In the crazy world of prog music, the name Kansas strikes all the exciting notes among young and older fans alike. A band that really proved itself to be timeless…

In metal, a terrible metaphor, ‘beauty and the beast metal’, is used to describe music that contrasts harmonious, soaring clean vocals with aggressive growls. The lack of imagination shows that…

Since the early 80’s, Geoff Tate has been an iconic name in progressive metal.  Ranked in the top 20 of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time by Hit…

The Dillinger Escape Plan have taken their final bow, but they most certainly have not gone quietly. As ‘Dissociation’ is the final album by this groundbreaking math/prog metal juggernaut, so…

Opeth is back, and the progressive metal world rejoices because of it. There was no metal album being released this year that I was looking forward to more than ‘Sorceress,’…

Suicidal Tendencies are recognized as legendary thrash/hardcore punk rockers who can do no wrong. Admirably, the band formed in 1980 and despite being the center of some controversy during their…

In the modern scheme of progressive music, alternative rock now plays as much of a popular influence on the scene as do the styles traditional draws of classical and jazz…

“Excellence. Power. Intelligence. Creativity. Ambition.” Epica certainly encompasses all of these qualities, and this self-proclaimed acronym is once again proven to be true with the release of their seventh and…

Truckfighters have a new album, titled ‘V’, as in the Roman numeral 5, which is appropriate considering this is their fifth album in the Swedish bands 15 years of existence.…