Month: August 2012

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Music Reviews 2012

Witchcraft | Legend

August 31, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on Witchcraft | Legend
by Justin Gaines – News Editor — It’s been five years since the last Witchcraft album (2007’s The Alchemist) was released, and in that time the Swedish traditional/doom metal band more or less broke up, […]
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Elvenking | Era

August 30, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on Elvenking | Era
by Justin Gaines – News Editor — Italian power/folk metal band Elvenking hasn’t had a very good track record lately. Their 2008 album Two Tragedy Poets (and a Caravan of Weird Figures) was a mostly […]
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Sacred Guardian | Sacred Guardian

August 30, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on Sacred Guardian | Sacred Guardian
by Justin Gaines – News Editor — Hailing from Puerto Rico, traditional/power metal band Sacred Guardian makes their debut this year with this self-titled full-length release. While you can’t always judge a book by its […]
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Liv Kristine | Libertine

August 29, 2012 Publisher 1
by Joe Mis – Columnist — Libertine is the upcoming solo release from Norwegian-born singer/songwriter Liv Kristine, who is more widely known as the lead singer for the symphonic folk metal powerhouse band Leaves’ Eyes […]
Interviews 2012

Alan Williamson

August 27, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on Alan Williamson
by Marija Brettle – Columnist — Alan Williamson is not just another typical instrumentalist, talented musician; he is sensational multi-instrumentalist, one of those musicians who devoted his life and career to music. His road to […]
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Nile | At the Gate of Sethu

August 26, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on Nile | At the Gate of Sethu
by Trevor Portz – Columnist — It’s been nearly 15 years since Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka hit the streets, an album that pushed South Carolina’s Egypt-obsessed Nile onto the top of the already large […]
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The Sun Parade | Yossis

August 25, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on The Sun Parade | Yossis
by Mike Debbage – Guest Columnist — The introduction to this band is a classic example of illustrating the continued essence and need for physical record stores in our society. The first exposure to this […]
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Loverboy | Rock n’ Roll Revival

August 21, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on Loverboy | Rock n’ Roll Revival
by Justin Gaines – News Editor — It’s been five years, but Canadian AOR mainstays Loverboy (yes, the Loverboy that worked for the weekend and briefly made red leather pants seem like a good idea) […]
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Murder Bay | Never Was an Angel

August 20, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on Murder Bay | Never Was an Angel
by Justin Gaines – News Editor — It seems like every year enterprising labels manage to dig up previously unreleased material from lesser known ‘80s rock bands. More often than not, you can tell right […]
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Lynch Mob | Sound Mountain Sessions

August 19, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on Lynch Mob | Sound Mountain Sessions
by John Kindred – Publisher — Lynch Mob follows up its 2009 studio album Smoke and Mirrors with this year’s EP release, titled Sound Mountain Sessions. George Lynch continues his renewed partnership with vocalist Oni […]
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Dokken | Broken Bones

August 19, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on Dokken | Broken Bones
by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — As the Olympics have finally come to a close, Dokken is also going for the gold with the much-anticipated release of their 11th studio release Broken Bones. For […]
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Hollywood Burnouts | Excess All Areas

August 17, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on Hollywood Burnouts | Excess All Areas
by Mark Allen – Senior Columnist — With cover art showing a close-up of a woman’s leather-clad ass, member names like Nazzty, Roxx, Crash, and Sin, and song titles like “Hands of Rock” and “Wild […]
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Black Majesty | Stargazer

August 17, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on Black Majesty | Stargazer
by Joe Mis – Columnist — Australia’s power metal specialists Black Majesty have recently released their fifth studio album entitled Stargazer. This eagerly anticipated follow up to 2010’s In Your Honour cements the hard working […]
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Dragony | Legends

August 15, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on Dragony | Legends
by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist — Legends is the debut offering from Austrian power metal band Dragony. The album was originally self-released in late 2011 by the band, but has been picked up for […]
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David J. Caron | Thru Ever Ending Black

August 13, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on David J. Caron | Thru Ever Ending Black
by Joe Mis – Columnist — David J. Caron’s debut release, entitled Thru Ever Ending Black, is an ambitious one. Not only does the Irish/Italian musician play every instrument and handle all vocals on the […]
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Korpiklaani | Manala

August 12, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on Korpiklaani | Manala
by Trevor Portz – Columnist — Another year, another Korpiklaani album… it would seem the masters of Finnish polka metal are intent on keeping a rigorous album release schedule rarely seen these days. If you […]
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Testament | Dark Roots Of Earth

August 12, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on Testament | Dark Roots Of Earth
by Cameron Edney – Guest Columnist — Bay area Thrash Metal legends are back with album number ten, and they’re holding nothing back! Previously releasing one of the best metal albums of the past decade […]
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Concert Reviews 2012

LIVE! | Warrant & Skid Row

August 11, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on LIVE! | Warrant & Skid Row
by Deb Rao – Senior Photojournalist — July 21, 2012 at Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas, NV Just when the Las Vegas desert launched into triple digits, the Las Vegas concert scene spiraled out […]
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Interviews 2012

Guitarist Hiran Deraniyagala of Battlecross

August 11, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on Guitarist Hiran Deraniyagala of Battlecross
by Sara McCarthy – Senior Photojournalist — Battlecross, out of Michigan, delivers their version of hardcore thrash, laced with screaming guitars and intense vocals with a determination and energy that most bands would envy. They […]
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Rich Antonelli

August 9, 2012 Managing Editor 1
by Derric Miller – Managing Editor — Guitarist Rich Antonelli checked in with Hardrock Haven to talk about his prior “hair metal days” in bands like $kyhigh; his current role as Richie Sambora in the […]
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Lzzy Hale and Arejay Hale of Halestorm

August 9, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on Lzzy Hale and Arejay Hale of Halestorm
by Steve Patrick – Columnist — The 3rd annual Carnival of Madness tour featuring New Medicine, Cavo, Evanescence and Halestorm recently blew through Columbus, OH on August 1st. The two that put the “Hale” in […]
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Gojira | L’Enfant Sauvage

August 9, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on Gojira | L’Enfant Sauvage
by Alissa Ordabai – Senior Columnist — Underneath the armor of crusty death metal clichés which have long lost their initial meaning and value, there is tearing emotion and true human sorrow seeping through conventions […]
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Longreef | Dirty Motel

August 9, 2012 Publisher 1
by Mark Allen – Senior Columnist — The list of successful Aussie rock bands is a long one. There’s AC/DC, there’s INXS, there’s…uh…um…well, okay, maybe the list isn’t that long after all. But there’s a […]
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Wigelius | Reinventions

August 7, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on Wigelius | Reinventions
by Erik Tweedy – Columnist — It seems every 3-4 months the country of Sweden gives all of us melodic rock fans another band to tune into. This time around it is the band Wigelius, […]
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Asia | XXX

August 7, 2012 Publisher 1
by Nikiforos Skoumas – Columnist — Any conversation on the subject of reformed bands that have lost none of their creativity should head straight for Asia. Asia, the British melodic rock group founded by former […]
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Concert Reviews 2012

LIVE! | Asia featuring John Payne

August 4, 2012 Publisher Comments Off on LIVE! | Asia featuring John Payne
by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — July 7, 2012 at the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas, NV Fremont Street Experience is bringing back the ’80s this summer featuring some of the greatest acts […]