by Franco Cerchiari Staff Writer — With similarities to K2, Riverside, Mystery and Mars Hollow, with traces of the keyboard and heavy lush guitar sounds of the 1970’s prog rockers, Kayak, the melodramatic sound that is Knight Area comes to life with Nine Paths, their follow up to [...]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer — A quarter-century after its release, Bonfire’s sophomore album, Fireworks, is still hailed as a bona fide classic in the melodic hard rock genre and the only ones who would argue otherwise are those born without ears. That album had it all: loud guitars, [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer — Mirrorball is the brand new live album by leading glam metal band Def Leppard, issued by Frontiers Records. Having enjoyed a career that spans over thirty years, the British band has just released its first official live album. Mirrorball is a 2 CD plus DVD [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer — Assumptions can get you in trouble. At the very least, they can backfire and show you just how little you know about something. Case in point: Maryland-based metal band Odin’s Court. With a name like that and the old school artwork adorning their latest album [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer — Three years past their debut album, Elevener return with their second studio effort Symmetry In Motion. Despite the peculiar album title and artwork it has to be clear that Elevener is actually a melodic rock/AOR band with a clear ‘80s orientation. What [...]
by Ron & Don Higgins Staff Writer — While the debate rages on as to whether or not Yes is really Yes without Jon Anderson and whether or not their new album is any good, Jon has released another sensational solo album, collaborating with, ostensibly, the entire world! His latest solo [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer — The U.K. conjures up thrash metal in the guise of Evile, pronounced “eeh-vile,” by the band. Harboring influences from the great thrash metal bands that launched their careers during the ‘80s, such as Metallica; Sepultura; Exodus; Annihilator; and Slayer, [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer — Long-running American melodic rock band House of Lords is back with Big Money, their eighth studio album. For the past few releases, House of Lords has essentially been founding vocalist James Christian and a rotating cast of musicians. This time around, the [...]
by Marc C. Staff Writer — Gary Moore was born in 1952 Belfast, Ireland. Heavily influenced by Fleetwood Mac’s Peter Green, he joined Skid Row (not to be confused with the American band of the same name) as a teenaged phenomenon in 1969 for three albums before going solo, joining Thin Lizzy, [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer — Swedish AOR/melodic rock group Work of Art caused quite a stir in 2008 with the release of their debut album Artwork and has since been regarded as one of most promising newcomer AOR acts. Work of Art is essentially a musical trio featuring lead singer Lars [...]
