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Overtures - Entering the Maze Review

Overtures: Entering the Maze

Melodic/Heavy/Power Metal
4.0/5.0

Since their inception ten years ago, Italy's Overtures has had some better than modest success within their home country and across Europe. They arrive ... [ Read More ]

Shock - Once Denied Review

Shock: Once Denied

Heavy Metal
4.5/5.0

Better than 25 years Canada's Shock was opening for the metal giants of the day like Megadeth, Motorhead, Anthrax, and Metal Church, besides touring and headlining ... [ Read More ]

Schemata Theory - Dry Lung Rhetoric Review

Schemata Theory: Dry Lung Rhetoric

(Modern) Progressive Thrash Metal
4.0/5.0

To summarize at the start: Schemata Theory's Dry Lung Rhetoric offers some really good metal only to be damaged by it's vocals. More specifically, Schemata Theory ... [ Read More ]

Cynthesis - ReEvolution Review

Cynthesis: ReEvolution

Progressive Rock/Metal
4.0/5.0

Cynthesis, featuring former Zero Hour members brothers Jasun and Troy Tipton (guitars and bass, respectively) and vocalist Erik Rosvold, with Enchant drummer ... [ Read More ]

Neuronspoiler - Emergence Review

Neuronspoiler: Emergence

Melodic/Heavy/Power Metal
5.0/5.0

While their name may be odd, Neuronspoiler's music is right on target for classic heavy metal. The aptly titled Emergence the first full-length album after a ... [ Read More ]

The Burning Crows - Behind the Veil Review

The Burning Crows: Behind the Veil

(Melodic) Hard Rock/Metal
5.0/5.0

The Burning Crows are causing more than a little stir in their native England, thanks in part to a strong debut EP, a tour with veterans The Quireboys, and a slot at ... [ Read More ]

Stargate - Reborn Review

Stargate: Reborn

Melodic Hard Rock/Metal
5.0/5.0

Reborn is an appropriate title for Stargate's second album. It's been nine years since their debut, also on Steel Gallery Records. Since then ... [ Read More ]

Nightglow - We Rise Review

Nightglow: We Rise

Heavy/Power Metal
4.0/5.0

Taking cues from classic Eighties metal, here's another band that began as a cover band, Italy's Nightglow. But for this band it was not enough to be just any cover band ... [ Read More ]

Echotime - Genuine Review

Echotime: Genuine

Melodic/Progressive/Power Metal
4.5/5.0

Beginning as a cover band, Italy's Echotime has evolved into a progressive power metal band releasing their debut album Genuine. It's a rather ambitious ... [ Read More ]

Silentlie - Blood Under Snow EP Review

Silentlie: Blood Under Snow EP

Hard Rock
3.5/5.0

Established in 2005 by vocalist Giorgia Sacco Taz and guitarist Luigi Pressacco Italy's Silentlie finally release the first first EP, Blood Under Snow ... [ Read More ]

Quicksilver Messenger Service Live at the Fillmore June 7 1968 Review

Quicksilver Messenger Service:
Live at the Fillmore June 7 1968

Blues Rock
4.0/5.0

When reflecting on the music scene of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district in the late Sixties, most will ... [ Read More ]

Beef Supreme - Royal Bitch EP Review

Beef Supreme: Royal Bitch EP

Heavy/Stoner Rock/Metal
4.0/5.0

The self-described stoner metal band Beef Supreme drops their second EP, Royal Bitch, via digital download, in just a few weeks. The band is a power trio of sorts ... [ Read More ]

Lady Beast - 2013 Review

Lady Beast: Lady Beast

Melodic/Heavy/Power Metal
4.5/5.0

Rocking it old school is Pittsburgh's Lady Beast signed to France's Inferno Records for the international release of their self-titled debut. The band's name ... [ Read More ]

A Sound of Thunder - Time's Arrow Review

A Sound of Thunder: Time's Arrow

Melodic/Heavy/Power Metal
5.0/5.0

Thanks to a Kickstarter campaign and the generosity of many fans, DC based A Sound of Thunder is able to deliver their third long player, Time's Arrow ... [ Read More ]

Nektar - Remember the Future 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Album Review

Nektar: Remember The Future
40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Melodic Progressive Rock
5.0/5.0

If you grew up in the late Sixties and early Seventies, and were keeping up with British invasion ... [ Read More ]

Sebestian Bach - Abachalypse Now Album Review

Bach, Sebastian: Abachalypse Now (CD/DVD)

Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
5.0/5.0

If you didn't know it, and I'm guessing you do, Sebastian Bach is a wild man on stage. Most of the time, the man's in constant motion, pumping up the crowd ... [ Read More ]

UDO - Steelhammer Album Review

UDO: Steelhammer

Heavy Metal
4.5/5.0

Here's the thing: with his distinct, almost immediately recognizable, raspy grizzly bear voice, you either like Udo Dirkschneider or you don't. Some would say ... [ Read More ]

Semeron - Breathing Scarlet Album Review

Semeron: Breathing Scarlet

Melodic Hard Rock/Metal
4.5/5.0

Having a foot firmly in classic hard rock and another in the modern is Minneapolis based band Semeron. They offer their first full-length album ... [ Read More ]

The Green Violinist - More Thrill & Never Ending Blessing Album Review

The Green Violinist: More Thrill & Never Ending Blessing

Melodic Progressive Rock
3.5/5.0

Taking inspiration from the Marc Chang painting of the same name, composer, guitarist, keyboard player ... [ Read More ]

War & Peace - The Flesh and Blood Sessions (Reissue) Album Review

War & Peace: The Flesh and Blood Sessions (Reissue)

Melodic Hard Rock/Metal
4.0/5.0

While I don't generally cover reissues, there are some that deserve our attention. War & Peace's ... [ Read More ]

Landmarq - Entertaining Angels Special Edition Album Review

Landmarq: Entertaining Angels (SE)

Melodic Progressive Rock
5.0/5.0

In the realm of second generation purveyors of classic English melodic progressive rock you can place veterans Landmarq. They've released their fifth studio album ... [ Read More ]

Cardiant - Verge Album Review

Cardiant: Verge

Melodic Metal
4.0/5.0

Here's a surprisingly interesting and entertaining metal band: Finland's Cardiant with their third album, Verge. One thing that captures your interest is that they blend ... [ Read More ]

The Poodles - Tour de Force Album Review

The Poodles: Tour de Force

Melodic Hard Rock/Metal
4.0/5.0

It some big cojones to name your band after a species of dogs that are generally considered to be fuzzy bundles of four-legged cuteness and extravagance ... [ Read More ]

Ian Danter - Prove You Wrong Album Review

Danter, Ian: Prove You Wrong

Melodic Hard Rock/AOR
3.5/5.0

While you don't necessarily need to be English to know Ian Danter or understand the reason for the title of his first solo album, Prove You Wrong, it certainly helps ... [ Read More ]

Greg Lake - Songs of a Lifetime Album Review

Lake, Greg: Songs of a Lifetime

Melodic Rock
5.0/5.0

Greg Lake is a both a seminal leader and legend in melodic progressive rock. Yet, in his later years, rather than go quietly into the night as an iconic influence ... [ Read More ]

Jupiter Society - From Endangered to Extinction Album Review

Jupiter Society: From Endangered to Extinction

Symphonic/Progressive/Power Metal
4.5/5.0

For composer and keyboard player Carl Westholm humanity's future is bleak, and ends in death. The apocalypse is at hand, and Westholm's Jupiter Society tells its ... [ Read More ]

Pellek - Ocean of Opportunity Album Review

Pellek: Ocean of Opportunity

Melodic/Heavy/Power Metal
5.0/5.0

Norwegian vocalist Pellek, aka Per Fredrik Asly, is a busy guy. About this same time last year he released his first solo album, Bag of Tricks. Then with his UK cohorts ... [ Read More ]

Atropos - Project Equator Album Review

Atropos: Project Equator

(Instrumental) Progressive Rock/Metal
4.5/5.0

Atropos Project is the effort of one musician, John Quarles who composed, performed, recorded, and produced, with the help of some guests, all the songs on ... [ Read More ]

Zenit - The Chandrasekhar Limit Album Review

Zenit: The Chandrasekhar Limit

Melodic/Progressive Rock
4.0/5.0

Zenit hails from Switzerland but their hearts and music are rooted in classic English prog. They bring their third album The Chandrasekhar Limit ... [ Read More ]

Artlantica - Across the Seven Seas Album Review

Artlantica: Across the Seven Seas

Melodic/Progressive/Power Metal
4.0/5.0

Out of the ashes of two important bands, Artension and Angel of Eden, rises Artlantica, and their debut album Across the Seven Seas. The band includes in guitarist ... [ Read More ]


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A Sound of Thunder - Time's Arrow CD Album review

Thanks to a Kickstarter campaign and the generosity of many fans, DC based A Sound of Thunder is able to deliver their third long player, Time's Arrow. And it's massive, a crackin' good album of classic melodic ... [ Read More ]

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