When I first heard that Static-X was putting out a new album, like pretty much everyone I was left thinking…How the hell is this going to work without their charismatic frontman Wayne Static? As I later learned these recordings would in fact feature Wayne along with longtime bassist Tony...

Today’s album review is the new one from German power metal band Primal Fear with Metal Commando. It is absolutely fantastic and if you don’t yet know Primal Fear, the best way I can describe them is that they are a heavier Judas Priest with awesome grooves and stellar...

From his early days of fighting with belligerent drunks that didn’t understand the way he dressed or looked while performing with Twisted Sister, to his wilder days fronting the band through the eighties and even to his larger than life performance while testifying on behalf of all...

If there is one thing Otep Shamaya is known for it is her voice against any and all things that piss her off. When her current tour hit Pittsburgh I was there and she was as pissed off as ever- mostly about our current President, Mr. Donald Trump. She let him have it with both barrels too,...

By now everybody knows who Mark Tremonti is. From his days in Creed and Alter Bridge to his stunning solo releases he has amassed a stellar body of work, the hits just keep on coming. He has just released his fourth solo studio release entitled A Dying Machine on Napalm records and it is by...

Korn frontman Jonathan Davis has been mulling over a solo release for some time but hasn’t been able to make it a reality until now. He has just released his first solo album entitled Black Labyrinth and I have to say that it is a pretty damn good release and the more I listen to it, the...

The evening of Sunday May 13 was a really foggy night in Warrendale, Penn. It was also the night when Texas Hippie Coalition, Kobra And The Lotus, Brand Of Julez and Granny 4 Barrel were in town to rock your asses off. It was four bands, each with distinctive personalities who were all set to...

Stryper is a band that has been through the ringer lately. Their longtime bassist Tim Gaines caused quite a bit of disruption in the band which led to his dismissal and was replaced by longtime Firehouse bassist Perry Richardson who has somehow lit a fire in the rest of the band. Despite all...

There aren’t many bands out there today that can say they have had pretty much the same line-up since their inception. Sevendust is that rare band that can and since 1994 the line-up has stayed pretty much the same; For almost the last 25 years it’s always been Lajon Witherspoon vocals,...

Light The Torch is a band with a somewhat checkered past. They started out as Devil You Know, releasing two albums before a long drawn out legal fight with their former drummer John Stankey forced the rest of the band to move on without him. They changed their name to Light The Torch and have...