by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — March 22, 2013 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, NV For one night only the Las Vegas strip was turned into a Metal extravaganza with Bob Rocks at […]
by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — March 23, 2013 at Boulder Station in Las Vegas, NV Sevendust is currently on the road supporting their latest release Black Out The Sun. The band made a […]
by Anabel Dflux – Photojournalist — March 25, 2013 at Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA — Returning exactly a month after their Roxy Theater show, Stitched Up Heart was shaking up West Hollywood again on […]
by Mark Allen – Senior Columnist — Sometimes giving old things a fresh twist can generate renewed excitement. That ’82 Camaro rusting in peace behind the shed suddenly seems fun to drive again when spruced […]
by Joe Mis – Senior Columnist — Italy is fast becoming a mainstay in the progressive metal and Gothic metal scene, and the upcoming release from Alessandria’s Odd Dimension only emphasizes that fact. Their second […]
by Chris A. – Senior Photojournalist — I play guitar and like most people who play guitar, I’m just an average player. I’m not a regular gigging musician or a performer but I am genuinely […]
by Mark Allen – Senior Columnist — There are no certainties in life, and that axiom holds true in the macrocosm of metal music where bands rise and fall on a daily basis. But even […]
by Mark Allen – Senior Columnist — Banging Death’s Drums Dan Johnson is one of the hottest up-and-coming hard rock/metal drummers on the scene today. For proof, you need look no further than the fact […]
by Christophe Pauly – Photojournalist — March 17, 2013 at Magasin 4 in Brussels, Belgium — Long Distance Calling is on the road once again to promote the release of his newest studio album, The […]
by Justin Gaines – News Editor / Senior Columnist — Fresh from celebrating their 30th anniversary with a massive live CD/DVD set and extensive touring (including their first ever US appearance), Danish melodic metal heroes […]
by Alissa Ordabai – Senior Columnist — Layers of knowledge – not only of music, but of life – are distilled into this unhurried album so naturally, Clapton’s finesse now seems completely innate, not acquired. […]
by Christophe Pauly – Photojournalist — March 19, 2013 at Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburg — Blues rock veteran Joe Bonamassa is on the road once again to promote the release of his newest studio album, […]
by Nikiforos Skoumas – Columnist — Danger Angel have just put out their second album Revolutia. Coached by Jeff Scott Soto, Danger Angel delivered a record that stands toe-to-toe with JSS, Eclipse and WET. We […]
by Derric Miller – Managing Editor — There are some movie soundtracks and song that will stick with you forever, and the second you hear them, it takes you back to when you watched the […]
by Marc C. – Columnist — At a time when it seems like every band and their mother is releasing an album of covers, tributes and the like it becomes harder and harder to distinguish […]
by Steve Patrick – Columnist — It seems that Peter Frampton is rock ‘n’ roll’s version of Sisyphus, forever cursed to relive live shows he did 35 years ago. Thankfully, despite having lost his trademark […]
by John Kindred – Publisher — From Sweden, Denied’s roots go back to 2003, when Andreas Carlsson founded the band. It’s taken a decade for the lineup to be solidified and an official album to […]
by Jonna Ambur – Senior Photojournalist — MARCH 16, 2013, WEBSTER THEATER, HARTFORD, CT — Fans and musicians alike were waiting for this night at the Webster. Swedish metal band, Soilwork and Jeff Loomis, guitar […]
by Justin Gaines – News Editor / Senior Columnist — Here’s another independently-released album that snuck by us in 2012 but has been getting plenty of repeated listens in 2013. Book I is the debut […]
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by Steve Patrick – Columnist — Atlanta-based rock/metal band Royal Thunder recently came through Columbus, OH on March 1st as part of their tour with Ancient VVisdom as support. The Relapse Records recording artists’ sound […]
by Nikiforos Skoumas – Columnist — Releasing a first class AOR album each year is nothing to be taken lightly, and that is exactly what guitarist Andy Rock and Wild Rose have been up to […]
by Mark Allen – Senior Columnist — The band may hail from the land of pizza, pasta, and Pisa (as in, the Leaning Tower of), but their name summons up images of sleazy Sunset Strip […]
by Justin Gaines – News Editor / Senior Columnist — Swedish heavy rockers Mustasch are back with a new studio album, their sixth overall, titled Sounds Like Hell, Looks Like Heaven. The album has actually […]
by Alissa Ordabai – Senior Columnist — A collection of Ratt’s first five albums not only sums up the spirit of the Eighties, but also reminds us how much originality and sheer musical brilliance never […]
by Justin Gaines – News Editor / Senior Columnist — It’s been five years since Swiss melodic hard rockers Charing Cross’s debut album We Are…Charing Cross, one of the more promising debuts in the European […]
by Nikiforos Skoumas – Columnist — One of the most remarkable success stories in modern metal, Bullet For My Valentine, hit the music stores once again with their fourth all-original studio album Temper Temper. Temper […]
by Joe Mis – Senior Columnist — Afterlife is the debut from American operatic rock act Upon Wings. Built around the sweet soprano of Anne Autumn Erickson, the four tracks are a blending of operatic […]
