Album Reviews

With their first album released in 2003, Dutch headbangers Textures are a well-established band within the progressive metal community. Their previous album, Dualism, was released slightly over four years ago, so the level of anticipation among fans has come to a boiling point. The lengthy wait was not for nothing, …

  In any other case, a review for alternative metal band Emil Bulls, would not be up my alley. But to celebrate the bands 20th anniversary they have released XX an album that reimagines many of their hit songs into softer sounding works of art (what the band calls the …

Concept albums tend to either be adored or dismissed in the music industry. This is proven with Styx’s 1983 album,Kilroy Was Here. With an average of two and a half stars in multiple entertainment publications, it was clear that its concept flopped. However, on the other side of the spectrum …

Silver Snakes get gritty and deep with the band’s third full album Saboteur.

Denver’s Joel Ansett has released his first full-length album, titled The Nature of Us. The record recently edged it’s way into the 23rd spot in the singer-songwriter charts, and for understandable reason. With The Nature of Us, Joel Ansett has proved himself to be an eclectic mixture of Ed Sheeran …

Los Angeles quartet Silver Snakes initially wowed alt rock crowds in their accentuating Coheed-inspired post-hardcore with the functional raucousness of Nirvana. Despite being a relatively recent act, their striving toward exploring fresh creative ground ceases to halt. What arose out of front man Alex Estrada’s mind after a typical writing …

The Wild Waiting – Stay Gold URL: http://thewildwaiting.com/ Call them modest men making monumental music. The members of Boston’s The Wild Waiting possess a self-effacing quality rare in young musicians so extravagantly talented and it isn’t a stretch to think fame will never touch that while hearing their debut. The …

  Hailed as one of “the great figures of southern rock,” Billy Crain, who has worked with Shania Twain and opened for The Rolling Stones, is back working on his solo career, releasing his fourth album Family Matters. It’s an aptly named record as the LP contains songs about Crain’s …

Johnny Goldstein – An Elegy For The Lost City URL: http://anelegyforthelostcity.com/ Johnny Goldstein is a Woodstock Generation New Orleanian, forced upriver to St. Louis by life’s circumstance. An award-winning songwriter/composer, guitarist, beloved teacher and producer and now, an author, Goldstein was influenced by Dickens, Twain, John Irving, Vonnegut, Kozinski and …

As one of the “big four” bands which pioneered American thrash metal, Megadeth are always guaranteed to generate plenty of buzz with the release of any new album, and their latest release, Dystopia, is as much a generator as any. The main draw this time around is the replacement of …

Stephen Christian of Anberlin fame returns to his side project with Anchor & Braille’s third album Songs For The Late Night Drive Home.  

In his pursuit of a life path, Daniel Grinberg has willfully followed his own rhythm. Born in Argentina and based in Israel, the self-taught songwriter made a sizable impression playing guitar in the local Tel Aviv club scene of the early 80s. Grinberg especially realized his potential through a 5-year …