Avenged Sevenfold vs. Warner Bros. Records – A Lawsuit With Huge Implications
If you are visiting this site, I assume it’s because you love music; especially rock and metal. Our favorite artists give us lots of new content and a lot of depth in their materials. And it’s not just the music that influences us. Sometimes a musician’s perseverance shows us we should indeed keep working hard …...
Rock and Metal News – August ’17
As you know, I love doing in-depth articles; but I also want to cover some news in the rock and metal world. There’s never a shortage of updates. Here are some highlights from this month from some of my favorite bands. Brian May, the legendary guitar player of Queen, announced some updates on Bohemian Rhapsody, …...
Marty Friedman – Boston Concert Review (8.3.2017)
There are many bands that come to Massachusetts. And as much as I’d love to see them all, it’s not always possible. Sometimes you’ve got a plan that you’ve already made and you can’t get out of it. Other times, you don’t really have the funds if you’re saving up for something else. Having said …...
Gretchen Menn: Abandon All Hope (Album Review)
To be perfectly honest, I’ve only recently heard of Gretchen Menn. I try to follow guitar oriented music pretty closely; but when you have access to music streaming services and YouTube, you are exposed to so much new music that sometimes it takes you longer to discover some immensely talented musicians. My introduction to Gretchen...
Welcome to Gear Talk
I mentioned this in an earlier article, but a huge influence of rock and metal on me was how these genres made me a fan of guitar oriented music in general. At age 14, I first wanted to learn how to play bass. Until that point, music was something that I just enjoyed listening to …...
Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra: A Tribute to Criss Oliva and Paul O’Neill
If you’ve never heard of Savatage; but enjoy listening to TSO, do yourself a favor and start checking out some of their material.
Mastodon – Emperor of Sand (Album Review)
I don’t remember exactly when I discovered Mastodon. I think it was 2008 but I’m not sure. I was always interested in discovering new bands – ones that were at least “new” to me – and Mastodon was getting an increasing volume of attention from rock and metal magazines. I wanted to hear what this …...
Dean Guitars – A Tribute to Elliott Rubinson
On this post, I’d like to do something different. So far, I’ve focused on in-depth articles on musicians, or reviews on certain albums – but when it comes to music, there’s another dimension: instruments. I want to dedicate this article to Elliott “Dean” Rubinson, who recently passed away at the age of 62. He was …...
This monster lives: re-visiting Metallica’s contentious documentary
I thought this would be a good time to write about Metallica’s highly controversial documentary Some Kind of Monster for two reasons. One, I recently published my take on the band’s newest studio album Hardwired… To Self-Destruct and it would be good to connect some dots here. But also, I’ve only just seen the film, so...
Metallica – Hardwired… To Self-Destruct (Album Review)
It’s been a long time since we’ve heard some new music from Metallica, hasn’t it? 8 years to be exact! Well, good news is that we finally have a new album from the biggest metal band in the world. Hardwired… to Self-Destruct was released on November 18th, 2016 by Blackened Recordings, the band’s own label. …...
