by Chris A. Staff Writer “I’m a red-blooded, rough-neck, son of a bitch…” the opening lyrics and the gritty tone for the newest offering by California based metal giants, Five Finger Death Punch. Add to those words, concussive drums and punishing guitar riffs, and you have a record [...]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer Switchfoot, the award-winning, multi-platinum, subtly-Christian, inexplicably-popular modern/alternative rock band, have finally done it. Over a decade into their career, the California crooners have finally ventured out of their comfort zone and written a bona-fide hard [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer The old cliché “Thunder From Down Under” has been used and misused many times, but applying it to Australia’s Divine Ascension is appropriate. As The Truth Appears is the dynamic debut from the Aussie group and is a thunderous mix of progressive metal, power metal [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer Five years past the release of their first live DVD, Alive in Athens, Iced Earth release their second audio-visual live offering Festivals of the Wicked. Upon the release of the previous DVD, band leader John Schaffer was quick to point out when interviewed that he [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer Having such monster bands as Journey, Def Leppard and Whitesnake under one’s roster and yet providing a newcomer act with the opportunity of debuting on the very same label is no small favor. State of the Art is the debut album by Swedish-Norwegian melodic rock [...]
by Trevor Portz Staff Writer Have you ever wondered what would happen if Faster Pussycat and Ministry had a lovechild? No? Well, it seems to have occurred, and the resulting beast is a band called Only Flesh. There’s just one big problem, however; apparently the heavy drug use by the parents [...]
by Joe Mix Staff Writer Portugal is known for may things, but good metal music isn’t usually at the top of the list. The female fronted band Kandia is out to change that oversight with the release of their debut album Inward Beauty / Outward Reflection. Blending tradtional metal with some [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer Mat Sinner re-emerges in 2011 with his personal musical outfit Sinner and a brand new album, One Bullet Left, the group’s 17th studio offering to date. It is perhaps true that Mat’s involvement in various musical projects over the past couple of years, namely [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer Live Look at Eden is an audio-visual documentation of Europe’s 2010-2011 world tour in support of their latest studio album Last Look at Eden. It seems that since their reformation in 2004, the Swedish melodic hard rock pioneers have steadily regained their [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer Dream is the brand new debut album by UK-based hot-shot guitarist Greg X. Within the music industry, Greg is quick to position himself as is an independent artist, though producing an album of major-label proportions. It has to be clear that Dream is not an [...]
