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CD review TRONOS ‘Celestial Mechanics’
(8/10) Is Tronos another supergroup? No idea, since I don't like this inflationary used term. What I do know is that Napalm Death's Shane Embury and producer Russ Russell teamed-up and started Tronos. Drums are handled by no less than Dirk Verbeuren and if you read these names you don't need to look into the... Continue Reading →
CD review JORDAN RUDESS ‘Wired for Madness’
(9/10) Keyboarder Jordan Rudess is well-known from all his years with prog metal pioneers Dream Theater. It was in 1999 when he joined the quintet from New York. What’s less known is that the master of the keys also release many solo albums with ‘Listen’ being one of them. Rudess is a restless mind when... Continue Reading →
Exciting new from ARCH/MATHEOS
In progressive metal circles, the names of guitarist Jim Matheos and vocalist John Arch are spoken with due reverence. With the former having been a driving force in Fates Warning for thirty-five years, and the latter the original front-man of that band, they also have a single seminal work under the Arch / Matheos banner,... Continue Reading →
CD review DEVIN TOWNSEND ‘Empath’
(10/10) Canadian guitar wizard Devin Townsend is an extremely creative mind. Musical ideas and thoughts manifests themselves in a lot of songs, spread out over many longplayers and it's impossible to put a certain label on Townsend's music. The music is certainly rooted in heavy metal and progressive metal, but Townsend takes things much wider... Continue Reading →
CD review WITHERFALL ‘Vintage’ – EP
(8/10) Right before embarking on an acoustic tour with Finnish metallers Sonata Arctica, Witherfall unleashes a new EP entitled ‘Vintage’. Witherfall is the brainchild of the creative duo featuring Joseph Michael and Jake Dreyer. The first one’s known from Sanctuary while the latter is a part of Iced Earth. The two guys added Anthony Crawford,... Continue Reading →
JORDAN RUDESS reveals a new video
Keyboard virtuoso Jordan Rudess unveiled a new lyric video for a song, taken from the upcoming album. 'Wired For Madness pt.1' is the first out of two parts of the 36 minutes long title track. 'Wired For Madness' will be released on April 19th through Mascot Label Group. https://youtu.be/Q4QLAgE5Olk
CD review CELLAR DARLING ‘The Spell’
(8/10) Cellar Darling, that’s Anna Murphy, Ivo Henzi and Merlin Sutter. Right after the three guys parted ways with Eluveitie they initiated there new band Cellar Darling, named after the 2013 debut of Anna Murphy. Three years after having premiered with ‘This is the Sound’ it is the sophomore album ‘The Spell’ that picks it... Continue Reading →
Classics: DREAM THEATER ‘When Dream and Day Unite’
One of the most influential albums in progressive metal has its 30th anniversary. It was in March 1989 when Dream Theater released a milestone album that certainly belongs to the classics in metal. Shortly before releasing 'When Dream and Day Unite' the quintet from NYC gave up the band name Majesty and became Dream Theater.... Continue Reading →
JORDAN RUDESS announced solo debut
Dream Theater’s keyboard virtuoso Jordan Rudess announced the release of his first solo album. ‘Wired for Madness’ will be released on April 19th through Music Theories Recordings and HERE comes a first appetizer.
CD review QUEENSRYCHE ‘The Verdict’
(8/10) The announcement of a new Queensryche album leads to anticipation, esp. since the band step by step returns to being a powerful metal band that leaves all the legal fights behind. ‘Queensryche’ and ‘Condition Human’ where the first records with Todd La Torre. His voice added and still add so much to Queensryche’s sound... Continue Reading →
Listen to ‘Genesis’ from DEVIN TOWNSEND
Canadian heavy music artist Devin Townsend recently announced the release of his forthcoming new album ‘Empath’ for the 29th March 2019, and today sees the launch of the first single from the album. Watch the epic new video for ‘Genesis’ HERE: Devin comments: Hey all :)It’s with great pride (and a healthy dose of trepidation) that I can finally present to you... Continue Reading →
CD review DREAM THEATER ‘Distance Over Time’
(9/10) NY-based prog metal veterans Dream Theater premiered in 1989 with the mind-blowing ‘When Dreams and Day Unite’, followed by the even more impressive ‘Images & Word’ album, which includes with ‘Pull Me Under’ a timeless prog metal anthem. Since then Dream Theater released many more albums, all excellent when it comes to music and... Continue Reading →
MYRTAH singer talks about ‘Dance’
Tunesian metaller Myrath are a rising star in metal and a new album is in the making. Frontman frontman Zaher Zorgati tells the story behind the song 'Dance' that was revealed already some weeks ago.
Here comes ‘Paralyzed’,…
... the next song legendary Dream Theater unveils. The song is taken from the upcoming album 'Distance Over Time', which comes on February 22nd through InsideOut. You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/C7m7l8iqGAk
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