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STYX: AXS-TV Special Premieres March 15

Supporting Def Leppard On Massive Summer Tour; Headlining Tour Continues It’s been over two years since a full STYX concert was broadcast on national TV (“Styx: The Grand Illusion/Pieces Of Eight Live” DVD, which aired […]

Concert Reviews 2015

LIVE! | Black Label Society

by Christophe Pauly – Senior Photojournalist — Feb. 22, 2015 at Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium — Following the release of their latest studio album Catacombs of the Black Vatican Black Label Society are currently out […]

Music Reviews 2015

Witherscape | The New Tomorrow

by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — While we anxiously await a full-length follow-up to 2013’s The Inheritance, Witherscape gave us a killer EP, titled The New Tomorrow, to tide us over. Witherscape is, […]

Interviews 2015

Rob Castoria of Maniac Rise

by Alissa Ordabai – Senior Columnist — Ignoring conventional wisdom of big record labels, Rob Castoria plays the game by his own rules. Realities, which gave birth to Thrash and now have become a distant […]

Interviews 2015

Leah McHenry

by Joe Mis – Senior Columnist — Canadian Symphonic Metal songstress Leah McHenry has put the finishing touches on Kings & Queens – her second full-length studio release. Leah blends elements of Celtic, World Music, […]

Interviews 2015

Troy Patrick Farrell

by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — Drummer Troy Patrick Farrell is currently out on the road toruing wuth Gilby Clarke. Deb Rao caught up with Farrel prior to Clarke’s performance at Vamp’d in Las […]

Music Reviews 2015

Tony Mills | Over My Dead Body

by Derric Miller – Managing Editor — One of the greatest vocalists in rock and metal—Tony Mills—has just graced his fans with a brand new solo effort, Over My Dead Body. Whether you are a […]

Music Reviews 2015

12 Gauge | All In

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Senior Columnist — The vast number of new Rock/Metal bands and promising debut albums emerging one after another these days prompts the question – is it a long-awaited rock revival we […]

Concert Reviews 2015

The Dreaming Rock Valentines Day!

by Anabel Dflux – Senior Photojournalist — Feb. 14, 2015, at Bar Sinister in Hollywood, CA. — Rock band The Dreaming stole hearts on February 14th, 2015, at Bar Sinister’s Valentine’s event in Hollywood. With […]

Interviews 2015

Sammy D of Ruthless

by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — It has been 29 years since Southern California rock band Ruthless has released a new album. That is all about to change with their latest release They Rise. […]

Music Reviews 2015

Mystery | From Dusk Till Dawn

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Senior Columnist — When it comes to acts such as the German Kissin’ Dynamite or the Melbourne-based quartet Mystery, it’s widely known that these musicians and subsequent bands started their careers […]

Concert Reviews 2015

LIVE! | Bango Tango

by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — Feb. 6, 2015 at Vamp’d in Las Vegas, NV. — One of my favorite bands from the ‘80s Bang Tango made a special appearance at Vamp’d in Las […]

Interviews 2015

September Mourning

by Anabel DFlux – Senior Photojournalist — Journalist Anabel DFlux met up with September Mourning at their rehearsal space to chat about the band’s music, visual characteristics, the conjunction between the upcoming debut album and […]

Concert Reviews 2015

LIVE! | Devi

by Alissa Ordabai – Senior Columnist — Feb. 12, 2015, at Arlene’s Grocery, New York City, NY. — Rock band Devi carries through its sixth year in the NYC music scene with remarkable conviction. Its […]

Music Reviews 2015

AOR | Return To L.A.

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Senior Columnist — In the current decade, there hardly has been a year without an album released by Frédéric Slama’s AOR. In 2012, fans of the star-studded project under this moniker […]

Concert Reviews 2015

LIVE! | Jessi Mechanic

by Marissa Ann – Photojournalist — Feb. 3, 2015, at Pianos NYC in New York City, NY. — Indie Pop/Rock band Jessi Mechanic from New York City performed Feb. 3 at Pianos NYC, in the […]

Music Reviews 2015

Tristana | Virtual Crime

by Joe Mis – Senior Columnist — Founded in the late 1990s, Slovakia’s Tristana brings inspiration from the wilds of the Carpathian Mountains to their power metal. Cold, snow swept forests and magical mountain landscapes […]

Concert Reviews 2015

LIVE! | Wednesday 13

by Steve Patrick – Senior Columnist — Feb. 4, 2015 at O’Sheckys Live in Columbus, OH. — For over two decades, the shock rocker known as Wednesday 13 has been laying waste to any venue […]

Interviews 2015

Jacky Bastek

by Christophe Pauly – Senior Photojournalist — Jacky Bastek is a finger-style guitarist and composer from Frankfurt, Germany. In 2014 she played her first live shows and started to share her music online getting a […]

Interviews 2015

Kim Choo of Feed Her To The Sharks

by Matt Karpe – Senior Columnist — Australian Metal-core bruisers Feed Her To The Sharks are on the verge of international stardom. After signing with the mighty Victory Records last year, Feed Her To The […]

Interviews 2015

Udo Dirkschneider of U.D.O.

by Steve Patrick – Senior Columnist — German vocal powerhouse Udo Dirkschneider recently released a new studio with his longtime solo band U.D.O. entitled Decadent. Dirkschneider took some time to speak with Hardrock Haven about […]

Music Reviews 2015

The Deep | Premonition

by John Kindred – Publisher — The Deep, while new to the music scene, is not a new band. In fact, the formation of the group can be traced back to 1982, when the group […]

Music Reviews 2015

Dauzat St. Marie | Falling Again

by Joe Mis – Senior Columnist — Falling Again is the debut EP from Dauzat St.Marie, an L.A.-based duo formed by Mat Dauzat and Heather St. Marie. While only 5 tracks long, Falling Again is […]

Off the Rails

The 2015 Winter NAMM Show Experience

by Kathy Kindred – Editor in Chief — The NAMM experience is a complete immersion into sensory overload. Yes, all five senses. Each year, the National Association of Music Merchants hosts the four-day Winter NAMM […]

Music Reviews 2015

Living Scars | Rise

by Matt Karpe – Senior Columnist — The American hard rock scene continues to go from strength to strength. Thanks in part to the radio airwaves, more and more bands are coming through, and they […]