BAND PHOTOS: Travis Shinn This Is The Way (feat. DMX), the latest single from multi-platinum, chart-topping hard rock powerhouse FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH has hit the #1 spot at Billboard’s Mainstream Rock radio chart, notably landing the Las Vegas-based band their 11th straight #1 hit on the chart. This extends the band’s 2023 record of..
ABSOLUTE ELSEWHERE – Playground (Jambo Records)
Definitely one of those outfits who were cursed by their timing, as their proudly-laid new egg of a debut was immediately washed away on a new wave tide of punk and bluster flooding across the UK media later in 1976, and the highly unfair withdrawal of label support for this one. Had they appeared a..
Xeneris – Eternal Rising (Frontiers Music)
If Xeneris represents a rebirth from the ashes of Kalidia then it seems to me that they’ve come out a stronger band and Eternal Rising is going to be one of the most highly rated power/symphonic metal albums of 2024. Despite only releasing two albums in their decade-long career, Kalidia were one of the..
Lars Fredrik Frøislie and Stefano Galifi release single “Un Posto Sotto Il Cielo” (Karisma Records)
The debut solo album from Lars Fredrik Frøislie, "Fire Fortellinger", was very well received when it came out last year, deservedly so. Therefore it's a big moment for Frøislie to now get one of the albums tracks recorded by one of his favourite vocalists from one of his favourite bands, the Italian prog band Museo..
Our Man in The Field – Gold On The horizon (In The Field Recordings)
The music business is always healthy when there is a seemingly never-ending stream of new singer-songwriters making their mark in the industry and to this list we must now add the silver voiced talents of Our Man In The Field - aka British musician Alex Ellis - who is another of those wry observers of..
METAL CHURCH – first single “Fake Healer (Live in Japan)” released
Everything ends. Even in the legendary realms of heavy metal, where myths and legends intrude into everyday reality on a daily basis. Members and fans of American metal giants METAL CHURCH became painfully aware of this when they lost their legendary singer and frontman Mike Howe in July 2021. From 1988 to 1994 and again from 2015, Howe was the frontman..
Lucassen & Soeterboek’s Plan Nine – The Long-Lost Songs (Music Theories Recordings / Mascot)
Flashback to the early 1990s – Arjen Lucassen, guitarist from the recently defunct Dutch heavy rock band Vengeance, was casting around, looking for a new gig. Going through a hard time, having relationship issues, his band had just broken up, and he had recorded and released his first solo album, which struggled to make any..
SIMONE SIMONS – releases video for second solo single ‘In Love We Rust’
SIMONE SIMONS of EPICA fame has revealed the video for the second single to be taken from her debut solo album, Vermillion, that is set for release on the 23rd August via Nuclear Blast Records. Written alongside ARJEN LUCASSEN (AYREON), the new single is titled In Love We Rust .SIMONE SIMONS & ARJEN LUCASSEN comment: "The video was filmed in just one take to keep it..
Guitar Prodigy Marcin Releases New Video From Upcoming Album ‘Dragon in Harmony’
DEBUT ALBUM FROM THE VIRAL PHENOMENON INCLUDES SPECIAL GUESTS ‘PORTUGAL. THE MAN’, TIM HENSON, DELANEY BAILEY & ICHIKA NITO AVAILABLE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. ALBUM LEAD SINGLE: ‘CLASSICAL DRAGON’ (3.18) FEATURING TIM HENSON OF POLYPHIA, OUT NOW Captivating audiences across the globe with simply a guitar in hand, MARCIN takes his signature performance style and solo-arranging..
New Horizon – Conquerors (Frontiers Music)
The quality of the writing and musicianship on Conquerors is consistently high, and the unifying lyrical theme intriguing. And in Molin, Tee has found the perfect partner. Jona Tee is best known as the long-time keyboard player in Swedish rock band H.E.A.T. He has spread out in recent years, being a member of Crowne too,..