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By now it's old news. Everybody in the prog universe knows: Dream Theater got the band back together. Drummer and founding member Mike Portnoy returned to his Dream Theater family to celebrate their 40th ... [ Read More ]
Recent Reviews
February 2025
- Craig Brooks: Desolation Freeway
- Mantric Momentum: Alienized
- Pattern-Seeking Animals: Friend Of All Creatures
- Crazy Lixx: Thrill Of The Bite
- Ginger Evil: The Way It Burns
- Dream Theater: Parasomnia
- Tyran: Tyran's Oath
- Saber: Lost In Flames
January 2025
- Wildness: Avenger
- The Ferrymen: Iron Will
- Labyrinth: In The Vanishing Echoes Of Goodbye
- Bonfire: Higher Ground
- The Big Deal: Electrified
- Landfall: Wide Open Sky
December 2024
- After Lapse: Pathways
- Illusion Force: Halfana
- Powell-Payne: Voilá
November 2024
- Sunstorm: Restless Fight
- Storace: Crossfire
- Voodoo Circle: Hail To The King
- Lionville: Supernatural
- Starchaser: Into The Great Unkown
- Empires Of Eden: Guardians Of Time
- Lonerider: Down In The Dust
- Seventh Crystal: Entity
- Neal Morse & The Resonance: No Hill For A Climber
- Beardfish: Songs For Beating Hearts
- Impellitteri: War Machine
- Brothers Of Metal: Fimbulvinter
New Music Reviews
Craig Brooks: Desolation Freeway
Melodic Hard Rock/AOR
4.5/5.0
Most will need a small memory nudge to recall American guitarist, singer, and songwriter Craig Brooks. His professional music career began in the late ... [ Read More ]
Mantric Momentum: Alienized
Heavy/Power Metal
4.0/5.0
Mantric Momentum, featuring founder, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Christer Harøy (Divided Multitude, Crossnail) and his cousin Terje Harøy of Pyramaze on vocals ... [ Read More ]
Pattern-Seeking Animals: Friend Of All Creatures
Melodic Progressive Rock
5.0/5.0
Six years since their inception and self-titled debut album, California-based Pattern-Seeking Animals returns with their fifth album, Friend Of All Creatures ... [ Read More ]
Crazy Lixx: Thrill Of The Bite
Melodic Metal Rock
4.0/5.0
Now into their third decade in the music industry, we catch up with Sweden's Crazy Lixx, still piloted by vocalist, and only original member, Danny Rexon. 2024 was ... [ Read More ]
Ginger Evil: The Way It Burns
Melodic Hard Rock
4.5/5.0
Ginger bread. Ginger beer. Ginger Evil. The origin story of the Finish band goes back 20 years when guitarist Tomi Julkunen and bassist Veli Palevaara were writing ... [ Read More ]
Dream Theater: Parasomnia
Melodic Progressive Metal
5.0/5.0
By now it's old news. Everybody in the prog universe knows: Dream Theater got the band back together. Drummer and founding member Mike Portnoy returned to his ... [ Read More ]
Tyran: Tyran's Oath
Traditional Heavy/Speed Metal
4.0/5.0
This review requires some explanation. This release is not a new album, but a re-issue. Tyran's roots began in 2020 with the DIY project, Martyr, created by German vocalist ... [ Read More ]
Saber: Lost In Flames
Traditional Heavy/Speed Metal
4.5/5.0
Hailing from Los Angeles, Saber was created in 2018 by lead guitarist Joel Dominguez, rhythm guitarist Jesus Delgado, bassist David Sanchez, and singer Steven Villa ... [ Read More ]
Wildness: Avenger
Melodic Hard Rock/AOR
4.5/5.0
Now entering their second decade in music biz, Sweden's Wildness returns with latest and fourth studio album, Avenger. Band personnel has remained consistent ... [ Read More ]
The Ferrymen: Iron Will
Melodic Heavy Metal Rock
4.5/5.0
Nine years on, and four studio albums in their discography, The Ferrymen remain as Magnus Karlsson (Primal Fear, et al) on guitars and keyboards, Ronnie Romero ... [ Read More ]
Labyrinth: In The Vanishing Echoes Of Goodbye
Progressive Power Metal
4.5/5.0
Another four years has passed, and Italy's metal titans Labyrinth return with a new studio album, In The Vanishing Echoes Of Goodbye. You have to cut them some slack ... [ Read More ]
From The Archives
Nine months from releasing the respected fourth album Eagle Flight, Deen Castronovo (Journey, Generation Radio) returns with his Revolution Saints and their fifth long-player, Against The Winds. The new ... [ Read More ]
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About Dangerdog
Created in the fall of 2006 by Craig Hartranft, Dangerdog Music Reviews is an international music review blog, offering reviews of melodic heavy metal and hard rock, progressive metal, progressive rock, AOR and their various sub-genres. The key word is melodic. If you're interested in hardcore or extreme metal, you've come to the wrong place. Pictured above with Craig, Lily the Little Black Dangerdog. RIP 17.07.2020
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