I first became aware of Swedish prog titan Roine Stolt in late 2000 when I bought the Flower Kings classic ‘Stardust We Are’ and I’ve been listening to him ever since. I’ve enjoyed and purchased further FK albums, as well as those [...]

Considered pioneers from the metalcore genre, Unearth have been responsible for delivering some consistently good music for the past twenty years. With six full length studio releases this group is known for its energy, great riffs and tasty guitar work. [...]

Earlier this year German thrash metal veterans Sodom caught many by surprise when bass guitarist and frontman Thomas “Angelripper” Such officially announced that the band was parting ways with drummer Markus “Makka” Freiwald and [...]

Artillery is perhaps one of the most iconic and reliable thrash metal bands out there, and definitely one of Denmark’s finest. Their three first records rank among the best of all time in the genre for me and a LOT of people – my favorite [...]

‘I have an idea, let’s start a band centered around Vikings and tour the world for 25 years’. It sounds like a drunken idea you’d have one night with your mates. But that’s exactly what Amon Amarth have [...]

Famous race car driver Mario Andretti said “Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting  pursuit of your goal — a commitment to excellence — that will [...]

The assorted musical box that is progressive rock has often led artists to take creative risks in order to reach higher levels of innovation whilst releasing music that often has no limitations sonically or conceptually and most definitely are outside of [...]

To have been present at the Lacuna Coil 119 Show in London‘s o2 Forum, Kentishtown, was to have been part of something spectacular and momentous. Celebrating twenty years of music on a stage remoulded into a tainted circus tent, the [...]

There are two consistent factors to Steven Wilson’s music, conceptual rock albums that take listeners on extraordinary musical journeys and live show performances that raise the bar set amongst arresting multimedia visuals and seismic quadraphonic [...]

The infernal black majesty of the mighty Behemoth enshrouds Saint Andrews Hall in pulverizing darkness with special guests At The Gates and Wolves In The Throne Room. While still very much underground, extreme music in all its various guises has been [...]

We fans are truly blessed to be able to experience the renowned yet still underrated progressive rock band, Riverside, on tour, after the tragedy that has befallen the band. The band’s first release after the passing away of Piotr Grudziński, [...]

Since the announcement of a Haken/Leprous co-headlining North American tour, myself and the rest of Toronto’s progressive community have been counting down the days until Halloween night at the Opera House. Over the last few years in particular, [...]

  There are two consistent factors to Steven Wilson’s music, conceptual rock albums that take listeners on extraordinary musical journeys and live show performances that raise the bar set amongst arresting multimedia visuals and seismic [...]

  The infernal black majesty of the mighty Behemoth enshrouds Saint Andrews Hall in pulverizing darkness with special guests At The Gates and Wolves In The Throne Room. Here are some of the craziest moments of the evening:

  As rock enthusiasts queued hours ahead of show time on November 9th 2018 for a sold out show as American rock giants FOZZY fronted by legendary WWE superstar Chris Jericho along with Torrential Thrill & Dangerous Curves took on [...]

  On Thursday November 8th, at Rockfabrik in Ludwigsburg, Lacuna Coil celebrated their 20th anniversary with the release of the live DVD “The 119 Show : Live in London” and the tour to go along with it. Opening for them this tour [...]

  Download Festival AU are stoked to welcome Sydney five-piece, Polaris to the Download 2019 line up! Jumping out of the gates ahead of the full second line up announcement, due to drop at 8.30am,Wednesday November 14th! 2018 [...]

  IRON MAIDEN will bring the “Legacy Of The Beast” tour to North America in 2019 for an extensive series of arena and amphitheater shows produced by Live Nation, including a first-ever headline appearance at the Banc [...]

  We are very pleased to be able to announce that following the monster success of last year, Stonedeaf 2019 is set to once again to fill the need of a one day one stage rock festival so lacking in the UK. Cited as one of the UK’s friendliest [...]

  Download Festival, the world’s premier rock event has announced Def Leppard, Slipknot, and Tool, as its 2019 headliners, plus SEVENTEEN of the world’s most exciting bands in rock, pop punk, hardcore and [...]