With the scope of acts in the Melodic Hard Rock genre continuing to expand, there is much variety to consume. The listener’s palette can be filled with flavors that run from AOR to heavier- driven anthems that border on melodic metal. With so much variety out there and […]
There are many artists who have made a significant impact in melodic hard rock over the last decade, but there is one who has quietly lit up the genre and made us take notice. In noting his masterful performances with some of rocks elite artists, it is his […]
With the 80’s being 35 years gone and the sounds of that time long passed in the rearview mirror, there is still a passion to reach back in time and relive those days. I remember those times and how the music made the memories even more prominent in […]
Nearly 40 years ago I committed a betrayal. No, not the one that you all are thinking, but the one in which I walked away from the top 40, radio driven songs that I was listening to and I fully committed myself to the gods of hard rock […]
Power Metal is about aggression, bringing speed with a mighty arsenal of melodic tones that release an emotion unlike any other to the listener. I know that when I want to just let loose, there is no better thirst-quencher than a great piece of powerful metal blowing up […]
The 80’s and early 90’s brought, in my opinion, the best music and the highest talent of any era in music history. There were many massively popular artists and there were even more who should’ve been household names. Lack of label and PR support and the obvious financial […]
In 1987 I was a senior in High School and at that time was well entrenched in the hard rock and metal scene that was the rage of the decade. With arena rock exploding, MTV in its prime was a place to catch not only the Whitesnake, Def […]
There is always a way to find great music in this world and sometimes the best come from a chance find. It is just that way that I found a band from Finland that blew me away from the first listen. You know the feeling, the song kicks […]
I sit and look back on another year and through all of the good times and bad of 2017, there was always one constant and that was and always has been music. It has always been there for me and the best albums and songs have a moment […]
How many times have you all heard about albums that have high expectations, but take a nosedive off of a cliff when the music is finally released? Let me assure you that is definitely not the case with the collaboration of Kee Marcello, the dynamic axeman that […]
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