by Cyndi Jo Staff Writer Between the Buried and Me is one of the few bands out there right now that can be credited for some fierce progressive experiments. They’ve circled around everything and anything from death metal, progressive rock, and metalcore to create their own distinct sound. After 9 [...]
by Trevor Portz Staff Writer Formed after the untimely death of Windir frontman Valfar, Vreid have been chugging along and carrying on the Windir legacy–albeit in a slightly thrashier, less accordion-heavy way—for several years. 2011 sees them releasing their fifth opus, the appropriately [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer Veteran Chicago-based guitarist Mark Grzelak has recently unleashed a solo project by the name of Frosting, and of course has entitled the album Fresh Frosting. Fresh Frosting is a refreshing mixture of rock, pop, and blues with generous acoustic passages, strong melodies [...]
by Franco Cerchiari Staff Writer It can be argued that a band willing to take chances with their sound and stretching the boundaries of what it is they are most known for, can be a good thing. Italy’s Myland travels a different path with their latest offering, Light of a New Day. In comparison to [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Glorious Collision is the long-awaited eighth studio album from Sweden’s masters of dark progressive metal, Evergrey. Once again, the band’s lineup changed prior to this album’s release. Tom Englund is the only remaining founding member (to be fair, he pretty [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer In the Hard Rock and Metal communities, Tore St. Moren most notably is known for his role as one of Jorn Lande’s primary guitarists. Sharing this role in Jorn’s band since 2000, Moren has been featured on six studio albums, two compilation albums, one live album and [...]
by Erik Tweedy Staff Writer The history of Vicious Rumors dates back to 1980, when they began playing Metal Mondays at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco. Since that time, they have released a staggering 12 bone-crushing studio and live albums and are regarded as one of the Bay area’s top thrash [...]
by Cyndi Jo Staff Writer Born of Osiris is that one type of band that lingers in a genre that the uncertainty of listening to it becomes unlikely apparent. It’s not because Born Of Osiris represents those bands that merely are acceptable; it’s for the reason that they’re in that pool of bands [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer As soon as the opening track, “Alive,” of Oblivion, the second full-length album from Zero Illusions, kicks in, you get this sense of déjà vu, and not just because they sound like Saxon, though they most certainly do. A quick check of the Swedish melodic metal [...]
by Chris A. Staff Writer Control: For Jason Odaniel, the man behind the curtain of Akron, Ohio-based Social66, it’s all about control; it’s about doing things by his rules and making his music his way. Self Governed is Odaniel’s musical statement about the complexities, [...]
