Bodom After Midnight – Paint the Sky With Blood (Album Review)
It is so temping eulogize the Finnish super-shredder two months my junior through whom I vicariously lived my rock star dreams. Thankfully for both the…
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ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN Talks Recent Album “The Darkest Skies are the Brightest” and Inspiration Behind it: “You Have to Go Through Darkness In Order to Get To The Light”
“This album is all about growth,” she continues. “Every cloud has its silver lining, and there’s always light at the end of a dark period.”…
Witherfall – Curse of Autumn (Album Review)
2018’s “A Prelude to Sorrow” not only thrust California’s Witherfall into the ranks of contemporary greatness, it also gave them the terrifying task of following…
Labÿrinth – Welcome To The Absurd Circus (Album Review)
As much as I value experimentation, I must also recognize that some outfits are simply better off focusing on what they do well. Italy’s Labÿrinth…
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…
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…
