by Joe Mis Staff Writer California based Mark Dean is making a run at being metal’s next Renaissance man with the release of his solo effort entitled No Man Is An Island. The album defies genre and classification, blending many old and new school metal influences with a smattering of progressive [...]
by Deb Rao Staff Writer July 8, 2011 at Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas, NV. They say it never rains in Las Vegas but don’t believe them. It pours! Last week in Vegas the area was embellished with thunderstorms that brought torrential downpours to the area. But not even a little rain would stop [...]
by Cyndi Jo Staff Writer Polish blackened death metal pioneers Behemoth’s compilation collection of their two EPs — 03’s Conjuration and 05’s Slaves Shall Serve — is a collection suited better for its artwork and nothing else. The double-disc Abyssus Abyssum Invocat includes liner notes [...]
by Cyndi Jo Staff Writer For those who don’t understand Unearth, the only thing to understand is that they are probably the only band that can still maintain the right amount of consistency in the now Hot Topic, money grabbing, metal-core scene. Even though the last effort, The March, received [...]
by Cyndi Jo Staff Writer There’s always those bands that make you feel somewhat special because you walk around your high school with that specific band shirt, thinking you’re the coolest kid since the Fonz. Then, you graduate, move on with your life, and totally forget about them until they [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer Miss Behaviour is a Swedish melodic hard rock/glam metal band and Last Woman Standing is their brand new second album. The line up features lead singer/bassist Sebastian Roos, guitarist Erik Heinke, key player Henrik Sproge and drummer Anders Berlin. It would be [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer Issued by Eonian records is Visions of Pain, the album by glam/sleaze metal band Sandra Dee. The group entered the hair metal scene in the late ’80s and was active during the period 1989-1992 at which point they recorded the collection of songs titled Visions [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer Lionville is the AOR project of Italian singer/guitarist Stefano Lionetti issued by Avenue of Allies. Lionville, an Italian AOR super-group at its own right, features musicians with far superior CVs than that of their founder; beyond Lionetti. Lionville features [...]
by Franco Cerchiari Staff Writer After the release of the extraordinary Majestic just a mere 10 months ago, it was a huge hope that this great Scandinavian power metal quintet would come back even stronger with a release that firmly would set this band as one that could keep up with any of their [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer New York heavy metal heroes The Rods are back from the grave with the aptly-titled Vengeance (as in “back with a”), their first album in 25 years. The too often overlooked band had a lot to do with developing the American heavy metal sound in the early ‘80s, but [...]
