By Storm on
backstage360, Future Thieves, kaaboo, Reviews
360 - Writers and Reviews, Featured 3 - New LP's, KAABOO, Ticker

This was a wonderful year to visit the KAABOO Festival and one of the reasons was the great music which showcased some of the newest talent out there. One such show was the Future Thieves concert which also showcased the bands energy and was extremely entertaining. The crowd was appreciative and respectful of the […]
By Siege on
cruzh, drops, Reviews
Featured 3 - New LP's, Ticker

Score another hit for the European melodic rock arena! Released by Frontiers Music, srl, Swedish based, Cruzh, drops their debut album on August 26th. Make room in your library, this is another keeper that spans all music fan demographics. This three year in the making album defines the term “melodic rock”! Influenced by such 80’s […]
By Backstage360 on
drops, evergrey, The Storm Within
Featured 3 - New LP's

Summing up EVERGREY‘s new album ‘The Storm Within’ quick and to the point, the band is celebrating their 20th Anniversary with the strongest album of their career. While this may come off as music industry lip-service in honor of the Swedish quintet, anyone who has followed Evergrey will find it impossible not to become completely […]
By Backstage360 on
drops, mirrorworld, serious black
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January 2015: seemingly out of nowhere a new band prepares to conquer the metal world: SERIOUS BLACK! Their debut album ‘As Daylight Breaks’ is released and garners fantastic reviews worldwide. Fans all over Europe enthuse about their awesome stage presence when SERIOUS BLACK embark on extensive tours alongside HammerFall, and Gamma Ray later that year. […]
By Storm on
drops, foxtrax, the cabin
360 - Writers and Reviews, Featured 3 - New LP's

Formed in early 2015 and armed with very audacious goals to Headline the pyramid stage at the Glastonbury Festival in England and Madison Square Garden in NYC, these indie Alternative Pop upstarts from Long Island, now based in LA, are about to take the Alternative World by Storm. The first thing you notice is how […]
By Big Jon on
dan reed, Dan Reed Network, drops, Reviews, “Fight Another Day”
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Funk-rock musician Dan Reed steps out of his comfort-zone and hits the curve ball with ‘Fight Another Day.’ The Dan Reed Network (1) has been around since the 1980’s, hailing from the smooth-jazz style #1 hit “Steal Me”, but that might feel like eons ago compared to the hard rocking track “Divided” opening their 2016 return […]
By Maverick on
drops, dunsmuir, Reviews
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Dunsmuir is a relatively new project band for Neil Fallon, (Clutch) Dave Bone (The Company Band) Brad Davis and Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath) which formed in 2013. These esteemed gentlemen have formed a super group for lack a better term, each with an extensive history in the music business, showing that they know the what’s […]
By Backstage360 on
drops, One Less Reason, The Memories Uninvited
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One Less Reason was formed in 1998 in Jackson, TN, but was known as Lappdog at that time. The band dropped the Lappdog name in 2002 and became One Less Reason also changing their sound, combining the hard rock songs they already wrote with softer more melodic material. The band has recorded five independent albums, […]
By Big Jon on
daniel flores, first signal, harry hess, One Step Over The Line
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Canadian Rocker Harry Hess has teamed up again with famed Swedish producer Daniel Flores in the sophomore album out from the band rock band First Signal . The follow up album to the successful first release underscores the Melodic Rock that First Signal is known for, with a return to Harry’s Hard Rock roots in a few […]
By Big Jon on
drive she said, drops, hardmanpr, pedal to the medal, Reviews
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Turn up your speakers for this hard-hitting AOR album from Drive, She Said! This anthemic heavy metal rock album begs you to turn the volume up to 11…yeah, that’s ELEVEN! You won’t be sorry that you did, unless you blow your amp out…then I’m sorry, but you won’t be disappointed by the screaming Gibson licks […]