Four years have passed by since the release of In Vain’s magnificent album Ænigma and finally the Norwegian band is now ready with the follow-up. Currents is a natural continuation of the previous album and […]
Swiss rockers’ previous album High Noon saw them reuniting with the original singer Mark Fox after a couple (solid) albums released with John Prakesh on vocals. The return was yet another solid release from Shakra, […]
In 1992 W.A.S.P. released The Crimson Idol an album, which not only defined their career, but became one of the finest concept albums in the history of Heavy Metal. Now some 25 years later, W.A.S.P. […]
Since I initially discovered Long Distance Calling in 2010, the band has been incising the presence of vocals in their music. This mainly instrumental band did have tradition of including a guest vocalist on a […]
The project featuring a movie director, members of Tool, Mastodon, Zappa Plays Zappa etc. is very much as you’d imagine even before you see the band’s name. It’s odd. It just is. Legend of the […]
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Not many established bands manage to truly get away with change of vocalist, let alone when the replaced vocalist is as iconic Accept’s Udo Dirkschneider. But with introduction of his replacement almost […]
My first encounter with Painted Black came 2014 via Sleeping Pulse, a side project from Mick Moss of Antimatter, which was created in collaboration with Painted Black’s guitarist Luis Fazendeiro. The album, Under the Same […]
The Crimson is the debut release by Canadian doom metal quintet Die Some More. The four songs on this EP are all riff-based doom tunes inspired by the likes of Black Sabbath and My Dying […]
Polish metal and rock scene has most certainly experienced somewhat of a creative explosion in course of a last decade or so. It seems like the rise of internet has helped the unfolding of massive […]
Archive photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Steven Wilson has taken prog to new levels and with each new release he’s gaining more of commercial success and together with that follows a broader recognition. In 2012 he decided […]
Four years have passed by since the release of In Vain’s magnificent album Ænigma and finally the Norwegian band is now ready with the follow-up. Currents is a natural continuation of the previous album and […]
Swiss rockers’ previous album High Noon saw them reuniting with the original singer Mark Fox after a couple (solid) albums released with John Prakesh on vocals. The return was yet another solid release from Shakra, […]
In 1992 W.A.S.P. released The Crimson Idol an album, which not only defined their career, but became one of the finest concept albums in the history of Heavy Metal. Now some 25 years later, W.A.S.P. […]
Since I initially discovered Long Distance Calling in 2010, the band has been incising the presence of vocals in their music. This mainly instrumental band did have tradition of including a guest vocalist on a […]
The project featuring a movie director, members of Tool, Mastodon, Zappa Plays Zappa etc. is very much as you’d imagine even before you see the band’s name. It’s odd. It just is. Legend of the […]
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Not many established bands manage to truly get away with change of vocalist, let alone when the replaced vocalist is as iconic Accept’s Udo Dirkschneider. But with introduction of his replacement almost […]
My first encounter with Painted Black came 2014 via Sleeping Pulse, a side project from Mick Moss of Antimatter, which was created in collaboration with Painted Black’s guitarist Luis Fazendeiro. The album, Under the Same […]
The Crimson is the debut release by Canadian doom metal quintet Die Some More. The four songs on this EP are all riff-based doom tunes inspired by the likes of Black Sabbath and My Dying […]
Polish metal and rock scene has most certainly experienced somewhat of a creative explosion in course of a last decade or so. It seems like the rise of internet has helped the unfolding of massive […]
Archive photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Steven Wilson has taken prog to new levels and with each new release he’s gaining more of commercial success and together with that follows a broader recognition. In 2012 he decided […]