by Marcel “Mars” Groeneveld Staff Writer — During their 12-year history, I Decline has provided support alongside Nick Oliveri (Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, Mondo Generator), Joe Preston’s “Thrones” (Melvins, High On Fire, Sunn O))), Earth), Toxic Holocaust [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer — The Great Escape is the eighth studio album by female melodic rock queen Robin Beck and the fifth since her comeback as a recording artist in 2003. The Great Escape is essentially a musical triangle featuring Robin Beck on lead vocals, James Christian on [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer — Norway’s White Willow has recently released their sixth album -a progressive/folk rock effort entitled Terminal Twilight. If you are looking for something light, airy, and a bit different – this may be the album for you. White Willow released their first album [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer — Leave it to the good people at Frontiers to come up with yet another match made in melodic rock heaven. This time around, they’ve paired former Survivor vocalist Jimi Jamison and former Toto frontman Bobby Kimball – two of the most memorable, most [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer — Williams-Friestedt is the collaboration between Toto vocalist Joseph Williams and melodic rock guitarist Peter Friestedt. With AOR/melodic rock duos being very much in the favor of the day, it is hardly surprising that such professionals decided to join [...]
by Chris A. Staff Writer — “The air is filled with thick black smoke…” are the opening lyrics of Human Nature by powerhouse Israeli metal band Shredhead. Damn right it is! And your head is going to explode when you hear this disc. If you love old school, take-no-prisoners [...]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer — There was a time when Richie Kotzen was a teenage prodigy, and his strutting self-confidence spoke volumes of his natural musical gift, the hard work behind his astounding chops, and his youthful inexperience in exploring his inner realities. There was also a [...]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer — Over 60 up-and-coming (and mostly European) guitarists eager to prove their shred cred have contributed to this release, aided by such luminaries as Guthrie Govan, Christophe Godin, Stuart Hamm, Ron Thal “Bumblefoot, Michael Angelo Batio and drummer Atma [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer — Formed in 1996 Japanese melodic metal band Animetal introduced a rather original concept within the genre; Animetal would deliver metal versions of popular anime themes songs while being big on stage theatrics, costumes and make-up. The group disbanded in [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer — If you miss the glory days of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, you’ll be in for a treat if you grab a copy of the debut full length release Angels of Mons from the UK’s Agincourt. This long time quartet (together since 1991) is out to prove that old school [...]
