by Derric Miller Staff Writer You know you are in for a life lesson when you read the words of wisdom on Paisty Jenny’s CD liner: “Sometimes you need to get drunk to feel sober, cry to see clearer and fall down a few times before you learn how to pick yourself up. We would like to add [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Twisted Tower Dire’s debut release The Curse of Twisted Tower, Heaven & Hell Records has released deluxe reissues of The Curse of Twisted Tower and the band’s 2001 follow-up The Isle of Hydra, both long out of print and [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer The 8-song promotional CD Under a Black Sun is the initial offering from Italian instrumental metal band the 4th Mirror (also called the IV Mirror). There’s an expectation with instrumental albums that it’s either going to be an Yngwie Malmsteen style shred-fest, [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Wolves & Witches is the fourth release from Romanian metal band Magica, another in the growing legion of female-fronted metal bands that are attempting to follow in Nightwish’s path to success. Magica is probably a tier below bands like After Forever and [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer The undisputed queen of heavy metal, Doro Pesch celebrates her 25-year career (dating back to Warlock’s 1984 album Burning the Witches) with her tenth solo studio album Fear No Evil. You pretty much know exactly what to expect from Fear No Evil. Aside from the [...]
by Matthew Hoffman Staff Writer Formed in 2001 in Omaha, Neb., Paria creates numerous styles of metal music. Some may refer to parts of it as math-core or Nintendo-core as there are hundreds of odd time signatures and plenty of strange sounding noises that resemble video games throughout much of [...]
by Leyla Hamedi Staff Writer If Sammy Hagar put down the tequila long enough to record an album (that’s not about tequila) the result would probably be Son of Eric. Messy classic rock with solos coming out of every orifice and bellowing vocals carry this record from beginning to end. Starting [...]
by Leyla Hamedi Staff Writer Someone really needs to help them Italians with picking their band names because there has yet to be a memorable one, in a good way. Nanowar does not count. Them Philosophy struggles to find their own sound as they bounce between alternative to ska to metal and back [...]
by Leyla Hamedi Staff Writer You might feel slight trepidation in taking a chance on a band that spells clown with a K. Hell, you might entirely write off a band called Killer Klown just because, well, come on now. But you’d be making a mistake, as this record is far better than the name implies. [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer Following up the audio release of Performing this Week … Live at Ronnie Scott’s, Eagle Vision has released the DVD version of Beck’s live concert performance. Jeff Beck’s latest release is a live affair recorded over several nights at the famed [...]
