King’s X – Progressive Nation at Sea Featured Band #21
King’s X is an American rock band that combines progressive metal, funk and soul with unique vocal arrangements influenced by gospel, blues, and British Invasion rock groups. The band’s lyrics are...
View ArticleKXM – CD Review
KXM is the latest in a long line of supergroups and is one that needs paying attention to. Featuring Doug Pinnick (King’s X), George Lynch (Lynch Mob and Dokken) and Ray Luzier (Korn), this is a trio...
View ArticleRay Luzier (KXM/Korn) Interview – Hard Rock Edition
Ray Luzier, drummer for Korn and new supergroup KXM, talks about touring with Korn, forming KXM at this son’s birthday party and more. Here is an excerpt of the interview. For the full audio interview...
View ArticleKip Winger Interview – Hard Rock Edition
Kip Winger talks about the new Winger album Better Days Comin” out April 22nd, which features some Prog influenced tracks such as the new single “Tin Soldier”. Kip discusses working with Jordan...
View ArticleBig Wreck Interview – Hard Rock Edition
Big Wreck’s Ian Thornley discusses the bands new album Ghosts, how Big Wreck came back and opening for Dream Theater over a decade ago. Ghosts was released on July 15th in the US. You can find it on...
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Concert Review: Deep Purple 8-31-14
Deep Purple Concert Review Venue: Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, FL 8-31-14 Photo credit: Tom Craig / Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Deep Purple were never a band I thought of...
View ArticleFaith No More reveal album title and release date
Faith No More, have finally revealed that their new album, entitled Sol Invictus, will arrive on May 19 via Reclamation Recordings/Ipecac Recordings. It is the follow up to their last album 19 years...
View ArticleNews on the new Muse album!
The new album by Muse has a title and release date. Drones will be released on June 8th, 2015! From Matt: “To me, ‘Drones’ are metaphorical psychopaths which enable psychopathic behaviour with no...
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Faith No More – Sol Invictus CD Review
18 years is a long time to go between albums. Yet, with Sol Invictus, Faith No More, find themselves very much continuing from where they left off. As a band ahead of their time for most of their...
View ArticleMark Tremonti Interview (Hard Rock Edition)
Mark Tremonti Alter Bridge guitarist and frontman for his own group Tremonti, talks about the new Tremonti album Cauterize, his own label Fret 12 and the struggles of the new music biz. Check out the...
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Concert Review: The Winery Dogs in Ft. Lauderdale 10-16-15
Concert: The Winery Dogs Venue: Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. October 16, 2015 Photos by: Victor Giol The Winery Dogs returned to South Florida to promote their latest release Hot Streak, a couple...
View ArticlePhil Collen (Def Leppard) Interview
While we tend to feature Prog or Prog Metal groups, we do like to branch out when we can and here we were fortunate to speak with Phil Collen from the mega-platinum rock band Def Leppard. Of course no...
View ArticleKXM working on follow up album
KXM, the supergroup featuring King’s X man Dug Pinnick on vocals and bass, and Lynch Mob and former Dokken guitarist George Lynch are back in the studio working on the follow up to 2014’s self-titled...
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Interview with Walking With Giants’ Gary Noon
Walking With Giants is the name of the latest project from guitarist and singer, Gary Noon. This hard rock outfit features Sevendust’s Clint Lowery on guitar and Morgan Rose on drums and Brian...
View ArticleVivian Campbell (Def Leppard, Last In Line) Interview
Long before joining Def Leppard 24 years ago, guitarist Vivian Campbell made himself known as the guitarist in Dio, which featured the iconic singer Ronnie James Dio, bassist Jimmy Bain, and drummer...
View ArticleThe Jelly Jam to release new album Profit; new song “Care”
The Jelly Jam will release their new album Profit on May 27th via Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group. DREAM THEATER’s John Myung, WINGER’s Rod Morgenstein, and KING’S X Ty Tabor will tour...
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Mark Tremonti on his latest release “Dust”
Renowned guitarist Mark Tremonti is back with the follow-up to 2015’s ‘Cauterize’. The new album ‘Dust’ was part of the sessions from the last album and comes out on April 29th. We did a quick...
View ArticleLong Distance Calling – TRIPS (Album Review)
Hailing out of Germany, Long Distance Calling have a unique history. Starting out as an instrumental alternative rock band hardly seems as a smart place to start but it worked out for this group,...
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Cross the Divide – The Perfect Storm
Cross the Divide got its start in late 2009 when brothers Chase and Zac determined that they wanted to start a project together. The two teamed up with a drummer and began searching out a mutually...
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Pralaya – Matter of Time
Pralaya are a Hard Rock/Prog band based in NY. The group currently have their debut album out called ‘Matter of Time’. The group began with original members Rick (guitars), Jon (Bass), and Greg...
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