The Rolling Stones Live At The Marquee 1971 (Blu-Ray) 2015, Eagle Vision Rating: 4.5 A few years back The Stones started releasing some FROM THE VAULT live shows digitally on their site. I immediately bought the high res FLAC downloads. Everyone of the half dozen were quite good and spanned…
JEFF KOLLMAN checks in from the road with Sebastian Bach
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PEAVY WAGNER – discusses the state of Rage and the formation of Refuge
INTERVIEW BY MARKO SYRJALA Peavy Wagner is a German heavy metal musician best known as the lead singer and bassist of the band Rage, founded in 1984. The band is an important part of the German metal/power metal scene and names like Helloween, Running Wild and Blind Guardian. Rage enjoyed…
RICHIE SCARLET – Ace Frehley band, solo artist and more
RICHIE SCARLET INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA Richie Scarlet is a multi-talented musician and producer from New York. Scarlet has created a long career as a solo artist, and he worked with such names as Dennis Dunaway and Sebastian Bach, among others. However, Scarlet is best known for his…
Within Silence – guitarist and founder Richard Germanus
Within Silence: Guitarist and founder Richard Germanus Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Emil Westerdahl at Ulterium Records for setting up the interview and for the promo pictures of the band. Additional promotional photos taken by: YD Photography, Shorty Profo.sk, 3Media Prodction Within Silence is a new power metal band from…
From Hell’s Heart: THE TOP 5 METAL VOCAL REPLACEMENTS
From Hell’s Heart: THE TOP 5 METAL VOCAL REPLACEMENTS As usual, constraints must be placed on everyone’s suggestions. The vocalists, the original and the replacement in each list, must have both recorded a studio album with the band. To make our lists a little more interesting, we have an honorable Top 5 which we disallowed…
Bloodstock Festival Offering Weekend Tickets at UK Club Nights
This weekend, rock clubs all across the UK will be offering festival goers the chance to win a set of weekend tickets for Bloodstock Open Air Festival. The competition is organised by product service: EMP Rock and Metal Mail Order. Be sure to drop into one of the…
DEEP PURPLE Announce Two Live Releases Celebrating Two Different Kind Of Nights
One band, two crowds, two countries—a tale of two cities indeed. From Germany’s Wacken Open Air Festival, one of the biggest metal festivals in the world and a city unto itself, to Japan and the stately Nippon Budokan, the most revered venue in Tokyo. Each has its own distinct personality.…
The BULLETBOYS Headline The ARMED ALLIANCE TOUR
Just a few more weeks and the BULLETBOYS will embark on a National headline-tour with LA Guns axe-man Tracii Guns and iconic Swedish rock band Killer Bee w/guitar guru Paul Chapman from U.F.O. for the first leg of the Armed Alliance Tour. BULLETBOYS VIP packages are available – You get…
Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider Featured On New CD By Dual Female Fronted Power Trio TANG
One of the hottest releases of 2015 is undoubtedly the new album by dual female fronted alternative metal power trio TANG featuring a guest appearance by legendary Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider! Titled “Blood & Sand”, TANG’s new CD features a duet with Dee Snider on the track “Reign of…
Breaking Benjamin Release 5th Studio Album Dark Before Dawn
After a 6 year hiatus since the last studio album, multi-platinum band BREAKING BENJAMIN released their fifth studio album Dark Before Dawn today and if fan reaction and presales are any indication, this will be another chart-topping debut. Dark Before Dawn marks the first original music from BREAKING BENJAMIN since…
Audio Fidelity To Release JOE WALSH’s ‘So What?’ and ERIC CLAPTON & BB KING’s ‘Riding With The King’ On SACD
Coming Soon! WOW! Hybrid SACD WOW! Street Date: July 24th B.B. King & Eric Clapton “Riding With The King” Hybrid SACD AFZ 211 – SRP $29.99 With the passing of B.B. King this Hybrid SACD becomes an even more prized classic musical testimony to the King of the Blues. B.B.…
Russian Circles at the Scala Preview
Over the past decade, Russian Circles have rapidly established themselves as one of the brightest bands on the post-metal scene. The Chicago based trio has already racked up some serious touring notches with appearances at both Roadburn and Arctangent, alongside recent tours with Deafhaven and Chelsea Wolfe. Returning to London…
Aura Noir – Interview with Apollyon
Aura Noir Interview with Apollyon Interview by Caitlin Smith Aura Noir have long had a reputation for making some of the vilest blackened thrash going, but apart from a couple of studio albums out and a few live shows, things have been a little quiet from the band. Heading up the main…
From The Bogs Of Aughiska – Interview with Conchur O’Drona
From The Bogs Of Aughiska Interview with Conchur O’Drona Interview by Caitlin Smith While their masks and their dark ambient sound may make From The Bogs of Aughiska an inaccessible entity onstage, getting to chat to the band, it’s a totally different scenario. Down to earth and funny, Bogs are just trying to capture…