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Tolerance - When Time Stops Review

Tolerance: When Time Stops

Melodic Progressive Rock
4.5/5.0

To my surprise, or lapse of memory, Tolerance is not the first melodic progressive rock from Venezuela that I've reviewed over the years. There's also been ... [ Read More ]

Spock's Beard - Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep Review

Spock's Beard: Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep

Melodic Progressive Rock
5.0/5.0

Spock's Beard's eleventh album, Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep is two discs of melodic progressive rock awesomeness. Maybe that's all you ... [ Read More ]

Rhapsody of Fire - Live From Chaos to Eternity Review

Rhapsody of Fire: Live - From Chaos to Eternity

Melodic/Heavy/Power Metal
4.5/5.0

What could be better than another bombastic album of Rhapsody of Fire's epic power metal? One that records the band playing their cinematic symphonic ... [ Read More ]

Overtures - Entering the Maze Review

Overtures: Entering the Maze

Melodic/Heavy/Power Metal
4.0/5.0

Since their inception ten years ago, Italy's Overtures has had some better than modest success within their home country and across Europe. They arrive ... [ Read More ]

Shock - Once Denied Review

Shock: Once Denied

Heavy Metal
4.5/5.0

Better than 25 years Canada's Shock was opening for the metal giants of the day like Megadeth, Motorhead, Anthrax, and Metal Church, besides touring and headlining ... [ Read More ]

Schemata Theory - Dry Lung Rhetoric Review

Schemata Theory: Dry Lung Rhetoric

(Modern) Progressive Thrash Metal
4.0/5.0

To summarize at the start: Schemata Theory's Dry Lung Rhetoric offers some really good metal only to be damaged by it's vocals. More specifically, Schemata Theory ... [ Read More ]

Cynthesis - ReEvolution Review

Cynthesis: ReEvolution

Progressive Rock/Metal
4.0/5.0

Cynthesis, featuring former Zero Hour members brothers Jasun and Troy Tipton (guitars and bass, respectively) and vocalist Erik Rosvold, with Enchant drummer ... [ Read More ]

Neuronspoiler - Emergence Review

Neuronspoiler: Emergence

Melodic/Heavy/Power Metal
5.0/5.0

While their name may be odd, Neuronspoiler's music is right on target for classic heavy metal. The aptly titled Emergence the first full-length album after a ... [ Read More ]

The Burning Crows - Behind the Veil Review

The Burning Crows: Behind the Veil

(Melodic) Hard Rock/Metal
5.0/5.0

The Burning Crows are causing more than a little stir in their native England, thanks in part to a strong debut EP, a tour with veterans The Quireboys, and a slot at ... [ Read More ]

Stargate - Reborn Review

Stargate: Reborn

Melodic Hard Rock/Metal
5.0/5.0

Reborn is an appropriate title for Stargate's second album. It's been nine years since their debut, also on Steel Gallery Records. Since then ... [ Read More ]

Nightglow - We Rise Review

Nightglow: We Rise

Heavy/Power Metal
4.0/5.0

Taking cues from classic Eighties metal, here's another band that began as a cover band, Italy's Nightglow. But for this band it was not enough to be just any cover band ... [ Read More ]

Echotime - Genuine Review

Echotime: Genuine

Melodic/Progressive/Power Metal
4.5/5.0

Beginning as a cover band, Italy's Echotime has evolved into a progressive power metal band releasing their debut album Genuine. It's a rather ambitious ... [ Read More ]

Silentlie - Blood Under Snow EP Review

Silentlie: Blood Under Snow EP

Hard Rock
3.5/5.0

Established in 2005 by vocalist Giorgia Sacco Taz and guitarist Luigi Pressacco Italy's Silentlie finally release the first first EP, Blood Under Snow ... [ Read More ]

Quicksilver Messenger Service Live at the Fillmore June 7 1968 Review

Quicksilver Messenger Service:
Live at the Fillmore June 7 1968

Blues Rock
4.0/5.0

When reflecting on the music scene of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district in the late Sixties, most will ... [ Read More ]

Beef Supreme - Royal Bitch EP Review

Beef Supreme: Royal Bitch EP

Heavy/Stoner Rock/Metal
4.0/5.0

The self-described stoner metal band Beef Supreme drops their second EP, Royal Bitch, via digital download, in just a few weeks. The band is a power trio of sorts ... [ Read More ]

Lady Beast - 2013 Review

Lady Beast: Lady Beast

Melodic/Heavy/Power Metal
4.5/5.0

Rocking it old school is Pittsburgh's Lady Beast signed to France's Inferno Records for the international release of their self-titled debut. The band's name ... [ Read More ]

A Sound of Thunder - Time's Arrow Review

A Sound of Thunder: Time's Arrow

Melodic/Heavy/Power Metal
5.0/5.0

Thanks to a Kickstarter campaign and the generosity of many fans, DC based A Sound of Thunder is able to deliver their third long player, Time's Arrow ... [ Read More ]

Nektar - Remember the Future 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Album Review

Nektar: Remember The Future
40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Melodic Progressive Rock
5.0/5.0

If you grew up in the late Sixties and early Seventies, and were keeping up with British invasion ... [ Read More ]

Sebestian Bach - Abachalypse Now Album Review

Bach, Sebastian: Abachalypse Now (CD/DVD)

Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
5.0/5.0

If you didn't know it, and I'm guessing you do, Sebastian Bach is a wild man on stage. Most of the time, the man's in constant motion, pumping up the crowd ... [ Read More ]

UDO - Steelhammer Album Review

UDO: Steelhammer

Heavy Metal
4.5/5.0

Here's the thing: with his distinct, almost immediately recognizable, raspy grizzly bear voice, you either like Udo Dirkschneider or you don't. Some would say ... [ Read More ]

Semeron - Breathing Scarlet Album Review

Semeron: Breathing Scarlet

Melodic Hard Rock/Metal
4.5/5.0

Having a foot firmly in classic hard rock and another in the modern is Minneapolis based band Semeron. They offer their first full-length album ... [ Read More ]

Landmarq - Entertaining Angels Special Edition Album Review

Landmarq: Entertaining Angels (SE)

Melodic Progressive Rock
5.0/5.0

In the realm of second generation purveyors of classic English melodic progressive rock you can place veterans Landmarq. They've released their fifth studio album ... [ Read More ]

The Poodles - Tour de Force Album Review

The Poodles: Tour de Force

Melodic Hard Rock/Metal
4.0/5.0

It some big cojones to name your band after a species of dogs that are generally considered to be fuzzy bundles of four-legged cuteness and extravagance ... [ Read More ]

Greg Lake - Songs of a Lifetime Album Review

Lake, Greg: Songs of a Lifetime

Melodic Rock
5.0/5.0

Greg Lake is a both a seminal leader and legend in melodic progressive rock. Yet, in his later years, rather than go quietly into the night as an iconic influence ... [ Read More ]

Pellek - Ocean of Opportunity Album Review

Pellek: Ocean of Opportunity

Melodic/Heavy/Power Metal
5.0/5.0

Norwegian vocalist Pellek, aka Per Fredrik Asly, is a busy guy. About this same time last year he released his first solo album, Bag of Tricks. Then with his UK cohorts ... [ Read More ]


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A Sound of Thunder - Time's Arrow CD Album review

Thanks to a Kickstarter campaign and the generosity of many fans, DC based A Sound of Thunder is able to deliver their third long player, Time's Arrow. And it's massive, a crackin' good album of classic melodic ... [ Read More ]

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