Month: March 2013

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Stryper | Second Coming

March 31, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Stryper | Second Coming
by Mark Allen – Senior Columnist — Sometimes giving old things a fresh twist can generate renewed excitement. That ’82 Camaro rusting in peace behind the shed suddenly seems fun to drive again when spruced […]
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Odd Dimension | The Last Embrace To Humanity

March 31, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Odd Dimension | The Last Embrace To Humanity
by Joe Mis – Senior Columnist — Italy is fast becoming a mainstay in the progressive metal and Gothic metal scene, and the upcoming release from Alessandria’s Odd Dimension only emphasizes that fact. Their second […]
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Chris Broderick Pick Clip

March 29, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Chris Broderick Pick Clip
by Chris A. – Senior Photojournalist — I play guitar and like most people who play guitar, I’m just an average player. I’m not a regular gigging musician or a performer but I am genuinely […]
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Dan Johnson of Love and Death

March 27, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Dan Johnson of Love and Death
by Mark Allen – Senior Columnist — Banging Death’s Drums Dan Johnson is one of the hottest up-and-coming hard rock/metal drummers on the scene today. For proof, you need look no further than the fact […]
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LIVE! | Long Distance Calling

March 27, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on LIVE! | Long Distance Calling
by Christophe Pauly – Photojournalist — March 17, 2013 at Magasin 4 in Brussels, Belgium — Long Distance Calling is on the road once again to promote the release of his newest studio album, The […]
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Pretty Maids | Motherland

March 25, 2013 Publisher 2
by Justin Gaines – News Editor / Senior Columnist — Fresh from celebrating their 30th anniversary with a massive live CD/DVD set and extensive touring (including their first ever US appearance), Danish melodic metal heroes […]
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Eric Clapton | Old Sock

March 25, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Eric Clapton | Old Sock
by Alissa Ordabai – Senior Columnist — Layers of knowledge – not only of music, but of life – are distilled into this unhurried album so naturally, Clapton’s finesse now seems completely innate, not acquired. […]
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LIVE! | Joe Bonamassa in Luxemburg

March 24, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on LIVE! | Joe Bonamassa in Luxemburg
by Christophe Pauly – Photojournalist — March 19, 2013 at Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburg — Blues rock veteran Joe Bonamassa is on the road once again to promote the release of his newest studio album, […]
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Rob Lane | Straight to Video

March 24, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Rob Lane | Straight to Video
by Derric Miller – Managing Editor — There are some movie soundtracks and song that will stick with you forever, and the second you hear them, it takes you back to when you watched the […]
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Adrenaline Mob | Coverta

March 24, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Adrenaline Mob | Coverta
by Marc C. – Columnist — At a time when it seems like every band and their mother is releasing an album of covers, tributes and the like it becomes harder and harder to distinguish […]
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Peter Frampton | FCA!35

March 24, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Peter Frampton | FCA!35
by Steve Patrick – Columnist — It seems that Peter Frampton is rock ‘n’ roll’s version of Sisyphus, forever cursed to relive live shows he did 35 years ago. Thankfully, despite having lost his trademark […]
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Interviews 2013

Andreas Carlsson of Denied

March 22, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Andreas Carlsson of Denied
by John Kindred – Publisher — From Sweden, Denied’s roots go back to 2003, when Andreas Carlsson founded the band. It’s taken a decade for the lineup to be solidified and an official album to […]
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LIVE! | Soilwork with Jeff Loomis

March 21, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on LIVE! | Soilwork with Jeff Loomis
by Jonna Ambur – Senior Photojournalist — MARCH 16, 2013, WEBSTER THEATER, HARTFORD, CT — Fans and musicians alike were waiting for this night at the Webster. Swedish metal band, Soilwork and Jeff Loomis, guitar […]
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The Great Gamble | Book I

March 21, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on The Great Gamble | Book I
by Justin Gaines – News Editor / Senior Columnist — Here’s another independently-released album that snuck by us in 2012 but has been getting plenty of repeated listens in 2013. Book I is the debut […]
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Royal Thunder

