Eric Wagner (former Trouble vocalist) and his Blackfinger band have just recently released a brand-new 8-tracker album When Colors Fade Away. When Colors Fade Away arrives more than a 3 years after the release of […]
Sinistro is a female fronted Portugese Sludge Metal quartet, one that has been around for the last six years. In that time they have released two full-length albums as well as a collaboration release, all […]
If you have never heard of the French Black/Sludge Metal band Heir (like I hadn’t prior to today), you are easily excused – The quintet formed back in 2015, and they released their first EP […]
Since his exit from Dream Theater, Mike Portnoy has been in one supergroup after another and Sons of Apollo is yet another one and it might even be his most star-filled one yet. Joined Portnoy […]
Reptil is an industrial metal band from Germany. It consists of individuals who have conjoined to create the music they love, but also with a purpose of liberating and returning each individual’ autonomy. With its […]
Two years ago I had the distinct pleasure of getting my hands on the then first Demo from the French Atmospheric Black Metal band Cepheide. Naturally, when I was offered the chance to give their […]
For those unfamiliar with this gentleman – Jared James Nichols is a Wisconsin-born, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter and guitarist. Black Magic is his sophomore full-length album, a follow-up to his highly acclaimed 2015 debut Old Glory […]
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com When band exists for (almost) three decades, their career can hardly go on without ups and downs, changes and growth. English icons in Paradise Lost are most certainly not an exception. Over […]
It is very rare that I get the opportunity to get my hands on records from Ukraine, but those few that I have had the pleasure of spinning on my stereo have usually been a […]
Black Country Communion (further on ‘BCC’) is an anglo-american LA-based rock super-group comprising vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Trapeze), drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin, Foreigner), Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Alice Cooper, Billy Idol) and blues-rock […]