Articles by Joe Miller

If you’re of a certain age, you remember that era when heavy metal, hard rock, and AOR were thrown together in the same basket. Think […]

I tend not to acknowledge symphonic metal’s existence. It’s one of those styles/scenes I could never get in to. Part of it’s because it’s so […]

Jo Capitalicide is like the Great White North’s Joel Grind. He’s a metalpunk renaissance man, not afraid to dip his toes in a vast array […]

In the 1970s, Kansas were arena rock behemoths. Their music was a unique blend consisting of the hooks of pop rock, the crunchy guitars of […]

The solo album: a vehicle for artists to express their creativity outside the walls of their respective bands. KISS knew how to capitalize on this […]

I’ve quickly found that some of the best traditional metal I’ve heard in 2020 thus far have come from veteran players. Classic bands like Vandenberg […]

Paul Gillis has been a fixture of the Chicago metal scene for the past 25+ years. While dabbling in a variety of projects over those […]

It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock n’ roll. It’s even longer if you’re from down under. My poor attempt at […]

Enuff Z’Nuff is one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented bands in rock history. If your first reaction to this sentence is, “Wait…the “Fly High […]

I’m usually the first to gripe about monotony in metal. Unless you’re AC/DC, Motörhead, or some other niche act that can get away with putting […]