by Trevor Portz Staff Writer It’s unlikely that anyone who got into the burgeoning extreme metal scene in the late eighties/early nineties wasn’t, at the very least, aware of death/doomers Winter. While most bands were pushing the limits of speed and technicality, these New Yorkers lived up to [...]
by Trevor Portz Staff Writer While his duties as guitarist for Immortal may be behind him, Demonaz Doom Occulta has far from left the scene that his band helped define. In addition to remaining the lone lyricist for the masters of Blashyrkh, he has also managed to churn out his first solo album, [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer Formed in New Jersey in 1972, under the moniker Silver Star, the band aspired to be Jersey’s answer to the New York Dolls. Taking on the name Twisted Sister in ’73, the band was a revolving door of musicians banging out their existence by playing the local club [...]
by Derric Miller Staff Writer With the obscene amount of success Duff McKagen has experienced in his career — with both GNR and Velvet Revolver — it seems only fair that Duff McKagen’s Loaded is just good, but not genre-defining. And maybe that’s all he is going for anymore … Like Dave [...]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer A ruggedly elegant mixture of blues, hard rock and late 60s psychedelia, the debut solo album by Karl Demata is a pay-off to styles that his main band – UK proggers Crippled Black Phoenix – doesn’t always have the scope to fully engage in. Ably abetted by [...]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer Any naysayer who claims this isn’t one of the best hard rock releases of 2011 deserves to have both their eyes blackened. Of course, the odds of there being any naysayers are about as slim as finding diamonds in dog-shit, because this third effort from Black Stone [...]
by Cyndi Jo Staff Writer Representing elements from classic and melodic metal, all combined with clear influence of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest in a mix of some great thrash — Pennsylvania’s Power Theory have taken their self-released 11-track album Out of Ashes, Into the Fire and made it an [...]
by Sara Mccarthy Staff Writer May 15, 2011 at Crouse Hinds Theater in Syracuse, NY. Out touring in support of his debut solo album Avalon, Godsmack vocalist Sully Erna made a stop Sunday night at the Crouse Hinds Theater in Syracuse, NY. Avalon is a glance into the other side of Sully Erna, a [...]
by Sara Mccarthy Staff Writer April 30, 2011 at The Times Union Center in Albany, NY. Walking up to the Times Union Center in Albany, NY on a recent Saturday evening to receive a much needed dose of music therapy, it became apparent that the “Welcome to the Family” tour was where most of [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Living With the Ancients is the second album from Canadian heavy/doom metal band Blood Ceremony. Led by female vocalist/organist/flautist Alia O’Brien, Blood Ceremony plays a wickedly retro-sounding brand of metal with emphasis on heavy, doomy riffs, occult themes [...]
