Frontiers/BAM Reunited veterans ASIA, with all original members on board when this album was released, are somewhat productive with live albums. This is the third since their revival, and they seemed to think that “Fantasia” was too polished and “Spirit of the Night” a festival document. This one is said to be the band resonating…
Frontiers/BAM NEAL SCHON is perhaps one of the world´s most recognized guitarists. From his early days, 15 years of age, with SANTANA to the second coming of JOURNEY he has kept his calendar busy like few others. 19 top 40 singles, 25 gold and platinum discs speak for themselves too. Now he somehow found time…
Limb Music/Sound Pollution Australian band EYEFEAR was brought to my attention in 2008, and the excellent “The Unseen” – which was in fact their fourth offering. But the band´s history actually begins back in 1994, and of the founding members only drummer Zain Kimmie and guitarist Con Papazoglu remains. The rest of the band is…
San Francisco rockers Counting Crows have announced their first UK tour in over 4 years. The multi-platinum 7 piece will bring their live show to Birmingham, Bristol, London, Manchester and Glasgow in April, after touring in Australia and a string of European dates. “All I could say when I saw the plans for a UK/EU…
The night started with Chimp Spanner, a band who are fast making a name for themselves and who I was looking forward to hearing. The first surprise for many people is that they are an instrumental band. The second surprise is just how good they really are. Musically tonight they were superb – some really…
Risen from what seems like the dead, 1970s punk band The Machines are back with their latest 16 track self-titled album. This record is fast paced from start to finish, with remastered opening track “Racing” setting the scene for the bands old-school rocker sound. With vocal similarity to fellow 70s Londoner rockers, The Clash, and…
Love at first bite – Vampire Weekend The charismatic American four piece bought their effortless charm and indie rock appeal to Sydney’s Big Day Out Festival this month, attracting a huge crowd of excited fans. So excited in fact, that when in the crowd strangers took to biting mine and others necks – perhaps hoping…
KOMPENDIUM – PROG’S HIGHEST TALENTS GET TOGETHER TO CREATE THE ULTIMATE CONCEPT ALBUM In an era of disposable music and throwaway icons, over two dozens timeless artists joined forces to create a concept album that brings back to life ‘the tradition of War of the Worlds, Dark Side of the Moon and Tubular Bells’. Born…
Power metal super-group AVANTASIA, fronted by TOBIAS SAMMET, vocalist of one of Germany’s internationally acclaimed bands EDGUY, are set to release a brand new studio album – their first in three years. Entitled ‘THE MYSTERY OF TIME’, the opus is due to street early April 2013 on CD and vinyl via Nuclear Blast Records. Tobias…
“Around for almost 30 years now, Germanys biggest thrash metal export, KREATOR, have proven to be a persistent, innovative and unstoppable force. And they have stepped it up another level for their return to the UK and Ireland. Three years have passed since KREATOR headlined in the UK, so we are extremely stoked to announce…
Norwegian progressive extreme metallers ENSLAVED have revealed a tour trailer for their upcoming UK and EU tour, ’Springrite 2013’. The tour is in support of their new album ’RIITIIR’, which was released on the 1st of October 2012. See below for the tour trailer details: ENSLAVED’s UK dates rack up as follows: 14 March –…
Australia’s hottest new extreme metal export, THY ART IS MURDER, has signed to Nuclear Blast Entertainment! Their second album, ’Hate’, was recently released in their homeland where it has been smashing boundaries once thought to confine bands of their ilk. The record came in at #35 on the Top 40 Aria chart, making it the…