1988; one of the greatest years in heavy metal history. The year that thrash continued to slap the mainstream in the chops while progressing at a considerable rate. The year [...]
Experimental black metal acts…..make you break out in a nervous sweat don’t they! Visions of self-absorbed, incoherent, lo-fi wankery may flash before your eyes, [...]
Symphony X bassist Mike LePond is one hell of a busy man. Not only does he provide the punchy rhythmic foundation of Symphony X’s exquisite prog metal but his own solo [...]
Who doesn’t crave a refreshing cup of tears to wash down all that pent up anger and resentment that rises up in all of us? With an album title like Cup Of Tears, it [...]
Progressive metal, in all it’s guises, has been home to a wealth of classic albums since its rise to prominence in the late 1980’s. From death metal’s [...]
When a song titled “He Tried To Kill Me With A Forklift” drops in your inbox, how do you possibly ignore it?! Obviously, we couldn’t and what awaited us was [...]
Trivium are back and they’ve armed themselves with a monster anthem in the formidable shape of “The Sin And The Sentence”. Long time fans will probably be [...]
Take Savatage, Nevermore, Iced Earth, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin and try and imagine a glorious mix of all those influences and [...]
In 1990, Californian Thrashers Intrinsic may have had had two releases under their belts (1987’s self-titled debut Intrinsic and 1990’s Distortion Of Perspective EP) but [...]
Continuing where Part 1 of our Classic Progressive Metal Albums That Haven’t Aged A Day left off, Part 2 embraces the 1990’s and the progressive metal albums [...]