Monthly Archives:

July 2017

  • Album Reviews

    Next to None – Phases

    Phases is the second album from prog metal outfit Next to None, comprising vocalist Thomas Cuce, guitarist Derrick Schneider (who replaces Ryland Holland), bassist Kris Rank and Max Portnoy (son of…

  • Q&A With LOMM

    Käki Interview

    Käki (“Cuckoo” in Finnish) is an experimental, loose collective of handpicked individuals serving this sound installation, which is always stream of consciousness, fully improvised, evolving and growing as it goes. Every…

  • Album Reviews

    Seven Spires – Solveig

    I have been aware of the Boston based symphonic metal band Seven Spires for several years now. I remember seeing them in some small club in Rhode Island and thinking to…

  • Album Reviews

    Orden Ogan – Gunmen

    When it comes to power metal, German band Orden Ogan has been a rising star in the genre, especially over the last decade of their formation as a band. Like clockwork,…

  • Album Reviews

    The Ferrymen – The Ferrymen

    At the risk of repeating myself, as I know I have stated this in many of my past reviews, Swedish guitarist Magnus Karlsson is my favorite songwriter in metal. Everything the…

  • Q&A With LOMM

    Käki

    Käki (“Cuckoo” in Finnish) is an experimental, loose collective of handpicked individuals serving this sound installation, which is always stream of consciousness, fully improvised, evolving and growing as it goes. Every…