by Franco Cerchiari Staff Writer Norway, long known for the black metal sounds of Immortal, Kampfar, Enslaved, Old Man’s Child and others, also have to give to the fans of the power metal genre, such bands as Age of Silence, Beautiful Sin, the excellent Winds and this, with hints of power, [...]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer Skillet, who began their career in the Christian rock niche before crossing over, have always been trend-chasers rather than trendsetters. They groped at grunge, infused their sound with industrial, nibbled on nu-metal, and most recently have moved very comfortably into [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer Classic rock with a modern edge – that about sums up the music of the veteran British trio Firebird. Together for more than a decade, Double Diamond is the band’s sixth release, and a reminder that smooth and soulful rock isn’t a thing of the past. If ever [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer Glen Drover’s return to music follows a career spent with the power metal band Eidolon, a stint with progressive metal’s King Diamond, and, most recently, he spent four years in the thrash metal band Megedeth. Leaving Megadeth in ’08 for personal reasons, Drover [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Unravelling Travesties is the debut full-length album from Los Angeles-based (by way of Athens and London) progressive metal band Tears. Tears first caught our attention last year with their EP Memories of Things Unnecessary. It was immediately evident that this was a [...]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer After achieving multi-platinum success in the late ‘80s by injecting their blues-based roots with a healthy helping of hair-metal sheen, Whitesnake began to slowly shrivel up and ride off into the sunset of irrelevance, partly due to the grunge invasion, partly due to a [...]
by Trevor Portz Staff Writer After a rather lengthy stay in the “styles of old” category, thrash metal has been making a major reappearance in the last couple of years. Perhaps the gathering of the Big 4 for a handful of shows has released some sort of mosh energy that has helped resurrect the [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Fresh from a world tour celebrating their 40th anniversary, and now signed to Frontiers Records, UK rock legends Uriah Heep are back with a new studio album. Into the Wild is the band’s 23rd studio album, and it finds the band in very good form, picking up right [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer If anyone ever creates a power metal sub-genre called “Combat Metal” Belgium’s Fireforce will be leading the charge. Until that happens, the debut full-length release from the band will have to be considered pure unadulterated power metal, with the emphasis on power. [...]
by Trevor Portz Staff Writer While he may be known for his seemingly endless string of projects, ranging from the all-out folk metal of Otyg, to the pure prog of Waterclime, or his well-known position as frontman for Borknagar, Andreas Hedlund has finally returned to the band that gave him his [...]
