by John Kindred Staff Writer Bassist Ben Kuzay’s sophomore release Perpetual Reign is an instrumental album that spotlights the bass guitar as the primary instrument. Shred bass, if you will, provides the listener with a unique perspective of the intricacies and nuances of the bass guitar when it [...]
by Trevor Portz Staff Writer Helming the band since its very inception, Tracii Guns is and will always be the man behind L.A. Guns. From the early Michael Jagosz-fronted metal of Collector’s Edition No. 1, to the radio-friendly Phil Lewis years, through the heavy-as-hell Chris Van Dahl-voiced [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer The Eminent Storm is the second release from the Finnish progressive/Christian metal band Mehida, and they seem to have quite nicely avoided the sophomore jinx. Bringing forward a unique blend of progressive metal, progressive rock and modern melodic metal, Mehida offers the [...]
by Deb Rao Staff Writer The Lone Star state has been known so many years for its flourishing music scene. One band making an impact on the Austin circuit is Broken Teeth featuring Jason McMaster from Dangerous Toys. Back in the ’80’s heyday, the band Dangerous Toys was known for their [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer The Battle Of Ego is the debut release from Chicago based progressive rockers Vonassi. Vonassi is a power trio of multi-talented multi-instrumentalists founded by Jeff Vaughn and Vince Buonassi, now joined by vocalist Chase Carter – and they’ve put together 12 tracks of [...]
by Trevor Portz Staff Writer It’s always a bit strange when a band comes around that seemingly contains all of the necessary ingredients to be great—technical skill, decent songwriting, a reasonably unique style—yet somehow manages to fall a bit flat. Such is the case with Bison B.C., [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer It’s been 13 years since Bay Area rock legends Y&T gave us a new studio album, and that was 1997’s ill-received Endangered Species. The boys have been back together (more or less, it’s Dave Meniketti and Phil Kennemore alongside longtime touring guitarist [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Christian metal band Titanic was another band that managed to slip through the cracks in the late 1990s. The grunge era was hard enough for regular hard rock and heavy metal bands, but Christian bands seemed to have an even harder time weathering that particular storm [...]
by Franco Wissa Staff Writer There are 3 things that are musical fact. And no amount of argument is going to change it. For instance, fact number 1 – Jimmy Page is one of the greatest guitar gods of all time. Fact number 2 – The Beatles are one of the most influential bands in musical [...]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer Epic harmonies, indelible instant-grip hooks, and grooves taking you out of the mundane reality like a shot, is all that’s required of a truly great metal band. And on their debut album Igneous Human show they have mastered all three of those things – never rigid, [...]