March 19, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Royal Thunder
by Steve Patrick – Columnist — Atlanta-based rock/metal band Royal Thunder recently came through Columbus, OH on March 1st as part of their tour with Ancient VVisdom as support. The Relapse Records recording artists’ sound […]
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Andy Rock of Wild Rose

March 19, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Andy Rock of Wild Rose
by Nikiforos Skoumas – Columnist — Releasing a first class AOR album each year is nothing to be taken lightly, and that is exactly what guitarist Andy Rock and Wild Rose have been up to […]
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Ratt | Original Album Series [Box Set]

March 18, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Ratt | Original Album Series [Box Set]
by Alissa Ordabai – Senior Columnist — A collection of Ratt’s first five albums not only sums up the spirit of the Eighties, but also reminds us how much originality and sheer musical brilliance never […]
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Charing Cross | Sinspiration

March 18, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Charing Cross | Sinspiration
by Justin Gaines – News Editor / Senior Columnist — It’s been five years since Swiss melodic hard rockers Charing Cross’s debut album We Are…Charing Cross, one of the more promising debuts in the European […]
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Bullet for My Valentine | Temper Temper

March 17, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Bullet for My Valentine | Temper Temper
by Nikiforos Skoumas – Columnist — One of the most remarkable success stories in modern metal, Bullet For My Valentine, hit the music stores once again with their fourth all-original studio album Temper Temper. Temper […]
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Upon Wings | Afterlife

March 17, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Upon Wings | Afterlife
by Joe Mis – Senior Columnist — Afterlife is the debut from American operatic rock act Upon Wings. Built around the sweet soprano of Anne Autumn Erickson, the four tracks are a blending of operatic […]
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LIVE! | Adrenaline Mob

March 17, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on LIVE! | Adrenaline Mob
by Jonna Ambur – Senior Photojournalist — MARCH 12, 2013, TOAD’S PLACE, NEW HAVEN, CT — Adrenaline Mob is a culmination of epic musicians who formed a metal super-group. On the first night of the […]
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Steel Panther | The British Invasion

March 15, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Steel Panther | The British Invasion
by Nikiforos Skoumas – Columnist — It really seems like yesterday when the debut album by some newcomer glam metal band boldly named Steel Panther hit the music stores in Europe; Feel the Steel became […]
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LIVE! | Helstar

March 13, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on LIVE! | Helstar
by Jonna Ambur – Senior Photojournalist — MARCH 10, 2013 DEWEY’S PUB, SEYMOUR, CT — At 11pm on March 10th, in a small Connecticut town, Helstar arrived and tore the roof off of Dewey’s Pub! […]
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Fit For A King | Creation / Destruction

March 13, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Fit For A King | Creation / Destruction
by Mark Allen – Senior Columnist — Anyone who enjoys crushingly heavy metal-core with clean-cut choruses and high production values will go absolutely paroxysmal with happiness when they hear this major label debut from Fit […]
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Danger Angel | Revolutia

March 13, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Danger Angel | Revolutia
by Nikiforos Skoumas – Columnist — Greek melodic hard rock band Danger Angel is back with their second full length album Revolutia. Danger Angel were one of the first Greek bands to establish a deal […]
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Picture Me Broken | Mannequins

March 11, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Picture Me Broken | Mannequins
by Mark Allen – Senior Columnist — Picture this: the lush goth-rock of Evanescence entwined with the fragile-yet-powerful vocals of Flyleaf filigreed with some muscular modern hard rock and occasionally sprinkled with some metal-core or […]
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Interviews 2013

Mark McGee of Luvplanet

March 11, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Mark McGee of Luvplanet
by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — Mark McGee, who once was an axeman of power metal act Vicious Rumors and played alongside the legendary Gregg Allman, is now running his own project Luvplanet, and he […]
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Heaven & Earth | Dig

March 11, 2013 Publisher 1
by John Kindred – Publisher — It’s been a minute since the last Heaven & Earth release. The band has been piloted by Stuart Smith since the ‘90s. And since 1998, Heaven & Earth has […]
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Sapphire Eyes | Sapphire Eyes

