Sometimes after reviewing all those complex progressive albums with songs over ten minutes in length, unusual time signatures and sudden transitions and pace changes, it’s refreshing to dig my claws into…
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While not a household name, Veronica Freeman has carved a nice niche for herself in the underground metal scene with her band Benedictum, who just released their last album Obey in…
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Mark Tremonti, best known as the guitarist and primary song-writer for Alter Bridge, released his second solo album Cauterize this month. It follows his debut solo effort All I Was, which…
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“Girl power” was a much-uttered phrase back in the 90s, mostly in relation to a Spice Girls-led surge in popular girl groups filling the charts. Problem was, as much the idea…
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Finnish family band Von Hertzen Brothers have always toed the line between prog rock and more straightforward hard rock. There’s not usually anything inherently progressive about their music, but they’ve always…
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De La Muerte is a brand new Italian modern hard rock band with touches of heavy metal formed by Solisia guitarist Gianluca Quinto, Christian D’Alessandro (guitars), Claudio Michelacci (bass), Luca Ciccotti…
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Genius is a word that is thrown around all too often, especially in the arts. There is no defining traits to it, and anytime we fall this or that album a…
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Odin’s Court is a Maryland, USA band that was formed by vocalist/guitarist Matt Brookins in 2001. The band is best described as rock & metal, fusing classic and modern sounds that…
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I grew up in the 80’s, the decade that taste forgot. Believe it or not, I used to listen to the big New Romantic, synth heavy bands like Simple Minds, Duran…
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The existence of the widespread stage of life notoriously called a midlife crisis due to associated upheaval is debated and even questioned altogether by psychologists. A dramatic turn of events such…