Metallica did it. Pearl Jam did it. Most recently the Deftones did it, too. Now Filter has certainly followed suite. What is “it”? That is, make a record that not only utterly satisfies, but stokes the embers of the original love affair that fans had with the band in the…

The Heart is the ethereally beautiful solo record from the frontman and founder of underground favorites Ours. Jimmy Gnecco has turned his soul inside out, and wonderfully decorated it for all to see with this effort that vocally sets a pretty high bar as far as range, warmth and…

Whenever a member of a well-liked, established band branches out to put forth a solo record, a chord of fear is struck in fans of the preexisting nucleus.  However, Live frontman Ed Kowalczyk squelched any trepidation that his new solo venture, a formidable record aptly titled Alive, would jeopardize the…

Britain’s immensely acclaimed, Grammy nominated Keane continue their metaphoric mission with each release, and nowhere is it more evident than on their latest Night Train. The tour diary consists of eight tracks that were recorded on the road during their Perfect Symmetry trek over 28 countries.

The EP boldly mimics…

There are bands that claim a level of rock royalty, but only a select few can be timeless culture phenomena like the Doors. Since the beginning, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger, and John Densmore have been the America’s answer to the Beatles’ cleverness and the Rolling Stones’ swagger with…

After five records and touring until the wheels fall off, Michigan’s Taproot has remained resilient and vibrant contributors to the global rock platform. Frontman Stephen Richards, bassist Phil Lipscomb, guitarist Mike DeWolf and latest fixture drummer Nick Fredell have assembled an ambitiously raucus landscape filled with tunneling melodies, crater deep…

Hailing from the United Kingdom with meager beginnings, not too unlike founding fathers Black Sabbath themselves, Bullet For My Valentine eradicate the mundane formulas and shake the insincerity out of the status quo.  Matt Tuck’s voice is the Devil’s whistle tone and together with the forked, speed-driven campaign of his…

Robert Levon Been, 33.3333 percent of California’s Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, called the Aquarian Weekly while scrambling to get ready for their lengthy jaunt in support of Beat The Devil’s Tattoo. Been admitted some level of anxiousness regarding one of their more high profile dates, a stop at Texas’ media…

Halford III, Winter Songs has had legions of fans bracing themselves for the worst. The Metal God invoking the yuletide spirit is a curveball straight out of @#!&.  A posting on Blabbermouth.net exclaimed that this was Rob Halford jumping the shark, a reference to the farfetched and declining year of…

Since the early ‘90s Spider, aka Spider One, has helmed this spaceship of multicolored lights and futuristic sound known as Powerman 5000.  Dressed in leather with blood-stained lips and stiletto dance shoes, Somewhere On The Other Side Of Nowhere is the band’s return to their true form and purpose. Spider…