26 Years Ago DREAM THEATER Changed The Progressive Metal Landscape Forever: “Images And Words” Was Released
“Images and Words” turns 26 years old today. Dream Theater’s second, and most famous release, is undisputedly hailed as a progressive-metal defining classic, given its…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Episode No. 8 (Haken / Forgotten Bands: Lilitu / Devin Townsend / 2018 Half Year Wrap-Up)
Although they may not be household names like Justin Bieber or Bruno Mars, it’s a pretty big deal around these parts to be able to…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Episode No. 7 (The Fierce And The Dead / Fates Warning / Between The Buried And Me / Iron Maiden)
Talking Perspectives’ episode number 7 is here, and was there some heavy hitters discussed on this week’s episode! We started off with a band that…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Episode No. 6 (Technology In Recording / GHOST And Marketing in Music / DREAM THEATER’s New Album Expectations)
Talking Perspectives’ episode number 6 is here, and we have some exciting content for you this time around! Our first topic was inspired by a…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Episode No. 5 (MARBIN – “Israeli Jazz” and THE SEA WITHIN Debut Album)
Talking Perspectives’ episode number 5 is here, and we have some exciting content for you this time around! For the first half we got to…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Episode No. 4 (Spock’s Beard – “Noise Floor”, the 2018 RoSfest Festival and Threshold – “Legends Of The Shires”)
Talking Perspectives’ episode number 4 is here, and it’s our longest one to date, yet we promise you it’s worth your time! We had two…
DESERT ISLAND PICKS: The 5 URIAH HEEP Albums to Take With You
Uriah Heep. A character straight out of Dickens — literally. The guy from David Copperfield is darkly unctuous, insincere, full of fake fawning. Which probably applies…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Episode No. 3 (Rikard Sjöblom’s Box Set, Amorphis – “Queen Of Time”, And Nightwish – “Decades”)
Talking Perspectives is back! Once again some of us here at Sonic Perspectives got together in a phone conversation, where we discussed relevant – recent…
Don’t Messer With Texas: A Chat With Maddox Messer
Full disclosure: I don’t like radio rock. Only twice since System of a Down’s heyday have I heard a radio rock tune I actually enjoyed…
FORGOTTEN GEMS: In 1975, CRACK THE SKY Had a New Take on Prog-Rock…One That Most Have Never Heard About
Crack the Sky should have been big—I mean, really big. Yes, I know, that can be said about so many bands… but Crack the Sky…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Episode No. 2 (Machine Head – “Catharsis”, Crowdfunding Music Campaigns, and Judas Priest – “Firepower”)
Talking Perspectives is back! Once again some of us here at Sonic Perspectives got together in a phone conversation, where we discussed relevant – recent…
IN REMEMBRANCE: A written homage to the memory of the ultimate guitar genius of the rarest kind… Allan Holdsworth
Some people are destined to change mankind. On April 15th, 2017, one year ago, the world lost one of them. The Johan Sebastian Bach of…
