by John Kindred Staff Writer Tesla’s follow-up of 2008’s Forever More with Twisted Wires and The Acoustic Sessions a 12-song compilation of acoustic remakes of their classic songs, one cover and two new songs. Revisiting the past, Twisted Wires and The Acoustic Sessions includes six [...]
by Deb Rao Staff Writer July 26, 2011 at Cheyenne Saloon in Las Vegas, NV. There is a whole new crop of bands garnering fans from East Coast to West Coast. Two bands making quite the impression with fans are Burn Halo and Egypt Central. I was fortunate to catch both bands when the rolled into Las [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer UFO is a blues-based hard rock band from the United Kingdom. The band was formed by the trio of Phil Mogg, Andy Parker and Pete Way in ’69. UFO released two studio albums, 1970’s UFO 1 and ’71’s UFO 2: Flying, prior to signing on with Chrysalis [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer After the triumphant return of King Kobra with their self titled album released earlier this year, the team seems to be up for any musical challenge/experimentation that may come their way. This time ‘Kobras’, Paul Shortino and legendary stick-master Carmine [...]
by Trevor Portz Staff Writer It was truly a tragedy when, after only three albums, folk metal kings [of the distant forest] Mithotyn decided to pack up their cloaks and chain mail and call it a day. Luckily, however, guitarist Stefan Weinerhall took what he had developed in his former band, [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Genetic Memory is the fifth full-length album from (mostly) Australian power metal band Ilium, and is the second Ilium release to feature former Riot and Masterplan (and current Creation’s End) vocalist Mike DiMeo. The band started with a more straightforward power [...]
by Franco Cerchiari Staff Writer Mark Boals, one of the greatest voices within the genre of metal, lends his talents to Holy Force’s self-titled debut. While truly a power metal release, the neo-classical shredding coming from Taiwan guitarist Ango Chen intertwines its way through tracks that are [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer Hailing from Manchester, UK but with a strong affection for American blues/classic rock, country, and gospel, the Jerzey Street Band is ramping up for the Fall 2011 release of their next full length album by dropping a double A-side single in mid-August. Almost storyteller [...]
by Marc C. Staff Writer At times the anticipation of new music from one’s childhood heroes can sometimes go completely awry and this certainly is one of those times. In their Wikipedia article the band is described as “an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968. Regarded as [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer Malicious 2011 is the reissue of the U.S. hard rock act’s debut album, originally released in 1994. Malicious was actually a studio trio featuring guitarist Jimmy Cassidy, lead singer Paul Petrik and drummer Zan Petersen. This re-issue features the standard ten [...]
