by Derric Miller Staff Writer When Sick Puppies released Dressed Up As Life in 2007, everyone with the ability to hear realized this band was on the edge of “making it.” With songs like “My World,” “Pitiful,” “Cancer,” “All the Same” and “Asshole Father,” Sick Puppies carved [...]
by Derric Miller Staff Writer If there is one band that is carrying the Heavy Metal mantle once held by Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, that band is clearly Cage. If this was Heavy Metal Highlander, and there could only be one … that ONE would be Cage. It’s surreal how talented this band is, from [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer Tommy Bones is the self-titled release of Houston Texas based singer/guitarist Tommy Bones. Take the swagger, anger and blues influences of Guns ’N Roses and add the power of Black Label Society plus a touch of Pantera and you have a pretty good description of the music of [...]
by Leyla Hemedi Guest Writer As excited as you can be waiting for a favorite artist’s new record, you also get that slight feeling of trepidation right? What if it’s not as good? What if it’s a letdown? What if, delicately put, it’s the worst piece of suck since grunge came to glam-town? [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer Retrospective is the second release from the Swiss progressive metal outfit Silent Memorial. Led by guitarist Christoph Baertschi and keyboard player Chris Haenggi, Silent Memorial recorded their first album entitled Cosmic Handball in 1997. EMI Records released the debut [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer Are you prepared to get lost in a fantasy adventure story set to the backdrop of some of today’s finest progressive rock and metal musicians? Author Kevin J. Anderson’s latest fantasy novel Terra Incognita: The Edge of the World has become the backdrop to this [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer Polaris is the twelfth studio release from the Finnish power-prog-metal band Stratovarius. Battling through turmoil in recent years, the band finally has overcome the demise of Sanctuary Records and the volatile Timo Tolkki. With the “monkey off their back,” the [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer Nineteen years is a LONG time between releases, but that’s how long it took for Alias to roll their second album out the door. Appropriately entitled Never Say Never, this album is good enough that one could almost say it was worth the wait. Originally formed in 1990 by [...]
by Derric Miller Staff Writer When Bloodbound released Nosferatu back in 2006, the smart money said these guys may be the “next big thing” in Power/Progressive Metal. Nosferatu was one of the best releases of the year for many critics, who embraced the concept album with a wicked cool [...]
by Derric Miller Staff Writer It’s quite an evolution for a band originally known for “Dream of a Lifetime” to grow and ultimately create massive sonic tales of sorrow like “World Stopped Turning,” “Needle and Your Pain” and even today, “Blood Raining Down on Her Wings.” Lillian [...]
