Opening for Journey on this beautiful clear night in Chula Vista was none other than The Doobie Brothers. After a few minutes to get seated – it was time for The Doobie Brothers to take the stage. These guys were a staple of the summer concert scene when I was growing up in Southern California. […]
Over the past few years I have gotten to see some pretty amazing Christmas shows. One of my favorite shows as always been Brian Setzer’s Christmas show which is full of great rock & roll Christmas songs played by a brilliant group of talented musicians. On December 16th the Brian Setzer Orchestra’s 13th Christmas Extravaganza […]
The Brazilian Rock band Rebel Machine launched in July the album “Nothing Happens Overnight,” their first full-length record. Comprising eight tracks over 32 minutes, the quartet formed by Marcelo Pereira (vocals), Murilo Bittencourt (guitar), Marcel Bittencourt (bass) and Chantós Mariani (drums) has been drawing attention even before its official release. While bringing every hard rock […]
Alice Cooper took command of the stage at Harrah’s Casino and as usual put on a spectacular show. The songs and theatrics where both top notch and Alice was at the top of his game. The stage was covered by a curtain that displayed Alice’s trademark eye makeup. The house lights go down and the […]
Tonight, Chic featuring Nile Rodgers will be opening the show for Duran Duran in what looks to be a spectacular event. Nile Rodgers is a musical legend, and his set with Chic was pure funk disco bliss. The show started with “Everybody Dance” into “Dance, Dance, Dance” and “I want your Love” which had the crowd […]
Vocalist/bassist/songwriter Glenn Hughes is a true original. No other rock musician has carved such a distinctive style blending the finest elements of hard rock, soul, and funk. That astonishing voice is Hughes’ calling card. He’s known as a singer’s singer. Stevie Wonder once called Hughes his favorite white singer! With a career that started in 1970 with the band Trapeze, Glenn left […]
Graham Bonnet is known as one of the many singers to have sung for Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow where his vocals shined on “Since You Been Gone” and “All Night Long“. As well as periods, with Alcatrazz and Impelliteri. On his latest offering, the two disc set, “The Book”, Graham Bonnet has, in my opinion, […]
After five years of relentless touring that included playing on some of the most prestigious stages on the planet, Tyketto took their revitalized energy in to the studio in the spring of 2016. The sessions took place at the legendary Rockfield Studios in Wales. Lead vocalist Danny Vaughn comments, “Although we only had planned on recording […]
Rock and Roll legends Journey continue their massive series of shows in the U.S. as part of their “San Francisco Fest Tour”, ending appropriately enough in San Francisco early next month. Founded in San Francisco in 1973, Journey has sold over 80 million albums worldwide, recording countless top hits in their career. Neal Schon (founding […]
The Belgian melodic power metal band IRON MASK is currently more active than ever before: after re-releasing their 2010 album ‘Shadow Of The Red Baron’ and afterwards touring Europe with Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody in January 2016, the group around band leader Dushan Petrossi didn’t waste any time and directly started the preproduction phase for their new album. The following months were used to record all instruments as well as vocals. Speaking of vocals: Diego Valdez (Helker) was introduced as new voice of IRON MASK. The result of this new collaboration is here now: ‘Diabolica’ marks the band’s sixth album release and once again guitarist/mastermind Dushan Petrossi was responsible for the entire songwriting. This 77minute behemoth of an album combines neoclassicalinspired metal with an epic touch, reminiscent of Dio longtracks from the 80’s. Valdez shines throughout the whole record and proves to be the perfect choice for the vocal spot, bringing the 12 great new songs to life. IRON MASK have never been more epic and powerful than on ‘Diabolica’. A look at the track listing provides an interesting fact.”I choose some historical figures, like Oliver Twist, Galileo and Doctor Faust, to create a story background for the music I had composed. But there’s no overall concept really“, speaks Petrossi. Mixing and mastering of ‚ ‘Diabolica’ was handled by Angelo E. Buccolieri (Wireworld Studios, Italien) together with Petrossi, while French cover artist Stan W. Decker provided the fitting optics. After IRON MASK was founded as a project, things changed after the release of their debut ‘Revenge Is My Name’. It was a different kind of approach already for the band’s second release ‚ ‘Hordes Of The Brave’, which was followed by quite some live gigs. The third album ‘Shadow Of The Red Baron’ was issued (after a more than four years long break) in early 2010, but the band was returning with the clear intention of not letting their fans wait for another release that long again. So after signing with AFM Records, already in November 2011 ‘Black As Death’ was released. Exactly two years after, the band followed up with ‘Fifth Son Of Winterdoom’. Subseqently, Petrossi became busy again with his other (also AFMsigned) band MAGIC KINGDOM, who released their ‘Savage Requiem’ album in 2015. Now the grandiose ‘Diabolica’, an album which Petrossi was working on since two years, is IRON MASK’s newest and impressive proof of work. LISTEN TO A SAMPLE OF “DIABOLICA” This is probably one of the best records that IRON MASK has ever recorded. Because Petrossi was responsible for all the songwriting, we […]