by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer — It’s the ballsy, raunchy riffs that make the biggest impact on this band’s debut release, and when guitarist Kurt Michael Boeck gets it right, the songs flow with seamless, convincing swagger of a vintage blues-rock steamroller. Tola Lamont’s rough-hewn [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer — Dutch rockers Autumn are poised to release their fifth album entitled Cold Comfort this November on Metal Blade. A strong female voice and tight musicianship make Cold Comfort an interesting choice for progressive rock or guitar rock fans. Blending progressive [...]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer — Instant classics on Megadeth’s aptly titled 13th studio release show that Dave Mustaine remains firmly grounded in his identity while refusing to abate after a three-decade career full of ups, downs and everything else in between. Memorable, hurtling, tough [...]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer — Talon want to sink their claws into your cochlea with their crunchy, chock-full-o’-hooks brand of melodic hard rock and this latest album is probably good enough to satisfy the easy-to-please segment of the genre demographic. But fussier fans who foist the [...]
by John Kindred Staff Writer — Iced Earth’s 10th studio album Dystopia, although not a concept record per say, loosely is held together by the common thread of the calamity of a Dystopian society. The definition of dystopian, a creation of a nightmare world, is the exact opposite of a [...]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer — Make no mistake, the new Machine Head album, Unto the Locust is not only as good as the band’s previous, Grammy-nominated release The Blackening, it’s better. So much better, in fact, that the fans who once hailed The Blackening as Machine Head’s magnum opus [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer — Long-running (and way too often overlooked) New York-based traditional/power metal outfit Zandelle is back with a new album, entitled Shadows of the Past. Actually, this isn’t so much a new offering as it is a fresh look at some older Zandelle material dating [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer — Live the Life You’ve Imagined is the debut album by Israeli melodic hard rock group Red Rose. The line up features singer Leve Laiter, guitarist Elnur Aliev, keyboardist Deion Kristen and bassist Elli Reeve. Red Rose’s debut was produced by renowned [...]
by Marcel “Mars” Groeneveld Staff Writer — During their 12-year history, I Decline has provided support alongside Nick Oliveri (Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, Mondo Generator), Joe Preston’s “Thrones” (Melvins, High On Fire, Sunn O))), Earth), Toxic Holocaust [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer — The Great Escape is the eighth studio album by female melodic rock queen Robin Beck and the fifth since her comeback as a recording artist in 2003. The Great Escape is essentially a musical triangle featuring Robin Beck on lead vocals, James Christian on [...]
