Jan Akkerman in a live setting is a beautiful thing to behold, and on his new record, ‘My Focus – Live Under the Rainbow,’ you can absorb his technical mastery and tone, where it was born to live – on stage. The live album will be released on 12th December via Artone/Music Theories Recordings and […]

The Steve Morse Band have announced details of their brand-new album, ‘Triangulation‘, which will be released on 14th November via Music Theories Recordings (Yngwie Malmsteen, Ayreon, Paul Gilbert, Vandenberg). To celebrate, they have unveiled the official video for their new track, ‘Break Through‘. ‘Break Through‘ is the first new music since the release of 2009’s […]

Review: Yngwie Malmsteen – Tokyo Live Music Theories Recordings (April 25th, 2025) Reviewer – David Mark Pearce PLAY IT LOUD! LESS IS MORE – NO, MORE IS MORE! YNGWIE WHO? YNGWIE FUCKING MALMSTEEN THATS WHO!  ………. are just some of the yngwie’ism’s that come to mind especially when you get to review an album by, […]

The legendary guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen is set to release his brand-new album, ‘Tokyo Live’ on March 28th via Music Theories Recordings. The album is a celebration of his illustrious 40-year career. You can check out the first blistering taster on the video for ‘Top Down, Foot Down‘. The incomparable Malmsteen is one of the greatest guitarists […]

Ayreon reveals the spectacular live video for ‘Fate of Man‘. The song is taken from ‘01011001 – Live Beneath the Waves‘ which is released today, via Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group. An Ayreon live event is a monumental occasion where the highest-calibre musicians and an enormous production come together to forge a bombastic spectacle. […]

Ayreon reveals the spectacular live video for ‘The Day The World Breaks Down‘ which features an enormous singing cast of Damian Wilson, Daniel Gildenlow, Jan Willem Ketelaers, Simone Simons, Maggy Luyten, John Jaycee Cuijpers, Hansi Kürsch, Mike Mills, Tom Englund, Anneke van Giersbergen, Marcela Bovio and Irene Jansen. An Ayreon live event is a monumental […]

Review: Manic Eden – Manic Eden (Re-issue) Music Theories Recordings (April 12th, 2024) Reviewer: Grant Foster Originally released in 1994, this absolute gem of an album is as close to a supergroup as you can get in hard rock circles. Except don’t expect hard rock! Adrian Vandenberg, Rudy Sarzo and Tommy Aldridge were on hiatus […]