by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer Alyson Avenue is the female fronted Swedish melodic hard rock/AOR band formed during the late ’90s, which arguably contributed to the resurgence of melodic rock/AOR in the new millennium. Alyson Avenue put out two albums; Presence of Mind in 2000 and Omega in [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer Half Past Midnight is the brand new, debut album by Greek-based AOR/melodic rock band Wild Rose issued by Retrospect records. A part of the Greek underground scene since the mid ‘00s, Wild Rose take the valiant step of an international album release in September. [...]
by Trevor Portz Staff Writer While the rock world anxiously awaits the arrival of new ZZ Top material (including the track that was supposed to have debuted on the space shuttle and didn’t), the band has at least decided to tide fans over with an archival live release. A growing trend amongst the [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer “Forged in Hell’s fire – The Blade is coming back” – not only a line from one of their songs, but an apt description of Tokyo Blade’s latest release, Thousand Men Strong. This veteran British quintet hasn’t lost a step since their formation back [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Dystopium is the fourth full-length album from Swedish genre-benders Loch Vostok. Formed from the ashes of the progressive metal band Mayadome, Loch Vostok combines elements of Evergrey-style dark progressive metal with a hefty helping of the kind of melodic death [...]
by Chris A. Staff Writer High-energy, great hooks, loud guitars all wrapped up with a confident attitude is an accurate description of Pop Evil, a quintet of vintage rock/metal inspired fans who formed a band in the boonies of the American mid-west. Released in July, 2011, their new album, War of [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer Tesla’s follow-up of 2008’s Forever More with Twisted Wires and The Acoustic Sessions a 12-song compilation of acoustic remakes of their classic songs, one cover and two new songs. Revisiting the past, Twisted Wires and The Acoustic Sessions includes six [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Norwegian progressive metal upstarts Leprous are back with a new album, their third, titled Bilateral. After the sheer brilliance of their breakthrough 2009 offering Tall Poppy Syndrome and an eye-opening performance at last year’s ProgPower USA festival, [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer UFO is a blues-based hard rock band from the United Kingdom. The band was formed by the trio of Phil Mogg, Andy Parker and Pete Way in ’69. UFO released two studio albums, 1970’s UFO 1 and ’71’s UFO 2: Flying, prior to signing on with Chrysalis [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow came into being in the fall of 1974, as he and then-unknown Elf vocalist Ronnie James Dio recorded solo material for his new album. Disenchanted with the direction of Deep Purple sans Ian Gillain and Roger Glover, Blakemore created [...]
