by Trevor Portz Staff Writer After remaining dormant for roughly four years (as seems to be their new trend since 2002’s The VIIth Coming), British doom masters Cathedral have returned with The Guessing Game. Spreading across 13 songs and two discs, The Guessing Game sees Lee Dorrian and [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer Straight outta Brooklyn, New York comes Surefire’s self-titled debut album, Surefire. A bit of classic rock, a hint of alternative, and a touch psychedelic rock combine to make this quartet’s debut something interesting. Taking obvious influences from AC/DC to Zebra and [...]
by Derric Miller Staff Writer Pretty Maids is one of the most criminally underrated bands of the past three decades. Pretty Maids SHOULD have a handful of number one hits and a few platinum albums to their resume. They consistently produce the highest quality melodic Hard Rock on the planet, each [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer When you think about the early Christian rock and metal bands, it’s usually popular bands like Stryper or Whitecross that come to mind, but in the early 1980s it was bands like Petra, Jerusalem, Resurrection Band and Canada’s Daniel Band that were blazing the [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Christian metal band Titanic was another band that managed to slip through the cracks in the mid 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 Deb Rao Staff Writer One of the top reigning thrash bands in Metal, OVERKILL released their 15th studio album release Ironbound on Nuclear Blast on Jan. 29 and in the U.S. on E1 on Feb. 9. Ironbound revisits the early old school thrash metal roots of OVERKILL with a vengeance. Singer Bobby [...]
by Deb Rao Staff Writer ’80s rock band Dokken will release their Greatest Hits 2 album via Cleopatra Records on May 4. Dokken first burst onto the Hollywood scene in the early ’80s with their catchy pop songs featuring the melodic vocals of Don Dokken and guitar virtuoso George Lynch. [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer Avalanche of Worms is the first instrumental release from guitarists Eyal Levi and Emil Werstler. Taking a break from their day gig, with the band Daath, the duo branches out in an explorative nature on the 12-song studio CD release. Joining them are former Daath [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer Eonaian Records has developed quite a reputation when it comes to repackaging and releasing old gems or relatively unknown bands, and Weapon Of Miss Distraction by Chicago-based hair-metal rockers Sgt. Roxx is their latest find. While there is nothing bad about any of the [...]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer Hitting the road after a 13-year hiatus must have felt like a big adventure for Extreme, and this album captures the experience with plenty of detailed panache. It is moving to hear Extreme play live without the weight of history on their backs, and to feel the [...]
