by Derric Miller Staff Writer And you thought that all music from Finland (like HIM, The 69 Eyes, Lordi, Children of Bodom, etc.) had to be dark and thematically despondent. Well, Firenote is anything but. Every song on their new self-titled debut could fit in the ‘80s; every song exudes an Arena [...]
by Derric Miller Staff Writer There is no dearth in the phalanx of bands in Progressive/Symphonic Metal today, and feel free to add one more to the list. Italy’s Nhorizon recently released their debut full-length, titled Skydancers, and it features everything from classically inspired keyboard [...]
by Trevor Portz Staff Writer There is no arguing that Chris Barnes is a death metal legend. Love or hate him, he was integral in the popularization of the genre, and continues to be a major presence in the scene. That being said, it would seem that he has, along with his Six Feet Under mates, been [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Prelude to Madness is the second EP in as many years from Minneapolis-based traditional metal band Seventh Calling. It follows their 2007 full-length debut Monuments and the 2008 EP Excerpts from Deliverance. The band cites Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Testament and Wolf [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer It took nearly two decades, but John Elefante is finally back with another Mastedon album. Mastedon set the Christian rock bar pretty high in the late ’80s, and fans of the genre have been eagerly awaiting a new album. Fortunately the appropriately-titled 3 [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer The metal youth movement opens 2010 with Age of Evil’s six-song EP Get Dead, which features two studio tracks, “Cruel Intentions” and “Get Dead,” two covers; Judas Priest’s “The Hellion/Electric Eye” and Skid Row’s “Slave to the Grind,” and two [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer Take Quiet Riot’s party rock sound and modernize it, add Def Leppard’s hooky riffs and catchy choruses and a touch of Scorpions precision guitar work and you have a rough idea of the sound of Slovenia’s Toxic Heart. Ride Your Life is their debut release, and it is a [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Pennsylvania-based rockers Pan.a.ce.a first came to our attention with last year’s reissue of their 2006 debut All or Nothing. The band’s melodic, yet thoroughly modern rock sound was a welcome change of pace from most of what’s played on mainstream rock radio. [...]
by Trevor Portz Staff Writer Fusing rockabilly and punk isn’t the most original idea in the world. HorrorPops, The Living End, and of course Reverend Horton Heat have tread these Mississippi Delta via the River Thames waters for years, and with varying degrees of success. So maybe The [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer On their latest studio release, Confessions, Christian rockers Pillar manage to pull of something that very few other “Christian” bands have been able to do – produce a musically solid album with a positive and uplifting tone without being preachy or [...]
