Posts tagged as:

CD review

The Galactic Cowboy Orchestra’s All Out of Peaches is a delightful twist on prog rock fusion

7 September 2011 American Culture

Defining The Galactic Cowboy Orchestra sound may prove problematic for some. Calling them progressive rock would be too general, but also too restrictive. You will hear elements of classical, rock, jazz, pop and even variations of country music in their compositions. Working with guitar, violin (fiddle), bass and drums, an amalgamation or fusion of things [...]

DC4 offers great American hard rock on Electric Ministry

29 August 2011 American Culture

DC4 resurrects and reinvigorates their roots by preaching the gospel of hard rock on their third release Electric Ministry. Wanting to get the Nineties out their system, DC4 chose to focus on guitar rock, add some serious metal attitude, and essentially turn the knobs to eleven. (You may not have heard of DC4, so here’s [...]

Edguy returns with Age of the Joker, another platter of great melodic metal

22 August 2011 Entertainment

Coming to a new Edguy is always a good thing. Ten years ago this German melodic heavy metal band single-handedly brought me back to metal in the 21st century (helping to revive me from a decade lost to grunge in nu-metal). Age of the Joker is their ninth studio album, with the band offering both [...]

41Point9 offers floating feline theory and some great melodic prog rock on Still Looking for the Answers

9 August 2011 American Culture

41Point9 are three clever fellows attempting to discover the meaning of life by proving, if you tie a piece of buttered toast, which always hits the floor butter side down, to the back of cat, which always lands on all four, the feline will float through the air. They also make progressive rock. 41Point9 is [...]

Guitarist Glenn Bridger delivers a AOR melodic rock gem on self-titled debut

25 July 2011 Entertainment

Bridger is the namesake solo album from guitarist Glen Bridger. Glen steps out of his role as the current lead guitarist for classic rock band Head East to offer ten original songs of AOR and melodic rock, and one tribute song. Vocals are handled by Terry Ilous (XYZ, Great White), bass by fellow Head East [...]

ZombieShakerBox’s debut Encrypted offers both timeless and modern American melodic hard rock

18 July 2011 American Culture

I’m not sure where the name came from, or what it means. Zombies have been a big deal as of late: perhaps due to the coming zombie apocalypse. (You know it’s going to happen.) This I do know: ZombieShakerBox rocks. They rock big time on their debut work Encrypted. Coming out of Las Vegas, founded [...]

With Iconoclast, Symphony X returns with a monumental piece of American progressive metal

30 May 2011 Entertainment

Heavier might be a good word to describe Symphony X’s return on Iconoclast. But being Symphony X that would be too simplistic of a description. Founder and guitarist Michael Romeo states, in the press material, “This record will only become accessible to the listener after several runs. That was our purpose … to create a [...]

Power Quest’s Blood Alliance: excellent and entertaining melodic heavy/power metal from the UK

11 March 2011 Entertainment

After another three year recording absence, Power Quest return with Blood Alliance and, excepting founding member Steve Williams, a whole new crew for this album. Perhaps the most notable new addition is that of journeyman vocalist Chitral “Chity” Somapala (Firewind, Civilization One, Red Circuit, et al). While Power Quest has never lacked for promise or [...]

1 comment Read more →

Jakko Jakszyk’s The Bruised Romantic Glee Club is essential, creative, and classic progressive rock

5 February 2011 American Culture

Getting it’s first release and push in North America, thanks to the obscure label Inner Knot Records (and Lori Hehr PR), is guitarist, composer, and producer Jakko M. Jakszyk’s wonderful fifth solo album from 2007 The Bruised Romantic Glee Club. Traditional progressive rock fans who know their prog history are familiar with Mr. Jakszk’s superb [...]

Devon Graves returns with The Shadow Theory and debut album Behind the Black Veil, fine progressive metal

20 January 2011 Entertainment

If you been wondering what has become of eclectic prog visionary Devon Graves (Psychotic Waltz, Deadsoul Tribe) take heart and not of his new project The Shadow Theory and debut album Behind the Black Veil. Composing on his own for several years, Graves decided to form a band with the best of his peers to [...]

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →