by Deb Rao Staff Writer The sophomore release This Is Gonna Hurt by SIXX A.M. slated to be released May 3rd via Eleven Seven Music picks up where Heroin Diaries left off. Hauntingly melodic guitar riffs inspired with the soaring vocals of James Michael, This Is Gonna Hurt is a musical journey [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Moonlight Monument is the third album from Kansas City-based metal band Ancient Creation. The band, newly signed to Heaven and Hell Records, has a sound that’s tough to pin down. There’s a strong traditional metal backbone, but there are also elements of power, [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Thirty years after the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement was in full sway, it’s only fitting that the UK would get in on what’s being called the New Wave of Traditional Metal. Lancaster-based band Eliminator joins White Wizzard, Cauldron, Enforcer and the [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Originally released in 1992, Stranger Than Fiction was the debut album from Oklahoma City-based thrash metal band Forte. The band’s story, unfortunately, is all too familiar. Despite a very strong sound, they emerged just as radio and MTV were abandoning metal in [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer At long last we finally get a new studio album from traditional metal warriors Twisted Tower Dire. In the four years since their last album (2007’s Netherworlds), the band has gone through lineup changes, label changes and a move from North Carolina back to Virginia. [...]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer It’s tough for a band to recoup from the departure of their signature lead vocalist. All too often such a loss results in the group’s career going into crash-and-burn cardiac arrest and leaves it dangling hopelessly on life support, miserably waiting for some [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer “Unmistakably different” reads the intro to Leaves’ Eyes bio on their Facebook page, and indeed that is not far from the truth. The veteran troupe of international symphonic metal stars is back with their fourth studio entitled Meredead. More than symphonic metal, [...]
by Derric Miller Staff Writer Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but when it comes to music, is everything worth the wait? Black ‘N Blue’s last studio effort was in 1987, with the underrated In Heat … and we’ve been waiting ever since. It’s not like the band turned into a bunch of [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer For the past few years a storm has been building. We saw the lightning in Sweden when Wolf debuted, and felt the thunder in North America when bands like Widow, Cauldron and White Wizzard heeded the metal call. The storm, which has been dubbed the New Wave of [...]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer While their sound is as predictable as the earth’s annual trek around the sun, those with an affinity for classic melodic heavy metal will probably derive at least a minimal amount of enjoyment from this debut album from Finland-based Stargazery. It must be noted that [...]
