Crystal Ball – Crysteria
Melodic metal: When your band is too heavy for AOR, but too slick and polished for traditional metal. I have to print this definition for […]
Top 10: Megaforce Records Releases
40 years ago, a young couple from New York put all their chips on the table for the music they loved, heavy metal. That couple […]
Ectoplasma – Inferna Kabbalah
What’s these? You mean to tell me there’s more to Greek death metal than Dead Congregation? Of course I’m being sarcastic, but from the way […]
Tension – Decay
Another month, another round of NWOTHM releases to explore. A man of my word, I said in my review of Maule’s self titled that it […]
Jethro Tull – The Zealot Gene
The 21st century has been quite the rollercoaster for progressive rock stalwarts Jethro Tull. They spent the better part of 2000s as a touring act, […]
Praying Mantis – Katharsis
40+ years on and the world is still feeling the ripple effects of the NWOBHM. Besides its influence on every metal subgenre and scene to […]
Eric Gales – Crown
It was last June that I first got the heads up about Eric Gales’ then untitled new album. In between a 90 minute set of […]
Steve Vai – Inviolate
There are certain artists whose music take you back to a certain period in your life. One such artist for me is Steve Vai. I […]
Kissin’ Dynamite – Not the End of the Road
If we were to pit Europe’s hard rock scene of the past 15 years against America’s, it’s no secret who would win. While the US […]
Druid Lord – Relics of the Dead
I’ve long considered the Hells Headbangers label to be a stamp of approval. Since I started following them a decade ago (or a little over […]