By Big Jon on
Maps To The Hollywood Scars Volume One Is Rock-Incarnate
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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 […]
By Brenda Starr on
SINNER - Tequila Suicide
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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 […]
By Big Jon on
Helion Prime Isn’t Just A Planet Anymore, it’s a Galaxy of Rock
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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 […]
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A Re-Issue Like No Other – Vanishing Point’s ‘Tangled In Dream’ Is As Good As New!, drops
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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 […]
By Siege on
Borealis - World of Silence MMXVII
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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 […]
By Storm on
drops, Reviews, Shallow Side - One
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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 […]
By Storm on
drops, Marenna, Reviews
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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, […]
By Backstage360 on
images, namm
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By Backstage360 on
bashfest, namm, photographer
BackStage360.com, Featured 3 - New LP's, NAMM
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360 - Writers and Reviews, BackStage360.com, Featured 3 - New LP's, Interviews, Ticker
INTERVIEWS DURING NAMM WEEK 1 – Steve Smyth (One Machine) Randy Scoles & Larry Hart (The Greg Golden Band) Roni Lee (Roni Lee Band) 2 – Shari Puorto (Shari Puorto Band) Mike Lull (Mike Lull Custom Basses) Joe Viwatkurkul & John Ebola (Music Freelancer) Michael Hernandez (Aerial) 3 – Gil Vasquez & Brian Devereaux (TonePros) […]
