by Joe Mis Staff Writer If you are into power metal, then this release is for you. Generation X is the second release from the Greek power metal quartet Crystal Tears, and it is about a pure a display of power metal as one can imagine. Not pretending to be anything but power metal, Crystal Tears [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Just in time for the long-awaited second Line of Fire release, Divebomb Records has made available an anthology of Line of Fire vocalist Shawn Pelata’s early band Oracle. The North Carolina cult heavy metal band was active in the early ‘90s and quickly made a name [...]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer A great melting pot of genres and styles, Kiki Loureiro’s third solo record shows how one man’s focussed vision can shape an extensive variety of traditions into one united whole. Rock riffs, Latin grooves, pop melodies, jazz licks and the natural way in which he [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer The concept album Crawling Out of Hell is the debut offering from New York band Fallen Angel. Similar to the equally concept-minded Iced Earth, it’s abundantly clear that Fallen Angel draws inspiration from classic heavy metal bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. [...]
by Jacqueline Gonzales Staff Writer Category 5 describes itself as Arena Rock, and you would have to agree. Throughout Off The Ivory Coast, it’s as if you had been transported back to the ’80s. The strong guitar riffs and quick tip of the high hat make you begin to think that big hair might yet [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Led by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Lanvall and featuring the vocal talents of the lovely Sabine Edelsbacher, Austria’s Edenbridge is one of the most talented and accomplished bands in the crowded female-fronted metal scene. Edenbridge distinguished [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer Broken Frames is the third release from the screamo/metalcore band Eyes Set To Kill. After some recent personnel changes, Warped Tour favorites ESTK has put out what is undoubtedly their heaviest and best album to date. Think “Paramore meets Bullet For My Valentine” and [...]
by Trevor Portz Staff Writer As the popularity of pagan metal continues to grow, the overabundance of generic, copy-cat bands in the genre will inevitably grow as well. As with any en vogue style, it won’t be long before things become so watered down that fans will begin to forget why they [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Just when you think you’ve heard every band in a particular scene, some reissue label manages to dig up a band you never knew existed. Sometimes the bands in question should have been left uncovered, and other times the band is so good you marvel at how they never [...]
by Derric Miller Staff Writer On Hungryheart’s self-titled debut in 2008, the band walked the line between AOR and Glam/Sleaze Rock. On their sophomore release, One Ticket to Paradise , Hungryheart has decided to take the music to a more mature, polished route, yet still holds on to the more [...]
