by Jon Norwood | Jul 13, 2016 | News, Reviews
Formed in 1982 Fates Warning has been a staple in a now diminishing subgenre of music called progressive metal. Other members of this strata are Dream Theater, early Queensryche, and Nevermore. I’ll say Queensryche up to and including Mindcrime but that’s it! Fates...
by Jon Norwood | Jul 10, 2016 | News, Reviews
Whitechapel’s Mark of the Blade is catching some heat from the fans right now. Accusations of Slipknotism and even a felony charge of Tool abuse are being thrown around. Has Whitechapel sold out? Are they thumbing their nose at the diehard fans that got them where...
by Jon Norwood | Jun 25, 2016 | News, Reviews
HEALLYEAH is called a supergroup, not because they are awesome (which they are) but because each member enjoyed success in another band before they joined together. HELLYAH is: Chad Gray on lead vocals previously of Mudvayne which broke up in 2016 Tom Maxwell on...
by Jon Norwood | Jun 24, 2016 | News, Reviews
Anthrax is back! After their previous record Worship Music released with Joey Beladonna thankfully back in the band everyone was ready for some serious Thrash. Worship Music delivered the goods, but perhaps with a depth and thoughtfulness normally not seen in the...
by Jon Norwood | Jun 20, 2016 | News, Reviews
Scorpion child is: Aryn Jonathan Black – Vocals Christopher Jay Cowart – Lead Guitar Jon “The Charn” Rice – Drum Alec “Mexecutioner” Padron – Bass Aaron John Vincent – Keyboards It’s clear that Christopher Jay Cowart has a man crush on...