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Having just released their brand new album, after twenty three years going we see how Spock’s Beard still retain such a fantastic place in the Prog community as they bring their search for The Oblivion Particle to London.
Solidifying a line up can be no easy task, one of the most important elements in the life time of a band after the musical material of course is the band’s line up. After a slightly turbulent time involving previous singer Geoff Tate, Queensryche have at long last emerged triumphant. Having released their brand new album Condition Human on October 2nd, we were lucky enough to be able to speak to the Queensryche mastermind Michael Wilton.
We continue into the final day of ProgPower USA festivities, featuring some huge names, a last minute cancellation, and good times all around!
The men who brought a new meaning to melodic death metal have returned. One of the biggest bands in modern metal are offering us a chance to ‘Worship Chaos’ with them in their brand new studio album, and it would just be rude to turn down the opportunity…
We head into the first official day of ProgPower USA festivities following a stunning kick-off show.
Trivium have been an easy target for many over the years. A band never content with their previous incarnation, it all started with their eponymous debut Ascendancy, which though might have been one of the best breakthrough albums of the past ten years has unfortunately been an unfair benchmark for the band to be measured against. With fans constantly going on about the fact that none of their material sounds like the album. Now ten years on it seems that the growing pains of Trivium might have finally finished.
As melodic death metal maestros prepare to release their new studio album, we catch up with the shredder behind the Children of Bodom keys, Janne ‘Warman’ Wirman to ask a few questions about how the hate crew party will keep rolling in ‘I Worship Chaos‘.
We travel to the USA to attend one of North America’s hidden musical gems – the progressive and power metal festival known as ProgPower USA now in it’s 16th edition! On today’s kick-off billing we see 4 bands, including one British heavy metal legend…