Need – Norchestrion: A Song for the End (Album Review)
Need didn’t exactly burst onto the scene with 2017’s “Hegaiamas: A Song for Freedom,” but they sure as shit turned a lot of heads. It…
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Armageddon in Retrospect: SONIC PERSPECTIVES Looks Back at 2020
Much has been written about the impact 2020 will have in both the near and distant future, and live music fans have certainly felt its…
SILENT SKIES / REDEMPTION Keyboardist VIKRAM SHANKAR Talks Recent Album: “The Best Thing A Songwriter Can Do Is Honor The Song’s Soul”
The casual observer could be forgiven for thinking that multi-instrumentalist virtuoso Vikram Shankar’s recent rise to prominence in the prog-metal scene happened overnight. He did,…
FATES WARNING Singer RAY ALDER Talks New Album: “The Demos Were So Exact That We All Knew Exactly What We Needed to Do”
“The demos were so exact that we all knew exactly what we needed to do,” says longtime Fates Warning vocalist Ray Alder from his flat…
Fates Warning – Long Day Good Night (Album Review)
I got into Fates Warning a little late in the day, but considering that I’m a child of the alternative era, I think I can…
Devin Townsend – Order of Magnitude: Empath Live, Volume 1 (Album Review)
Rarely does a live album actually reach me these days. It’s not by lack of skill or passion of performance that I am often left…
Pain Of Salvation – Panther (Album Review)
To say that a Pain of Salvation album is not a journey is to assert that water is dry. For their eleventh record, the enigmatic…
OCEANS OF SLUMBER Front-woman CAMMIE GILBERT: “I’d Rather Leave a World to No One Than Let These Oppressors Win and Leave a World That’s Corroding.”
“It’s black, it’s death… and it’s incredible,” Cammie Gilbert tells me from somewhere in the city of my birth. You might think she’s describing her band, Oceans of…
Redemption – Alive In Color (Album Review)
Recording live is always a bold move. But releasing your band’s first performance with a revamped lineup at one of metal’s most prestigious festivals on…
Khemmis – Doomed Heavy Metal (EP Review)
The cool thing about discovering a band through an EP is that the listener gets a sneak peek into what really moves them. And with…
