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STYX | REGENERATION, VOLUME I & II

by John Kindred Staff Writer The question of the day is, “Why are bands re-recording and releasing their original recordings from decades ago?” With many bands firmly on this band wagon, why should we not expect a classic band like STYX not to follow suit? After all, like many of today’s [...]

ZZ Top | Live in Germany 1980

by Trevor Portz Staff Writer While the rock world anxiously awaits the arrival of new ZZ Top material (including the track that was supposed to have debuted on the space shuttle and didn’t), the band has at least decided to tide fans over with an archival live release. A growing trend amongst the [...]

Rainbow | Live in Germany 1976

by John Kindred Staff Writer Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow came into being in the fall of 1974, as he and then-unknown Elf vocalist Ronnie James Dio recorded solo material for his new album. Disenchanted with the direction of Deep Purple sans Ian Gillain and Roger Glover, Blakemore created [...]

Symfonia In Paradisum

by Justin Gaines Staff Writer If you’re a fan of the old school European progressive power metal sound, there’s no bigger development so far this year than the birth of the new supergroup Symfonia. The band features a trio of the biggest names in the genre – guitarist Timo Tolkki [...]