HELLOWEEN’s “Pumpkins United” Lineup Announce 2020 “United Alive World Tour Part II” Tour and New Studio Album for August/September
The “Pumpkins United” lineup of the German heavy metal band HELLOWEEN recently entered the H.O.M.E. Studios in Hamburg (where everything started in 1984) to work on brand new song material.…
Cannabis Corpse – Nug So Vile (Album Review)
Death metal’s jokesters strike again. Phil Hall, perhaps best known by his humorous stage alias Land Phil, has managed to keep himself quite busy of late, splitting his time between…
Renowned Producer SASCHA PAETH Talks Recent “Signs of Wings” Album: “Heavy Metal Music Should be Raw and In-Your-Face, Not Overproduced like Most Music Today”
After four or five years of discussions about a possible collaboration with Frontiers Records, renowned German producer, guitarist, and songwriter Sascha Paeth agreed to join forces with the Italian label…
DEATH ANGEL, EXMORTUS and HELL FIRE at Lee’s Palace, Toronto (November 26th, 2019)
Touring to promote their excellent latest album “Humanicide”, released on May 31st this year, and with the album’s title track being nominated for a Grammy for “Best Metal Performance”, Death Angel hit Toronto on November 26th, bringing Exmortus and Hell Fire in tow. Their triumphant stop on the Great White North was one to be remembered for many years to…
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, THREE DAYS GRACE and BAD WOLVES at Hertz Arena, Estero, FL (November 16th, 2019)
In an age of laser-precise light shows and pyrotechnics that mimic the might of dragons, seeing popular bands on tour guarantees a performance that is part theater, part music. For big-name bands in rock and metal alike, the performances that sell out stadiums have both elements in equal measure, spurred by the soul of the musicians that deliver such bombastic…
ROSFEST | The Rites of Spring Festival Returns in 2020 with Stellar Line-up and BIG BIG TRAIN North American First Ever Performance
For the past 17 years progressive rock fans have found a haven to celebrate their favored musical niche: The Rites of Spring Festival, affectionately known as RoSfest. As the turn of a decade approaches, anticipation grows for what could be the most impressive RoSfest experience yet and with general ticket sales going on-line this past weekend, now is the time to seriously consider making the journey. Much of the pending excitement stems from the inclusion of headliners Big Big Train from the England, their first announced date in the U.S. ever. The desire to bring this esteemed band to the…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Dissecting PROGPOWER USA XXI Lineup for Day 2 (Episode No. 31)
“It’s getting really hard to book headliners,” laments ProgPower Festival Day 2 honcho Milton Mendonça… so the motherfucker booked TWO. Tease that he is, ou outro terror do brasil (o primeiro terror being our very own Rodrigo Altaf) has spent the better part of two months posting minute-long videos on ProgPower’s Vimeo page. Thoroughly whetting the appetites of prog nerds with Darkwater and The Ocean, and making power metal goons salivate like dogs in heat with Northtale and headliners Stratovarius, there was just one last band that needed announcing, and he promised the prog nerds that they hadn’t been forgotten. On…
