CIRCA: is a Progressive Rock band formed by veteran rockers Tony Kaye (original YES keyboard and organ player) and Billy Sherwood (who took Chris Squire’s place after his untimely passing in 2015), with Ricky Tierney on bass and Scott Connor on drums. The band was formed in 2007 by Tony Kaye and Billy Sherwood. The […]
The fact that KISSIN’ DYNAMITE don’t do things by halves should be known in the meantime all over the place. After national and international success with STEEL OF SWABIA (2008), ADDICTED TO METAL (2010), MONEY, SEX & POWER (2012) and recently MEGALOMANIA (2014), the young rock band from Baden-Württemberg returns with their 5th studio album […]
One of the greatest rock singers of our time, Jorn Lande returns with a unique album of covers of classics from artists and bands that have meant something special to him, and helped forge this talented man’s own unique style. Through Jorn’s extensive career, which includes more than 40 albums of mostly original songs, he […]
If you’re very lucky, there may be occasions in your life when you find a band and you realize you’ve discovered something a bit special. Sure we’ve all heard ‘great’ bands who release ‘great’ albums, but VEGA is indeed a band that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up and give […]
My “Discover Weekly” playlist started playing Black Keyes…wait, that’s not Dan Auberbach’s voice piercing above that grungy and dirty guitar. Hmm…I investigated to find a band called Buffalo Summer graced my ears with a song that made me remember the music industry is swarming with greedy people who make money off of others…”Money” is the […]
Borrowing from a favorite phrase from our beloved editor, “this may be the best album I have heard all year!”..and this one actually may be………. Boston born, instrumental rock icon, Gary Hoey, releases his 20th album on July 29, 2016, through Mascot Label Group and takes the blues to a whole new level of “WOW”! […]
Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Steve Vai’s Modern Primitive / Passion and Warfare 25th Anniversary Edition, a celebratory 2CD collection of classic tracks and previously unreleased music, on Friday, June 24. It is available now for pre-orders: Amazon Steve Vai and Legacy Recordings are commemorating the 25th anniversary of […]
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 […]
The three piece band known as Ninth Circle is a powerful southern California melodic metal band that plays shows on a regular basis in their region of the globe. Dennis Brown, guitarist and vocalist for the band, met bassist and main songwriter, Frank Forray when they were 14 years old at Catholic school. They have […]
The Progressive Powerhouse, known as Symbolic, recently were direct support for Resurrection Kings at Brick by Brick, and were part of an amazing night of Rock and Metal. Symbolic are five musicians who have no problem laying a heavy groove for you to attach yourself too. Complicated structured songs but with a very rhythmic underlying […]