Last year, I reviewed an EP from Shaylon, the new group featuring Charly Urso, well known to followers of the Vegas music scene for his past role as a guitarist in the former Aces High Iron Maiden tribute band. Shaylon, which also features vocalist Tina Diggs, bassist Alex Tamas, and ...

In the mid 1990s, Wolfsbane vocalist Blaze Bayley gained a brief few years of fame as the vocalist who replaced Bruce Dickinson in Iron Maiden. Bayley’s partnership with Maiden was short lived, and those albums tend to draw in a mixed reception from fans. Despite that, the experience did introduce him ...

With Geoff Tate’s split from Queensryche and subsequent revival with a new band under the name Operation: Mindcrime, eyes of hard rock and metal fans all over the world have turned to Tate to see what he will do next. Following the release of The Key album last year (which ...

It is hard to believe, but The Astonishing is Dream Theater’s 13th studio album! These prog rock giants have been going strong for decades, ever since putting out their debut album way back in 1989. It was 1992’s Images and Words that truly put the band on the map, due ...

David Bowie may be the one with the birthday, but we are the ones getting the present. Bowie has long been an eccentric and controversial figure in the world of pop and rock. Love him or hate him, there is one thing you cannot deny: There is no one else ...