Let the neck-snapping and headbanging begin! The Chicago based band Testimony has done an incredible job channeling thrash metal from days gone by; their newest EP,...
Although the members of L.A.-based group AFTER are only in their mid-twenties, the three-piece combine their classic rock roots with their grunge influences in a seamless...
Edges of the World is the latest EP from California based band AFTER. I am new to the AFTER camp and though I had no idea...
If you want to learn about German band The Intersphere, you have little more to rely on than its third album, Hold On, Liberty!. Aside from...
The Fallen Divine’s style of progressive and extreme metal is a sick listen. Sailing guitar riffs combined with Magnus Kvist’s raspy voice made me fall in...
These days there are almost as many sub genres as metal bands themselves. Things from metalcore to death metal to sludge, one of the newest sub...
Burn Everything is a 5 piece hardcore/metal outfit hailing from Rochester, NY. Their latest EP, 2011's Last Run Through The Ruins is as uncompromising audio assault...
Throw together rock, jazz, djent, hints of electronica and progressive metal into a melting pot and you have Animals As Leaders. For many instrumental bands, the...
There was no way I was going to miss a show by Steven Wilson. Combining everything from progressive rock to jazz, industrial, metal, psychedelia, experimental, drone...
I had the privilege of speaking with Steven Wilson on his "Grace For Drowning Tour" recently. We canvassed musical ideas, what the tour and solo album...
I recently spoke with Jacob Holm-Lupo, guitarist for the Norwegien Art Rock band White Willow, about the one piece of gear he uses to obtain his...
Seven Daily Sins was started in 2006 in Minsk, Belarus, by members of a few local bands. Having recorded the first EP Psychache in 2007, the...
There is a staggering number of metal bands today playing the same old stuff. Freshness isn't as prevalent as it should be, but some groups do...
Filmed in April 2004 at the world famous Budokan, this video captures Dream Theater at what I feel is the top of their game. They seem...
Featuring multi-instrumentalist Emmanuel Jessua and drummer Thibault Lamy of French experi-metalists Hypno5e, A Backward Glance On A Travel Road (ABGOATR) unleashes that same universe of depth...