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The band Skumlove, led by front man Skum Love performed at the Tiki Bar in Costa Mesa, CA on April 1st as one of the headliners along with CORE 10 and Anger the Giant. The show benefited the NPO Bridging the Gap to Recovery who recently received their 501c3 status. The well attended event was […]
House of Lords Wins with Saint of the Lost Souls House of Lords 11th album pays homage to their days of old with heavy synth and keyboards surrounding the famed sound of guitarist Jimi Bell. The album, “Saint of the Lost Souls,” starts off with mid-tempo power ballads making you wonder if they’ve lost their […]
There is a reason beloved local rockers, the Gunboat Kings, have been entertaining music lovers for over a decade; they never fail to deliver in a big way! Based in Orange County, California, the Gunboat Kings opened to sold out crowd, at the famed Coach House in San Juan Capistrano. Maybe the crowd came to see headlining act, Blue […]
Self-described “drive-through-metal” parody band Mac Sabbath partners up with mariachi-meets-metal band Metalachi to please any diverse crowd. The packed house crams up to the stage that has been decked out with a BBQ grill, several mustard and ketchup squeezy bottles and mannequin clown heads billowing smoke on cue flanking the ends of the stage. A […]
On the heels of his recently released solo album, United States based, Ted Poley (Danger Danger), delivers again. This time teaming up with Trixter’s, Steve Brown and the results are a lively and addicting trip back to hard/melodic rock’s heyday! Released under recording giant, Frontiers Music, Srl, Ted and Steve’s side project, Tokyo Motor Fist’s, […]
I keep hearing Rock is dead, and then I hear music like this and call BULL! Rock is alive and well, and Maps To The Hollywood Scars’ first EP, Volume One, gives you just that. From moment one, that crunchy guitar and steady rock beat makes your toe start tapping and you chin to start […]
German hard rock band Sinner led by bassist Mat Sinner of Primal Fear, have a new album out entitled Tequila Suicide. Mat wasn’t born a Sinner, but it’s the name he goes by and the name of the band he’s been leading since 1982. With 16 Sinner releases in the back catalog and this one hot […]
After debuting what some regard as the “Best debut albums of recent years,” Helion Prime is back with a new female lead and some more sci-fi power metal. Following the departure of Heather Michele, Kayla Dixon was recruited for this new album, and hopefully future albums to come. “Her charm and talent will no doubt […]
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 […]