
Cynic – Ascension Codes (Album Review)
2020 sucked for everyone for many reasons, particularly for those who live on the arts. And while the health of those in the Cynic circle…
2020 sucked for everyone for many reasons, particularly for those who live on the arts. And while the health of those in the Cynic circle…
If you know Jim Matheos, you know he likes to alternate between heavy and mellow. The honcho behind the most long-running of contemporary progressive metal…
Make no mistake about Tuesday the Sky. The beautifully weird solo project from Fates Warning honcho Jim Matheos is the closest thing to a full…
Jesse Leach holds the odd distinction of replacing the guy who replaced him. Unlike Blaze Bayley and Ripper Owens, though, a huge swath of Killswitch…
Devin Townsend gives mind-blowing performances as casually as I fart, and if it weren’t for his disarming humility, ridiculous sense of humor, and legit genius…
The novelty of metal bands performing with orchestras has worn a bit thin. Far from being anything revolutionary at this point (Deep Purple did it…
“Shai is a lobster.” This is the regard in which new-ish Subterranean Masquerade front-man Davidavi Dolev holds his bandmate, keyboardist Shai Yallin. Lobsters, you see, have evolved an impressive pair of…
So let’s just get one thing out of the way: I am neither a TV nor a movie guy, and despite being an avid lover…
Count Subterranean Masquerade as one of the many bands who’d been on my radar for years who, despite having very strong ties to Green Carnation…
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…