by Justin Gaines Staff Writer It’s been five years since we last heard from American doom metal legends Solitude Aeturnus, and with singer Robert Lowe busy in Candlemass it may be even longer till a proper follow up to 2006’s very underrated Alone is released. In the meantime, the band has [...]
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 [...]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer September 2, 2011 at the L.C. Pavilion, Columbus, Ohio If you listened to rock radio in the 1970s and 1980s Styx was one of those bands that even if you didn’t buy their records, you knew all their songs. They owned the rock airwaves and chicks loved them, [...]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer August 23, 2011 at the B. B. King Club in New York City When it comes to live music, few things make you feel more privileged than catching a monster band in a small club. But when the band is Mr. Big, you are in not just for the intimacy and the immediacy of the [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer It wasn’t all that long ago that the term “progressive metal” essentially meant “bands that sound like Dream Theater.” In recent years, however, a variety of innovative bands have taken the progressive metal genre and, well…progressed. As a result you have [...]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer Before listening to this album, you should probably make an appointment with a dentist to have your mouth wired shut, because there are moments on Mercury’s Down that will drop your jaw to the floor unless you take prior preventative precautions. The album as a whole is [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer Sweden’s music scene has expanded considerably and the country is now well and truly much more than just the birthplace of melodic death metal. The latest example of this broader scene is Captain Black Beard, a melodic/pop rock quartet with a definite softer but [...]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer To claim that the modern thrash/metalcore world would not be the same without Trivium’s presence would be to give them way more credit than they deserve. But to dismiss them as a pox that should be purged from the heavy music community is an unfair trivialization of [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer For some people, 1986 seems like a long time ago, and, for others, it remains fresh in the mind. Can you believe that 25 years ago Megadeth released its groundbreaking PEACE SELLS… BUT WHO’S BUYING? studio album? Well, 2011 brings about the re-release and [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer At this point it probably shouldn’t come as such a surprise when a long inactive classic band gets back together. This year alone has seen reunion/comeback albums from Black n’ Blue, King Kobra and Unruly Child after all. Still, a new release from the way too [...]
