Hailing from Sweden, Machinae Supremacy is definitely a far cry from your average symphonic metal band. The group, which has been recording and touring for years now, combines symphonic riffs and sounds with sound elements that sound like they were pulled right from an 8-bit Nintendo game. There have been ...

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 ...

On November 2016, House of Blues played host to two of Germany’s finest hard rock and heavy metal bands: Blind Guardian, with support act Grave Digger. Both bands have been rocking the world since the 1980s, and maintain worldwide followings. Finally getting to witness both bands on stage was a ...

Wolf Hoffmann will always be known as the legendary, classic Accept axeman whose guitar you hear on anthems  like “Balls to the Wall,” “Fast as a Shark,” “Restless and Wild,” and “Metal Heart.” These songs are all heavy metal classics for the ages, all across the globe. But, what if Mr. ...

  For years, one of my favorite bands on the Las Vegas music scene was Aces High, an Iron Maiden tribute, whose members have long since gone onto other music projects. Amongst that group’s talent was guitarist Charly Urso, who has since relocated to San Francisco and assembled a new ...