ONE DESIRE formed as “OD” in 2012, when drummer Ossi Sivula started gathering musicians and friends for his new project. A couple years of writing songs, making demos with different musicians and friends went by with an aim to create music that could change the world. Various musicians came and went along the way, but […]
Last year saw multi-talented multi-instrumentalist Chris “The Professor” Black release three solo albums simultaneously (via High Roller Records). This guy is really »Hard To Stop«, which maybe not quite accidentally is the name of High Spirits’ fifth full-length studio album (that is if you count the self-titled, self-released début from 2009). The band began to […]
VEGA’s sixth album, “Grit Your Teeth” will be released on May 8, 2020 and is set to “blow the roof off”. Working with “The Graves Brothers” (Asking Alexandria, Funeral for Friend, The Family Ruin), they’ve pulled out all the stops, disconnected the brakes, and produced their biggest songs for their biggest sounding album yet. Theirs […]
When a discussion arises on who are the current heavyweights of the melodic hard rock scene, the list of names being bantered about cannot avoid a mention of Harem Scarem. And certainly for good reason. After a five year hiatus, in 2013 the band reunited to re-record from scratch their milestone release “Mood Swings.” Since […]
While KHYMERA started out as an alliance between Italian producer/musician, Daniele Liverani and then KANSAS singer Steve Walsh, it developed into a regular musical project when bassist and producer Dennis Ward (Magnum, Pink Cream 69) entered the fold. While known as a bassist, Dennis always sang background vocals with his bands, so he was more […]
With heavy metal music now approaching its 50th year, we present a band that embraces many of the evolutions our beloved genre has taken, and then pushes the envelope to the next level. DEADRISEN is an explosive cocktail of older, traditional musicians with young, hungry new school guys. This creates a metal sound that can […]
Waiting For Monday is a new melodic rock band formed by vocalist Rudy Cardenas and guitarist/singer August Zadra. The band hails from Los Angeles and was brought to the attention of Frontiers by Jeff Scott Soto, with the label moving quickly to sign them based on their outstanding talents. Musically, you can expect classic chart […]
Ross The Boss caught up with Backstage360 while playing a 26 City US Tour. As I spoke with Ross Friedman, the band was getting ready to hit the stage in Kansas City. If you don’t know who Ross Friedman is, you should he is one of the founding fathers of the punk rock movement playing […]
Ladies please introduce yourselves I’m Linda Marshall-Smith. I’m Maria Elena Garcia Villalobos. I’m here with the Census and believe it or not the Census is here at NAMM. Now, you guys have something for anyone that signs up or drops a card, your raffling off something special… Linda: A D’Angelico Premier Mini DC Guitar. It’s […]