A vast amount of the reviews this album gets will probably start with a listing of the participants, their musical curriculum vitaes, and the quite radical change in style they’ve all gone through. Oh so …READ MORE
To say that the road of Norwegian Progressive Metallers Circus Maximus has been an overly long and stomach-achingly winding one would be a mild exaggeration. Ever since the release of their debut The 1st Chapter, …READ MORE
Beginning with Damnation Game in 1995 (the debut wasn’t really that much to speak of, was it??) Symphony X has released a string of Prog Metal albums, which have built the band a reputation as …READ MORE
Triosphere’s debut album, Onwards, received good reviews after its release last year (perhaps handed out too generously?), and the band have also built themselves a reputation as a very solid live act after touring with …READ MORE
With a very cool new album just released, Blackie Lawless &. Co. had chosen Oslo for the last gig on what actually was a real Norwegian tour; the band played Bergen, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Trondheim, and …READ MORE
Madman Atilla Csihar (also of Tormentor, Aborym, ex-Keep of Kalessin) is now taking over the mic for his second stint with the band Mayhem. The line-up is otherwise the same as it has been for …READ MORE
It’s a damn shame, but the Oslo audience has reached a level of pickiness that easily borders on arrogance –- and living legend Jon Oliva only managed to attract somewhere around 150 fans this Thursday …READ MORE
Being the new band of guitarist Nick Savio (ex. White Skull) and singer Dan Keying (ex. Cydonia), you’d probably expect Hollow Haze’s music to be a mix of Heavy/Prog Metal influences, and that is right …READ MORE
Chris Caffery, formerly of the brilliant band Savatage and the brilliantly underrated band Doctor Butcher, has written and/or co-written some of the coolest Heavy Metal riffs ever. His debut solo effort, the two-disc monster Faces/God …READ MORE
Led by a Peter Steele in tip-top shape, New York’s darkest are back with another serving of their trademark black, sticky stew. This time fans get a total of 10 songs with a running time …READ MORE