Looking at the cover of My Soul Is My Gun, with its Rambo-esque portrayal of twin sub-machine guns, one would expect to be “blown away” by its contents. While the music and musicianship isn’t horrible, …READ MORE
Ring Of Fire is somewhat of a supergroup. Their personnel list is composed of, and led by, Mark Boals (ex-Malmsteen vocalist), Tony MacAlpine (Grammy nominated, neo-classical guitar shredder), Virgil Donati (drums, Planet X), Philip Bynoe …READ MORE
It’s hard to imagine that an excellent Swedish band like Masquerade has been together for sixteen years and in that time are now only releasing their fourth full-length CD. It started in 1992 when the …READ MORE
Remember “80s Heavy Metal”? Some called it the era of New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM). Ah, the days of driving around with the car windows down, blaring the likes of early Iron Maiden, …READ MORE
It’s hard to imagine that the oddly entitled ? release represents Enuff Z’ Nuff’s fourteenth release. The year 1989 and their first, self-titled release doesn’t seem that far in the past. The good news for …READ MORE
Artension can be considered somewhat of a supergroup, being co-founded by the Ukraine’s extraordinaire keyboardist Vitalij Kuprij. Vitalij is also once again joined by hard-hitting drummer Mike Terrana (Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony MacAlpine, Rage, Tony Hernando, …READ MORE
Back in 2000, Germany’s The Traceelords released one of the most kick-ass rock anthem songs ever in “Daddy Cool.” It was raw, catchy, contained massively heavy guitar, with a lesson in use of false harmonics, …READ MORE
When considering the name “Lana Lane,” a smile certainly will be brought to the faces of fans of the Superman comics and the Smallville TV series. Lana’s name represents a schizophrenic combination of the names …READ MORE
Parable of the Thorn represents A Lower Deep’s second release, their initial release being a self-entitled debut. The band’s current line-up is composed of Billy Mullican (Vocals), Tim Umstead (Bass), Tony Reid (Guitars) and Adam …READ MORE
For those that may have forgotten the last three years, Impellitteri is the band led by neo-classical guitar shredder Chris Impellitteri, who has been cranking out releases since the late 80’s. It’s been three years …READ MORE