by Matthew Hoffman Staff Writer The Rob Rock band concert at Progpower IX (USA) 2008 from Atlanta is now available on CD or DVD! The talented “anointed” Rock and his very gifted musicians are in top form on this release and it comes through loud and clear as the mixing in exceptional. It [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer It’s interesting how many metal guitarists secretly yearn to play ’80’s style melodic rock. Former Mercyful Fate guitarist Hank Shermann started the trend when he launched Fate in 1985, and since then we’ve seen Milennium (featuring former Death axeman [...]
by Deb Rao Staff Writer New England has long been the haven for good rock talent and having the knack discovering bands before the rest of the world catches on. One true talent that has developed a cult following in the Hartford area is Joetown featuring Joe Delaney who hails from Wallingford. The [...]
by Matthew Hoffman Staff Writer Switzerland’s dark black metal purveyors have returned with a new full length effort (the bands 9th) entitled Above which has ten tracks lasting forty minutes. Above was mixed by Fredrik Nordstöm at Sweden’s now classic Studio Fredman (Opeth, Dimmu Borgir, At [...]
by Matthew Hoffman Staff Writer Carcass’s debut album Reek of Putrification has been re-released by the bands ultra aggressive longtime label Earache Records. It comes with a bonus DVD as well as the bands long sought after Flesh Ripping Sonic Torment demo. The re-issue comes in a packaged in a [...]
by Matthew Hoffman Staff Writer The Earache re-releases of Carcass’ legendary death metal CDs have been as good as any in the history of metal. The last one of the lot is their cleaned up version of the bands final release Swansong. It also includes part five of a mini-documentary series entitled [...]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer The record’s cover may be a direct reference to Hendrix’s “Electric Ladyland”, but its content owes more to Rob Zombie and Al Jourgensen than to the all-time guitar god. Rather than paying tribute to his hero, on this album John 5 shows that he has not only [...]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer After several album of dense instrumental guitar extrapolations, Paul Gilbert treats us to a brand new collection of congenial retro-tingled tunes made in tandem with singer Freddie Nelson. Influences on this release span a range from the late 60s Lennon and McCartney [...]
by Derric Miller Staff Writer Time for a history lesson … Lions Share style. On the Swedish band’s new release, Dark Hours, the gents take you on a journey through the 1960s, but not the “free love, hippy, LSD, tye-dyed” ‘60s, but instead, the Charlie Manson-‘60s. You know, death, [...]
by Deb Rao Staff Writer Brutally honest, graphic, and hauntingly real, Queensryche latest release, American Soldier will captivate you from the opening track to the grand finale. Queensryche who are no stranger to a concept album having released Operation Mindcrime in 1988 have never shied away [...]
