by Trevor Portz Staff Writer While his duties as guitarist for Immortal may be behind him, Demonaz Doom Occulta has far from left the scene that his band helped define. In addition to remaining the lone lyricist for the masters of Blashyrkh, he has also managed to churn out his first solo album, [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer Formed in New Jersey in 1972, under the moniker Silver Star, the band aspired to be Jersey’s answer to the New York Dolls. Taking on the name Twisted Sister in ’73, the band was a revolving door of musicians banging out their existence by playing the local club [...]
by Derric Miller Staff Writer With the obscene amount of success Duff McKagen has experienced in his career — with both GNR and Velvet Revolver — it seems only fair that Duff McKagen’s Loaded is just good, but not genre-defining. And maybe that’s all he is going for anymore … Like Dave [...]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer A ruggedly elegant mixture of blues, hard rock and late 60s psychedelia, the debut solo album by Karl Demata is a pay-off to styles that his main band – UK proggers Crippled Black Phoenix – doesn’t always have the scope to fully engage in. Ably abetted by [...]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer Any naysayer who claims this isn’t one of the best hard rock releases of 2011 deserves to have both their eyes blackened. Of course, the odds of there being any naysayers are about as slim as finding diamonds in dog-shit, because this third effort from Black Stone [...]
by Cyndi Jo Staff Writer Representing elements from classic and melodic metal, all combined with clear influence of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest in a mix of some great thrash — Pennsylvania’s Power Theory have taken their self-released 11-track album Out of Ashes, Into the Fire and made it an [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer If you’re tired of the screaming, growling and moaning out in the current metal scene and want to listen to real music, then the latest release from well-respected bass player Alberto Rigoni, entitled Rebirth, may be just the ticket. Alberto Rigoni may be a new name [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Living With the Ancients is the second album from Canadian heavy/doom metal band Blood Ceremony. Led by female vocalist/organist/flautist Alia O’Brien, Blood Ceremony plays a wickedly retro-sounding brand of metal with emphasis on heavy, doomy riffs, occult themes [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Loneliness Still Is the Friend is the second full-length album from Urban Tales. Not to be confused with the similarly named Finnish melodic rock band Urban Tale, Urban Tales is a Portuguese gothic metal band. It’s taking the easiest route to compare Urban Tales to [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer Adrian English is no stranger to the music scene, having pounded out an existence starting at age 15 in the Las Vegas club circuit. Mike Varney (Shrapnel Records) took notice of English and featured him in the June 1993 hometown hero’s column for the magazine Guitar [...]
