Aethereus is releasing a serious banger of an album this Friday August 10th. Just like it’s newly signed Artisan Era colleagues Mordant Rapture this is the band’s first release on the upcoming technical death metal label. You can find out more about the band and its members in my […]
Legendary jazz fusion guitarist Al Di Meola is the website’s artist of the month for August! I first want to thank my favorite guitarist who inspired me continuously Zakk Wylde. If it wasn’t for him putting up a photo online with Al, I may have never known […]
I had a great opportunity to interview my Divinex homeboys and it’s quite the detailed interview! Everyone knows my obsession with them, and really hit home with me seeing another band’s perspective, writing style, process, and other areas of what makes them truly unique. I have been to at […]
Quasi-Stellar Radio Source released their debut EP “I” in May. The band is a Cinematic Progressive Rock band with layered songs. The Italians seem to focus on layering songs, transitions, mood and melody. Don’t expect blast beats, growls and crazy speed surpassing 200 BPM. QSRS is an atmospheric […]
Canadian Psychedelic Prog Rock band Dizzy Mystics have released “Diamond Duller” a single from their debut album “The Wanderlost”. The quartet has crafted a psychedelic and progressive sound upon many others including melodic hard rock and funk. The band takes you through a heavy and psychedelic trip on […]
Legendary Norwegian Black Metal band Immortal released their first full length album in almost a decade! But, with a couple changes……we all know Demonaz was behind the scenes helping write the band’s music. Now, he is back in the forefront as the guitarist and vocalist of the […]
North Carolina’s premier prog band released the second part of the “Automata” series recently and like Auotmata 1 took a long time to sink in…..why? Well, for starters the second release was melodic like part one but a lot more experimental! The band incorporated more jazz elements and even some […]
Mordant Rapture is releasing its debut EP “The Abnegation” July 13th through the Artisan Era. I have to try to be objective, but holy shit this band hauls ass. This is my personal favorite signing the label has made this year at least. Why? Josh Miller is a […]
Carnal Decay is releasing a 7″ split vinyl on July 20th (also available digitally!) through Rising Nemesis Records. I love death metal you can’t understand (like Visceral Disgorge heavy, for example) but vocalist Michael Kerns has a constant guttural you can understand. “When Push Comes To Shove” […]
Last night this obnoxious and teched our tour stopped in a half hour from my place, in Tonawanda. Let me tell you, well wait…..you can see my obsession. Inanimate Existence is turning into one of my modern day favorite bands more and more each weeks. Their melodies, […]