by Jonna Ambur – Senior Photojournalist — MARCH 12, 2013, TOAD’S PLACE, NEW HAVEN, CT — Adrenaline Mob is a culmination of epic musicians who formed a metal super-group. On the first night of the […]
by Cameron Edney – Guest Columnist — March 09 – 10, 2013 at All Phones Arena in Sydney, Australia — Growing up there wasn’t too many bands that made the impression on me that Kiss […]
by Nikiforos Skoumas – Columnist — It really seems like yesterday when the debut album by some newcomer glam metal band boldly named Steel Panther hit the music stores in Europe; Feel the Steel became […]
by Christophe Pauly – Photojournalist — March 6, 2013 at De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Netherlands — NEAL MORSE BAND & THE FLOWER KINGS TOUR 2013 Mike Portnoy joins Neal, his band and The Flower Kings during […]
by Jonna Ambur – Senior Photojournalist — MARCH 10, 2013 DEWEY’S PUB, SEYMOUR, CT — At 11pm on March 10th, in a small Connecticut town, Helstar arrived and tore the roof off of Dewey’s Pub! […]
by Mark Allen – Senior Columnist — Anyone who enjoys crushingly heavy metal-core with clean-cut choruses and high production values will go absolutely paroxysmal with happiness when they hear this major label debut from Fit […]
by Nikiforos Skoumas – Columnist — Greek melodic hard rock band Danger Angel is back with their second full length album Revolutia. Danger Angel were one of the first Greek bands to establish a deal […]
by Mark Allen – Senior Columnist — Picture this: the lush goth-rock of Evanescence entwined with the fragile-yet-powerful vocals of Flyleaf filigreed with some muscular modern hard rock and occasionally sprinkled with some metal-core or […]
by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — Mark McGee, who once was an axeman of power metal act Vicious Rumors and played alongside the legendary Gregg Allman, is now running his own project Luvplanet, and he […]
by John Kindred – Publisher — It’s been a minute since the last Heaven & Earth release. The band has been piloted by Stuart Smith since the ‘90s. And since 1998, Heaven & Earth has […]
by Nikiforos Skoumas – Columnist — Most following the contemporary melodic rock scene are well aware of the Swedish female-fronted melodic hard rock group Alyson Avenue. Active in the early 2000s, Alyson Avenue released two […]
by Alex Barbieri – Columnist — Seasons change, and so do band lineups, and 2013 finds Stacey Blades—formerly the guitarist in Roxx Gang and LA Guns—a solo gun. Let’s give Blades a call at his […]
by Steve Patrick – Columnist — German thrash pioneers Destruction recently released their latest studio album Spiritual Genocide on Nuclear Blast. The record is a crushing declaration from the Teutonic band that they have no […]
by John Kindred – Publisher — Hollywood Undead is a band whose image brings nothing new to world of music. Hiding the band’s visage with masks obviously goes back to the most notable band, KISS, […]
by Joe Mis – Senior Columnist — Take one part Bullet For My Valentine, add one part Lady Gaga and a hint of underground metal, beat vigorously with massive double bass drums and slice with […]
by Chris A. – Senior Photojournalist — March 5, 2013 at Bogarts in Cincinnati, Ohio Stars in Stereo, a five-piece rock n’ roll band opened the show for co-headliners Drowning Pool and Flyleaf on a […]
by Justin Gaines – News Editor / Senior Columnist — Here’s one that sneaked by us last year, but is very much worth another look. The Great Bear is the third full-length release from Silencer, […]
by Derric Miller – Managing Editor — Back in 2002 when there was only one version of Great White, the band released Recover, an album of … covers! Collector’s Dream Records took it upon themselves […]
by Steve Patrick – Columnist — Swedish metal outfit Soilwork have recently released their latest album, The Living Infinite. The record is in fact a double album which is definitely unusual for a 2013 release. […]
by Justin Gaines – News Editor / Senior Columnist — Pennsylvania-based progressive metal band MindMaze have just released their debut album, titled Mask of Lies, independently. The female-fronted band, which was previously active under the […]
by Derric Miller – Managing Editor — Out of the “Big 4,” there’s only one band with a singer who can truly be defined as a “gifted vocalist.” There’s only one frontman out of the […]
by Justin Gaines – News Editor / Senior Columnist — When you think of the key bands in the early power metal scene, the ones in Germany that totally wrote the playbook for the whole […]
by Nikiforos Skoumas – Columnist — The Wild Rose camp has got to be one of the hardest working in the Greek rock scene; in 2011 Wild Rose debuted with Half Past Midnight, an album […]
by Alissa Ordabai – Senior Columnist — December 19, 1944 – March 6, 2013 It’s rare for impeccable virtuosity to coincide with true depth of feeling. And even those artists how manage to unite both, […]
by Joe Mis – Senior Columnist — Alien Heart is the new release from the Italian “Intimate Gothic Metal” act Godyva. Not many people will understand the “intimate Gothic” description – perhaps “progressive Gothic” is […]
by John Kindred – Publisher — From Sweden, Denied’s roots go back to 2003, when Andreas Carlsson founded the band. It’s taken a decade for the lineup to be solidified and an official album to […]
by Joe Mis – Senior Columnist — November Red is the third release from the German progressive metal band Dante, and a fine release it is. This epic seven track CD is a solid follow […]
by John Kindred – Publisher — In 2008, Metal Mind Productions re-released Flotsam and Jetsam’s studio album Cuatro. This was the fourth album released by Flotsam and Jetsam and originally was released by MCA Records […]
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