Within the annals of female-fronted symphonic metal, the name Within Temptation is among the oldest and most immediately recognizable, though also one of the hardest…
There is definitely something to be said for getting back to basics, or getting to the core for a more fitting idiom wherein subsets of…
Buckcherry released one of their best albums, “Hellbound,” on June 25th and have wasted no time hitting the road post-pandemic in support of it. As…
Quebec-born thrash metal trustees turned progressive metal trailblazers Voivod are, if nothing else, a band of historical consequence. Originally cutting their teeth in the studio…
For every other stereotypical adherent to 80s pop and rock culture that seemed to fade away with the end of the decade, there would occasionally…
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…
The concert as a grand spectacle and the sub-genre of symphonic metal are companions almost to the point of necessity, and have been since the…
As some parts of the world are finally opened up for concerts, Canadians are still struggling with covid variants and waves, and the country is…
In a time where ongoing lockdowns have precluded the presence of a live audience, theatricality is a band’s best friend when adapting to the live…
With the passage of a couple decades, a bestselling album has a way of becoming a time capsule, reflecting the zeitgeist of its particular era…