March 11, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Sapphire Eyes | Sapphire Eyes
by Nikiforos Skoumas – Columnist — Most following the contemporary melodic rock scene are well aware of the Swedish female-fronted melodic hard rock group Alyson Avenue. Active in the early 2000s, Alyson Avenue released two […]
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Schmier of Destruction

March 10, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Schmier of Destruction
by Steve Patrick – Columnist — German thrash pioneers Destruction recently released their latest studio album Spiritual Genocide on Nuclear Blast. The record is a crushing declaration from the Teutonic band that they have no […]
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Amaranthe | The Nexus

March 10, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Amaranthe | The Nexus
by Joe Mis – Senior Columnist — Take one part Bullet For My Valentine, add one part Lady Gaga and a hint of underground metal, beat vigorously with massive double bass drums and slice with […]
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LIVE! | Stars in Stereo

March 8, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on LIVE! | Stars in Stereo
by Chris A. – Senior Photojournalist — March 5, 2013 at Bogarts in Cincinnati, Ohio Stars in Stereo, a five-piece rock n’ roll band opened the show for co-headliners Drowning Pool and Flyleaf on a […]
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Silencer | The Great Bear

March 7, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Silencer | The Great Bear
by Justin Gaines – News Editor / Senior Columnist — Here’s one that sneaked by us last year, but is very much worth another look. The Great Bear is the third full-length release from Silencer, […]
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Great White | Ready for Rock n Roll

March 7, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Great White | Ready for Rock n Roll
by Derric Miller – Managing Editor — Back in 2002 when there was only one version of Great White, the band released Recover, an album of … covers! Collector’s Dream Records took it upon themselves […]
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Dirk Verbeuren of Soilwork

March 6, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Dirk Verbeuren of Soilwork
by Steve Patrick – Columnist — Swedish metal outfit Soilwork have recently released their latest album, The Living Infinite. The record is in fact a double album which is definitely unusual for a 2013 release. […]
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MindMaze | Mask of Lies

March 6, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on MindMaze | Mask of Lies
by Justin Gaines – News Editor / Senior Columnist — Pennsylvania-based progressive metal band MindMaze have just released their debut album, titled Mask of Lies, independently. The female-fronted band, which was previously active under the […]
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Anthrax | Anthems

March 6, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Anthrax | Anthems
by Derric Miller – Managing Editor — Out of the “Big 4,” there’s only one band with a singer who can truly be defined as a “gifted vocalist.” There’s only one frontman out of the […]
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Wild Rose | Dangerous

March 6, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Wild Rose | Dangerous
by Nikiforos Skoumas – Columnist — The Wild Rose camp has got to be one of the hardest working in the Greek rock scene; in 2011 Wild Rose debuted with Half Past Midnight, an album […]
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Alvin Lee Obituary

March 6, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Alvin Lee Obituary
by Alissa Ordabai – Senior Columnist — December 19, 1944 – March 6, 2013 It’s rare for impeccable virtuosity to coincide with true depth of feeling. And even those artists how manage to unite both, […]
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Godyva | Alien Heart

March 5, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Godyva | Alien Heart
by Joe Mis – Senior Columnist — Alien Heart is the new release from the Italian “Intimate Gothic Metal” act Godyva. Not many people will understand the “intimate Gothic” description – perhaps “progressive Gothic” is […]
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Denied | Let Them Burn

March 5, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Denied | Let Them Burn
by John Kindred – Publisher — From Sweden, Denied’s roots go back to 2003, when Andreas Carlsson founded the band. It’s taken a decade for the lineup to be solidified and an official album to […]
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Dante | November Red

March 4, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Dante | November Red
by Joe Mis – Senior Columnist — November Red is the third release from the German progressive metal band Dante, and a fine release it is. This epic seven track CD is a solid follow […]
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Flotsam and Jetsam | Cuatro

March 2, 2013 Publisher Comments Off on Flotsam and Jetsam | Cuatro
by John Kindred – Publisher — In 2008, Metal Mind Productions re-released Flotsam and Jetsam’s studio album Cuatro. This was the fourth album released by Flotsam and Jetsam and originally was released by MCA Records […]