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ROSFEST | The Rites of Spring Festival Returns in 2020 with Stellar Line-up and BIG BIG TRAIN North American First Ever Performance
For the past 17 years progressive rock fans have found a haven to celebrate their favored musical niche: The Rites of Spring Festival, affectionately known…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Dissecting PROGPOWER USA XXI Lineup for Day 2 (Episode No. 31)
“It’s getting really hard to book headliners,” laments ProgPower Festival Day 2 honcho Milton Mendonça… so the motherf**ker booked TWO. Tease that he is, ou outro…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: A Recap of PROGSTOCK Festival 2019 (Episode No. 30)
A month ago hundreds of progressive rock fans gathered together at New Jersey for three days of music and friendship. For a festival younger than…
DAVE KERZNER and NICK D’VIRGILIO Remember KEVIN GILBERT and GIRAFFE on the Anniversary of Their Performance of THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY: “This Show Changed Our Lives and Careers.”
In the fall of 1994, multi-talented musician Kevin Gilbert had an idea. He and some friends would perform the Genesis classic The Lamb Lies Down…
The Man Who Kick-started A Metal Genre: JON ZAZULA’s “Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness” Is The Thrash Metal Genesis Chapter
In every man’s life, there are certain life altering moments that will stay in one’s mind forever. For Jonathan Zazula, aka Jon Zazula, such pivotal…
LOST IN THE ICE: A Look at KING DIAMOND’s Landmark Album “Abigail”
Today is Halloween’s Day and this month is especially significant in the King Diamond’s universe: His 1990’s album “The Eye” was released a day like…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Dissecting Opeth’s “In Cauda Venenum” / Satan And Rainbows Podcast / Summer Concerts Retrospective (Episode No. 29)
The Swedish progressive band Opeth released their thirteenth studio album, “In Cauda Venenum,” on September 27. Widely hailed as a more focused and biting effort…
VIDEO PREMIERE: Gothenburg’s INTOXICATE Press The Thrash Metal Pedal with “Retention Rumba”
Hailing from Gothenburg, Sweden and formed in 1988 as one of the first thrash bands in this area INTOXICATE is returning to the metal music…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: PROGPOWER USA XX Retrospective – Days III and IV (Episode No. 28)
The second and final part of the two ProgPower postmortems podcasts (you can listen to the first one here). Early September really is the most…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: PROGPOWER USA XX Retrospective – Days I and II (Episode No. 27)
Early September really is the most wonderful time of the year for a group of dedicated metalheads who flock to Atlanta for the annual ProgPower…
PROGSTOCK Festival Founder THOMAS PALMIERI Talks Details Of The 2019 Event in Video Interview
Progressive rock festival ProgStock returns to New Jersey this October 11th – 13th bringing an engaging lineup of top-notch bands to the beautiful Union County…
DEMONS & WIZARDS North America Tour Recap: “A Tale of Two Metal Kingdoms Becoming One”
Demons & Wizards, the band featuring Iced Earth front-man Jon Schaffer and Blind Guardian singer Hansi Kürsch, are currently working on their first new record…