In order to understand where an album like Jesse is coming from, I feel it’s important to know a bit of back story. Gabe Wilkinson isn’t knew to...
I remember a few months ago when I was sent a press release describing a one-woman Danish metal band by the name of Myrkur. Now, even...
Reviewing a new Opeth album is a treat for me. I’ve been listening to the band for well over a decade, thoroughly enjoying their rather unique...
I’ll be the first to admit that the visual aesthetic of Black Veil Brides is a bit of a turn off for me. The whole “goth...
Let me completely honest with you, okay? I’m not much of a rap rock guy. It’s just not a genre that I fall back upon when...
On Tigermending, Carina Round seems to have both mellowed out a bit from her previous releases as well as become more experimental. Perhaps it’s partially due...
It’s hard to believe that it was over 13 years ago that Silent Hill for Playstation came out. Has it really been so long? Have so...
Being a long time Shinedown fan, I was stoked for March 27th. Shinedown was set to release their fourth studio album Amaryllis and I had spent...
Mikael Akerfeldt and Steven Wilson are perhaps two of the most hardworking, innovative musicians today. It’s not necessarily that they put out vast amounts of material...
When I think of The All-American Rejects, a few very specific things come to mind. Mainly I think of middle school, shopping at Hot Topic (hush,...
For those of you who don’t know O.S.I. (shame on you!), they could easily be considered a supergroup of prog metal masters. Featuring Kevin Moore (ex-Dream...
There’s a saying in the metal community: “Your favorite bands listen to Meshuggah.” It’s a pretty accurate statement, considering that the band has been around for...
Comprised of some of the most talented musicians in the rock/metal scene, Adrenaline Mob has a lot going for it. After all, it’s Mike Portnoy (ex-drummer...
Comprised of some of the most talented musicians in the rock/metal scene, Adrenaline Mob has a lot going for it. After all, it’s Mike Portnoy (ex-drummer...
Tomorrow sees the release of Konami’s eighth entry into the Silent Hill series, Silent Hill: Downpour. For the past seven entries, fans have enjoyed the terrifying...
The Elkcloner is the brainchild of Serbian/New York composer Filip Mitrovic, who co-scored Resident Evil: Afterlife as well as The Echo and Sleep Dealer. With this...
Hailing from Britain, The Safety Fire are a progressive metal band that adds in dashes of tech as well as jazz. They made a large name...
It’s not surprising that today we can take Pearl Jam for granted. Hell, they’ve been around for over 20 years, they have a devoted fan base,...
Anathema has long been a band that I know I can come back to for solid, amazing music. From their start as a doom metal band...
It is becoming more and more apparent with each passing day that the quality of music that can come from a home studio can equal, if...
In 1984, after releasing and touring in support of their album “1984” (review), the biggest hard rock band of all time, Van Halen, parted ways with...
When word came that Martin Lopez quit Swedish prog-metal band Opeth, I was stunned. After all, he brought a certain sound and inventiveness that I had...
At first listen, Italian band Hopes Die Last could easily be categorized as screamo and just left at that. Hell, my first playthrough of their new album,...
Last year I was presented with an interesting review offer: The Real Tuesday Weld’s The Last Werewolf (review), which was the soundtrack to a book of the...