Review: Hearts On Fire – Signs & Wonders Pride & Joy Music (July 25th, 2025) Reviewer – Jason Hopper Hearts On Fire return from a seven-year hiatus with second album ‘Signs & Wonders‘, this time with prolific frontman Mark Boals. Full disclosure, I have not heard their debut album, so I’m going into this with […]
Review: Circus of Rock – Hellfire Lions Pride Music (June 30th, 2025) Reviewer – Jason Hopper Circus of Rock is the brainchild of Finnish hard rock/heavy metal drummer Mirka “Leka” Rantanen. What was initially treated as a project with multiple vocalists has now transitioned into a full-time band, with their third release ‘Hellfire‘. Mirka is […]
Review: Atlantis Drive – Atlantis Drive Pride & Joy Music (June 14th, 2024) Reviewer: Chris O’Connor For the uninitiated, Atlantis Drive is an AOR/Melodic Rock project put together by guitarist/bass guitarist Markus Pfeffer (Barnabas Sky, Lazarus Dream, Winterland), who has enlisted extremely talented keyboardist Jorris Guilbaud (Heart Line, Devoid), and hugely respected drummer Markus Kullmann […]
Germany based Hard Rock project Atlantis Drive feat. Mark Boals on vocals releases the first single, ‘Way Back When‘ from the upcoming, self-titled debut album (out: June 16th, 2024) via Pride & Joy Music today. Brand new multinational band Atlantis Drive is the brainchild of German guitarist Markus Pfeffer (Barnabas Sky, Lazarus Dream). With the […]
‘Nocturnal’ by the Taz Taylor Band is released on CD on 15 July 2022 by Global Rock Records. Though recorded in the Summer of 2021, ‘Nocturnal’ is a joyful throwback in time. The music of the Taz Taylor Band is British style melodic heavy rock… fans of Michael Schenker, UFO and Gary Moore will find a lot to like here, with a stunning line up of world class vocalists and a core band that have […]
US metal traditionalists WHITE WIZZARD have released their first new song in three years. The group’s new single, ‘Viral Insanity‘, is now available for streaming through M-Theory Audio (and in Japan via Trooper Music) at http://smarturl.com/ww-viral. The song, which sees band founder and bassist Jon Leon joined once again by guitarists James LaRue and Will Wallner, is also the first WHITE WIZZARD recording to feature new drummer Jonathan Brown, a longtime fan of the band. Vocal duties for this […]
Acclaimed US metal traditionalists WHITE WIZZARD have announced their first release of new msic in three years. The group’s new single, ‘Viral Insanity‘, will be released digitally through M-Theory Audio (and in Japan via Trooper Music) on March 24, pre-save the track at Spotify: Here. The song – which sees band founder and bassist Jon Leon joined once again by guitarists […]
Artical is a Greek-German based band and is best known for its Progressive/Neoclassical/Melodic Power Metal sound. Created by Mike Dimareli (Guitar) on September 2002, Artical released its first full length Instrumental album two years after, named ‘Fantasy‘ (2004). In 2007, in collaboration with Burning Star Records Label, Bob Katsionis (FIREWIND) as the guest keyboardist and Bill Aksiotis (vocals), the band released its 2nd full length album ‘Horizon‘. After the successful […]
The Neo-Classical Firestorm from Valparaíso, Chile, Abstract Symphony, launch the first video, ‘The Hidden Empire‘, from their upcoming album ‘Tartaria: The Empire Hidden From History‘. The song features the vocal prowess of none other than Mark Boals who’s iconic performance on Yngwie Malmsteen‘s ‘Trilogy‘ album has set a mark for Neo-Classical albums ever since. Boals […]
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