff Writer Ron Keel Discusses Las Vegas Stripped at Vamp’D If you are looking to find the hottest up and coming acoustic acts in Las Vegas then your search is over! Do you remember when great melodic songs filled the airwaves in the ’80s? Well good lyrics and stellar [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer We’ve all heard the dire predictions. “The music industry is in freefall!” “The CD format is dead!” “Everyone is downloading now!” And yet, there’s probably never been a better time to be a collector of out of print or previously unreleased melodic rock [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer We’ve all heard the dire predictions. “The music industry is in freefall!” “The CD format is dead!” “Everyone is downloading now!” And yet, there’s probably never been a better time to be a collector of out of print or previously unreleased melodic rock [...]
by Cameron Edney Guest Staff Writer Forming in 1999 Finnish Goth metallers Before the Dawn, it would be four years before the world started to sit up and take notice of the band. Heading out on a very successful Scandinavian tour with Katatonia certainly opened up a lot of doors for the band, but [...]
by Cameron Edney Guest Staff Writer American rockers Unwritten Law are about to embark on an Australian tour to coincide with the release of their sixth studio album ‘Swan’. The first single ‘Starships and Apocalypse’ was released in January and has been met with positive reviews only [...]
by Cameron Edney Guest Staff Writer American hardcore punk rockers Terror take no prisoners, especially when it comes to the bands unpredictable high energy live set. Last year the band released Keepers of the Faith a hardcore onslaught which to date is still receiving high praise from both fans [...]
by Alex Barbieri Staff Writer Kyoji Yamamoto is one of the most popular and influential guitarists you probably never heard of. As the founding member of seminal Japanese bands BowWow and Vow Wow, Kyoji was one of the first guitarists to use the “touch” tapping technique. He is also the [...]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer Following the release of the self-titled debut album by Tony MacAlpine’s new project Seven the Hardway, the guitar meister himself checked in with Hardrock Haven for an e-mail interview. Laconic and to the point, but also open to all questions – no matter how [...]
by Deb Rao Staff Writer Addicted To Pain is putting the thrash back in metal. Formerly of Biohazard, vocalist/guitarist Leo Curley’s 3-piece unit is ready to take the music industry by storm. Addicted To Pain has a sound that is reminiscent of early Sabbath and Priest combined with the thrash [...]
by Deb Rao Staff Writer There is a whole new crop of new talent vying to make an impact in today’s musical market. Heaven Below, who hails from Texas and California, are getting ready to drop their self-titled debut release on Aug. 17. Famed Grammy award-winning producer Ben Moody produced [...]
