1st July 2015
Water is the second concept album released by Dawn of a Dark Age, one that is closely tied in with its predecessor which was entitled Earth. This time, there is a heavy emphasis on the […]
15th March 2015
Last year marked 20-year anniversary of Troublegum, Therapy?’s breakthrough album and the biggest commercial success to date. Band marked this by playing the album in its entirety on number of shows. The experience apparently left […]
20th January 2015
On a paper this alliance between two of 80’s hard rock profiles seems like a good idea, nonetheless because artist whose hay-day was in that era are not as represented among the otherwise huge number […]
29th September 2014
If you don’t know Paul Gilbert by now, then you don’t even deserve an introduction. Ok I’m kidding, but yeah, if you are even partly into guitar driven instrumental music and if you’ve been alive […]
11th August 2014
I remember giving a Malrun’s debut a spin some five years ago and thinking – wow this is good. The band had good songs combined with an approach that perfectly blended the catchy melodies with […]
18th April 2014
Back in 2007, more than a decade since he parted ways with Skid Row, Sebastian Bach released his first studio album Angel Down. The album was much as you’d expect from Bach, meaning that it […]
1st April 2014
Members of few lesser known bands decided to join forces in a brand new band in order to create something fresh – we’ve heard that before. Results are often not that different from their original […]
15th October 2013
It’s been almost a quarter of a century since foundation of Monster Magnet and after band’s guitarist Ed Mundell left the band in 2010, shortly after the release of their previous album Mastermind, band’s main […]
1st October 2013
Another one of those Mike Portnoy led super-groups released their debut album in 2012 and while this in many ways might be typical prog-rock super-group, there is more to Flying Colors then so. The project […]
6th September 2013
It’s a debut, but it’s most definitely a debut that bears a mark of big experience and expertise. Ashes of Ares is a band consisting of former Iced Earth and Nevemore members and as such […]
2nd September 2013
Prog has become something of an in-label during the past decade. Not in in YouTube mainstream matter, but more as a label that was pinned to almost any guitar-bas-drums band that had at least one […]
23rd June 2013
The bizarre split between the band and the singer Geoff Tate was extremely well publicized so going into details is basically unnecessary. What’s important to mention is that as of now Tate is on one […]
10th June 2013
Let’s start with the facts; it’s been almost two decades since the last studio album from Black Sabbath and it has been 35 years since the last Sabbath record to feature Ozzy Osbourne on vocals. […]
10th May 2013
Whether jamming alongside Ihsahn (both on stage and in studio) or performing their own off-kilter brand of playfully progressive metal, the Norwegian foursome known as Leprous have been steadily turning heads, increasing their fanbase, and […]
23rd April 2013
It has been over three decades since the formation of Queensrÿche and next year it will be just as long since the release of their debut album. That’s a long time and a lot has […]
22nd March 2019
Triste Terre is a French Atmospheric Black Metal band that has been around since 2016. In that time they have primarily focused on honing their music, releasing the occassional EP along the way. And now, […]
20th March 2019
There is something about young, unsigned bands. There has always been. A certain hunger and a view on music and even music business that is not jaded. It’s these kinds of bands that often start […]
13th March 2019
What happens when two experienced musicians put their heads together, grab a friend to play the drums and they begin to write new material? Well, in this case, the French trio took on the name […]
13th March 2019
Almost four decades into their career, Californian band come out with an album entitled, Shock. What is so shocking that they can deliver in 2019? The new album sees the band capitalizing on decades of […]
11th March 2019
Fatalistic Uprisal of Abhorrent Creation is the third full-length album of UK/Greek death/black metal band Demonic Obedience. It used to be a one-man band run by a Greek guy named George Dtavelas. He recorded his […]
6th March 2019
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com For the past year or so Greta Van Fleet has been on everyone’s lips and they are by many proclaimed as the band that will bring 70’s inspired rock back to the mainstream. […]
5th March 2019
Dekonstruktor (band started out as Moon Mistress) is as strange and obscure as it sounds. At first I expected to hear some brutal death/black metal, but this is quite opposite and different. Having no limitation […]
4th March 2019
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Rainy Sunday evening in Copenhagen was in a sign of prog rock and more so than just because of The Pineapple Thief concert. There was also a serious Porcupine Tree / King Crimson […]
28th February 2019
After two very strong releases with new singer Todd La Torre, Queensrÿche took a bit more time before releasing their 15th album. Well, it’s their 15th if you don’t count former singer Geoff Tate’s Queensrÿche […]
27th February 2019
The second full-length release by the (un)likely partnership between Primus’ bassist Les Claypool and guitarist/vocalist Sean Lennon picks up where the 2016 debut left off. This means that we are off to the expected unpredictability […]
