by Justin Gaines Staff Writer The second in Heaven & Hell’s Lost Relics reissue series, Back into the Dragon’s Lair, is a collection of rare recordings by Canadian heavy metal band Overlord. It’s not easy to describe Overlord’s sound. Over the course of a decade, Overlord developed a [...]
by Franco Cerchiari Staff Writer Reading the back of the insert shows an explanation for the word “Saturnine,” to be “… a gloomy or curly disposition,” or “… having a sardonic aspect… ” And a listen to the tracks heard here, on Dante’s follow up to 2008’s The Inner Circle, [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Decade is an appropriate title for the first “best of” collection from German melodic power metal band At Vance. They released their first album – No Escape – in 1999 and just issued their eighth studio album – Ride the Sky – last year. Decade captures the [...]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer Dig out your battered old blender from the cockroach-infested corner of your kitchen cabinet. Pour in some vodka. No need to be stingy; go with some Grey Goose. Off to a good start, right? Now add a bottle of Budweiser, toss in three strips of uncooked bacon, crack in a [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer Take one part Journey, one part Chicago and one part Asia and mix them together, and allow the band to write only songs about relationships and you’ll get something that sounds like Houston. Hailing from the Deep South of… Sweden (!), Houston is definitely NOT a [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer It’s been a decade since we last saw a new studio album from Nelson. The one-time chart-toppers have been playing live over the last several years, but a resurgence in melodic rock – particularly the ‘80s variety – brought Mathew and Gunnar Nelson back to the [...]
by Alex Barbieri Staff Writer To quote Spinal Tap’s David St. Hubbins, “It’s such a fine line between stupid and clever.” In the case of purple haired glam punks The Zeros, their new album Zero In skews more clever than stupid. In the late ‘80s, The Zeros — all polka dots, patchouli oil [...]
by Alex Barbieri Staff Writer Dimmu Borgir which means “dark cities” or “dark castles/fortresses” in Icelandic, Faroese and Old Norse, is about as mainstream as black metal gets. Back in 2007, they became the first black metal band in history to have a number one album in [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer Eagle Rock Entertainment is busy churning out DVD and Blu-ray releases featuring rock’s greatest artists. Its latest Blu-ray release is a Rush documentary. It’s another video in the Classic Album series titled Rush – 2112/Moving Pictures. Unlike ‘09’s [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer Kamelot’s ninth studio release, Poetry For The Poisoned, continues on in the vein of the band’s previous studio albums, ’06’s Ghost Opera and ’04’s Black Halo. Merging power and progressive metal with orchestral and operatic themes, [...]
