by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Bet Everything is the debut EP from Italian band Knyght, one of many bands worldwide that is bringing back the Sunset Strip hard rock sound of the mid 1980’s. Knyght is a young band with what appears to be a ready access to leather jackets, eyeliner and L.A. Guns [...]
by Justing Gaines Staff Writer This isn’t a particularly good time to be a melodic rock fan in America. Turn on the radio and the only rock music that gets played is either whiny Coldplay-ish “rock” or full on rap-rock. That’s why it’s so reassuring to hear a band like Pennsylvania’s [...]
by Leyla Hamedi Staff Writer Back in 1998 this album probably would’ve been at the top of the nu-metal/rock charts. Tortured lead singer that can wail soulfully then switch to angry, writing-off-all-mankind mode? Check. Simple chord changes but with multiple guitars to make it sound more [...]
by Matthew Hoffman Staff Writer Twelve tracks lasting a very inspiring 72 minutes is what can be found on Virtuostic Vendetta , the new release from American guitar guru Joe Stump. It will be released in mid April on Finland’s Lion Music. This release is a wonderful example of the range of [...]
by Matthew Hoffman Staff Writer Korpiklaani play fast-paced Finnish Folk metal using several string and wind instruments. The band was formed in 2003 and has released about an album a year since then. Their latest offering is entitled Korven Kuningas and will be released this month on Nuclear [...]
by Matthew Hoffman Staff Writer When an artist or an entire band doesn’t take “themselves” too seriously and chooses to have fun with music it usually work very well and serves as an example of how many musicians should approach their trade. In the case of solo instrumental guitar CD’s this [...]
by Matthew Hoffman Staff Writer Daath (originally know as Dirtnap) is back with their third full-length effort entitled The Concealers which will be released on Century Media Records/Roadrunner in Late April. The band plays death metal style music with a high slant on industrial metal influencing. [...]
by Matthew Hoffman Staff Writer The Greek progressive metal band Persona Non Grata was formed in 2003 as Fatal Error (John Ioannidis and Chris Gatsos). They eventually added vocalist Bill Axiotis and then session musicians that ultimately took their current identity. Their debut album Shade in the [...]
by Derric Miller Staff Writer Zane Peterson is batting right around 1.000 of late. In 2008, he was part of one of the best projects of the year for his part in China Blue. Who would have thought that after working with Tony Mills, Eric Ragno, Doug Odell and Josh Ramos in China Blue, he already had [...]
by Matthew Hoffman Staff Writer Razor of Occam are a metal band based in London, England who bring much of the spirit of their native Southern Australia within their kick ass mix. Their third full-length offering is entitled Homage to Martyrs and has 8 cuts lasting a monstrous 33 minutes. The music [...]
