by Joe Mis Staff Writer Divina Distopia is the latest release from the Italian band Eversin. While being billed by the label as “Techno Power-Thrash”, this album falls more appropriately into the progressive metal camp as there are no obvious super high speed thrash riffs or the heavy [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Non Stop Rock and Roll is the third album from Norwegian glam metal act Wig Wam, but for many of us in the U.S. this album is our introduction to this wildly popular European band. Wig Wam became a huge success in their native Norway (and in Japan, naturally) via their [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Europe was the obvious success story from the Swedish melodic rock scene in the 1980s, but despite a baffling lack of attention from U.S. audiences, Treat played nearly as large a role in that scene. Their brand of ultra-catchy melodic rock helped define the Swedish [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Hanging By a Thread is the debut album from NYC rockers TSI, which is short for The Situationists International. There probably isn’t much of a real connection between this band and the ‘60s era revolutionary movement, but it does make for a memorable handle, even [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer German melodic rockers Jaded Heart are back with their ninth studio album, entitled Perfect Insanity. It’s also the third album to feature Swedish vocalist Johan Fahlberg, who took the mic when Michael Bormann left the band he helped found. A lot of people wrote [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer Following in the footsteps of rock’s elite, Australian guitarist and songwriter, Orianthi, landed the gig of a lifetime as the King of Pop’s touring six-string virtuoso. Jackson’s untimely death pushed Orianthi into the spotlight, giving weight and credibility to [...]
by Trevor Portz Staff Writer “For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal. Against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Yahweh.” –Exodus 12:12 As the story goes, in order to convince [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer If Queen did power metal, the resulting album would probably sound much like Carpe Diem, the latest release from the French band Heavenly. With roots going back to Paris in 1994 and a ten year long discography, Heavenly continues to put out metal influenced by the likes of [...]
by Keith Schwier Staff Writer Spinning Madhouse by Chicago rockers UZI is akin to stepping in a time machine and taking a trip back to the halcyon days of the mid-1980s where the rock was slick and the overriding attitude was “party hard.” We all remember the times when the hair was big and the [...]
by Derric Miller Staff Writer Coming full circle always makes for a good story. Any writer will acknowledge that to end where you began, to tie in the past with the present, makes the journey that more enthralling and fulfilling to the reader. That rule certainly applies to the art of music as [...]
