Ayreon is a musical project by Dutch songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen. These works are typically described as prog rock/metal or metal opera, blurring the…

Currently signed to Century Media Records, Firespawn are gearing up to release ‘The Reprobate’ – the follow-up to their 2015 debut, the brilliant ‘Shadow Realms’, which was given a respectable…

Nightbringer’s path has continually taking their music further away from the orthodox sound while still being peripherally caressed by the shadows of their early influences. ‘Ego Dominus Tuus’ took a…

When I asked to review the latest Richie Kotzen album, ‘Salting Earth’, I thought I was being pranked after first listening to it.  It was not what I expected. After…

Adam ‘Nergal’ Darski is most notably the frontman for Polish blackened death metal band Behemoth, However, his latest side-project Me And That Man couldn’t possibly deviate further from the extreme…

No matter what strand of metal you are primarily into, one should make sure to spare some time for the calm, heavy grittiness that Pallbearer so flawlessly provides. The Arkansas natives are…

Grab your leather and spikes – it’s time to throw the horns and bang your head to ‘Darkness Remains’ by Night Demon. This Ventura, California-based band continues where they started…

The Australian thrash metal band Harlott has risen to a certain level of prominence within diehard metal circles over the course of the 21st century, due to a consistent release…

Massachusetts metallers  All That Remains are set for the upcoming release of their eight studio album, the successor to their previous record ‘The Order of Things’, ‘Madness’. All That Remains…