Trioscapes – Dan Briggs Talks Extreme Fusion Funk Freak Out Explosion
On its day of release, Separate Realities, peaked at #2 on the iTunes Jazz Chart. After its first week of release, it had reached #80 on the Billboard New Artist chart. We chat to Dan Briggs about the album which he describes as an ‘Extreme fusion freak out explosion’. Time to get your prog on…. [...]
TESTAMENT – Dark Roots Of Earth – Album Details
Get excited – Here are the details of yet another potential Album of the Year Bay Area thrash titans, TESTAMENT, have revealed the cover art and details for their upcoming “Dark Roots of Earth” release! Artwork was painted by Eliran Kantor who has worked with such bands as SODOM, ATHEIST, SIGH. “Dark Roots of Earth” [...]
Bill Ward Makes Statement on Upcoming Black Sabbath Shows
Bill Ward has today made the following statement regarding the upcoming ‘reunion’ shows. This is the full statement from http://www.billward.com/2012/05/statement-on-upcoming-black-sabbath-shows/#more-1428 Dear Sabbath Fans and Fellow Musicians, I sincerely regret to inform you that after a final effort to participate in the upcoming Sabbath shows a failure to agree has continued. At this time I have [...]
Torche – Harmonicraft – Interview With Steve Brooks
Torche is one of the best live bands out there and their influences shine on their latest masterpiece, Harmonicraft. I caught up with vocalist/guitarist Steve Brooks to see just what makes Torche so successful. And yes, like all of us, Steve does have an opinion on zombies. The new album has all the great hooks, [...]
Kreator – Phantom Antichrist – Album Review
Doing anything for 30 years is an accomplishment. Doing it at a high level for the majority of those years is astounding. For Kreator, their latest album Phantom Antichrist does the impossible by combining the best of thrash metal’s past and present, while pointing an inverted cross directly into the future! Founding members Millie Petrozza [...]
Overkill – The Electric Age – Album Review
Now into their fourth decade, Overkill have been through their fair share of turmoil over the years. With Bobby ‘Blitz’ Ellsworth and D.D. Verni the only remaining members from the original 1980 line up, this New Jersey thrash band have now released their sixteenth studio album. This is one of the bands I grew up [...]
Trioscapes – Separate Realities – Album Review
There is a whole musical genre called easy listening, you know, the kind of music you put on in the background and ignore. The sort that you can hum along to whilst studying or doing paperwork. Trioscapes’ release, Separate Realities, is most definitely not easy listening. This is intense, demanding complex music, and it’s also [...]
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