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The Death Valley Girls might have started out as a fun loving group at first, but after a seemingly innocent adventure to Death Valley, these three girls were entangled with a supernatural power beyond this earth’s level of sight, leaving them hell bent on taking the souls of an unsuspecting youth of today. Living in the hills […]
When Frontiers released Pride Of Lions’ groundbreaking first album in 2003, many people asked “is this one of those project bands that do one or two cds and then disappear – or a real band with staying power?” Now in the year 2017 the answer is clear at the dawn of the release of their […]
Somewhere, in the back of our consciousness, resides the soundtrack to our lives. It plays on occasion and you know it’s there when you handpicked the music that would be played at your wedding, your backyard parties and the remembrance of your first concert. Just north on 611 in Buck’s County there’s a 200 year […]
When my editor handed me the selections for this month, he casually stated “You got my fave LP for the month.” I didn’t have to even ask to know that Vanishing Point’s “Tangled In Dream” was it. This progressive metal album keeps you entranced from moment one with the power synths and heavy guitar, then […]
The recent trend of re-releasing debut albums continues. The good news is it seems to be working…well! Canadian, progressive, symphonic power rockers, Borealis (not be confused with Aurora Borealis, the American black metal band), jumped on the trending band wagon with their remixed and re-recorded, World of Silence MMXVII (2017); and it is another re-release […]
The popularity of symphonic metal is once again growing and, in part, we can thank Swedish cinematic/symphonic metal band, The Murder of My Sweet. Odd name, perhaps, however, according to the band the name was inspired by the 1944 film noir, Murder, My Sweet, and in many ways it is a befitting moniker. The Murder […]
Rock is dead, they say? Hogwash! Don’t even bring up such an idea with the four-piece Cullman, Alabama-bred rockers Shallow Side, who have taken it to be their personal holy mission to spread the glory of modern rock & roll as far and as wide as they can to anyone who will listen. “The energy […]
Marenna is a project started in 2014 by songwriter and lead singer Rodrigo Marenna, an experienced Brazilian musician who was part of many local bands. Marenna’s focus is to launch the vocalist to an international career, bringing to the public his own compositions and to expose the audience to the musical influences from ’80s AOR, […]
Oceanside is home to something you don’t see just everywhere in Southern California…and analog recording studio! Thunderbird Analog Studios is located on Freeman St. in the heart of Oceanside and carries with it a considerable history. This, owner Thomas Yearsley proudly claims, is the fourth location for this historic studio. Walking in, you can just […]
Southern California’s own Stephen Pearcy has finally returned after a 7-year hiatus. The RATT founder/singer is back with another solo album that definitely is his best one to date. Smash, available now for purchase, is about as close as Pearcy has gotten to his former RATT days. With a heavier sound and more of that […]