Black Paisley – Perennials (Album Review)
Imagine, for a moment, that Tom Petty’s commercially successful 1994 album Wildflowers started not with the title track, but rather, with something like, say, “Holy…
Browsing: John Kokel
The Unity – Rise (Album Review)
What happens when Germans and Italians join forces? Certainly never a car, but the results could be anything from a curry wurst pizza, to world…
Manimal – Purgatorio (Album Review)
In life, there are some things which are simply great, without any bells or whistles. A friendly dog. A big foldable greasy slice of New…
Beyond The Black – Heart Of The Hurricane (Album Review)
In October 2005, Finnish symphonic-metal juggernauts Nightwish said “Bye Bye Beautiful” to iconic front-woman Tarja Turunen and sent her on to other solo pursuits. In…
Airrace – Untold Stories (Album Review)
Some perceptive individuals enter the realm of university academia and realize how it is largely an echo-chamber of self-indulgent silliness. There are few examples of…
Doro – Forever Warriors, Forever United (Album Review)
Physical Graffiti. Snow. The Astonishing. Quadrophenia. The White Album. The Wall. The Book of Souls. Pretty much every Ayreon release ever. What all of these…
Halcyon Way – Bloody But Unbowed (Album Review)
Atlanta. Known to those of us fortunate to live there as “Atlanna.” Known for the Braves, the 1996 Summer Olympics, the Coke Museum, a great…
Watch The GRAHAM BONNET BAND New Official Video for “Livin’ In Suspicion” off Their Recently Released Album “Meanwhile, Back In The Garage”
“Livin’ In Suspicion” is the new video from the GRAHAM BONNET BAND. The song is taken from the group’s latest album, “Meanwhile, Back In The…
Destinia – Metal Souls (Album Review)
Our regular readers will recall that we were recently impressed by the latest offering of Lords of Black due largely to the incredible vocal performance…
We Are Sentinels – We Are Sentinels (Album Review)
Think about the most innovative new act or album you have heard in music in recent years. Not much, right? The music of Nightwish, infusing…
