by Justin Gaines Staff Writer — Long-running Italian progressive power metal band Eldritch is back after a four-year absence with Gaia’s Legacy, their eighth studio album. Eldritch has never been a band to shy away from social issues, and Gaia’s Legacy continues that trend. The album is a [...]
by Trevor Portz Staff Writer — With the 20th anniversary of industrial’s brief stint with mainstream acceptability just around the corner, it’s nice to see one of the most important bands from the genre still clanking noisily along. Having dabbled in everything from dark pop to near [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer — Before they became one of the mainstays of the American doom/death scene, North Carolina-based Daylight Dies made their debut on then fledgling label Tribunal Records with the 2000 EP Idle. It may have been the band’s excellent releases on Relapse and [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer — Cold Winds on Timeless Days is the second album from Charred Walls of the Damned, the super-group (of sorts) featuring drummer Richard Christy (ex-Death, ex-Iced Earth), bassist Steve DiGiorgio (ex-Death, ex-Control Denied), guitarist/producer Jason Suecof and [...]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer — With production so audaciously phantasmagoric, it is easy at first to overlook not only the intricate songwriting of this release, but even some of its best melodies, such as on standouts “Irresistible Force” and “Twisted Tales”. But give this record a [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer — After performing on more than two dozen metal releases over the past two decades, vocalist (and Nightmare Records founder) Lance King has finally put together his first solo album, titled A Moment in Chiros. The former Balance of Power and Pyramaze front-man [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer — Time is the debut album by newcomer Brazilian melodic-hard-rock, AOR group Paradise Inc. The band’s core comprises of guitarist Marcos Peres, bassist Rick A. and drummer Allan Juliano. You would expect that, having been signed by German AOR label Avenue [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer — What started off as a fun-jam between four of the biggest names in contemporary rock developed into one of the biggest album sellers of 2009. With their debut album having exceeded half a million copies sold, one could bet a fortune that the all-star band [...]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer — From the very first moment when Lou Reed announces, “I would cut my legs and tits off when I think of Boris Karloff and Kinksy in the dark of the Moon,” you either instantly love or hate this album. The blaring juxtapositions of experimental rock vs. heavy [...]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer — The second you hear the heavy, chugging, down-tuned guitars that form the foundation of Zombie Shaker Box’s retro-grunge sound, you will immediately think, “Hey, this sounds just like Alice in Chains.” And then the distinct vocals of band founder Kirk [...]
