The group was founded in 1981 under the name “Paradox” by drummer Kelly David-Smith and guitarists Mark Vazquez and Kevin Horton, who were later joined by ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted. Jason had come to Phoenix with his band Gangster from Michigan on their way to California, but Gangster broke up while in Phoenix.
From the land of the Rising Sun the debut album from Early Cross has reached us. This band consists of three male members fronted by a female vocalist. And they bring us a very good album.
This is the latest CD from Greece band Double Treat, who throw out timeless melodic rock that appeared in the eighties.
It's great how Devil To Pay sounds refreshing with every new release. The band might not leap forward, but it is also remote from repeating itself. Devil To Pay’s style is stoner meets doom meets NOLA meets southern rock with all its elements in harmony.
Def Leppard are struggling to regain the success they had years ago, but if they fail, fear not, because here comes De La Cruz. These guys have their roots in Australia. The origins of the band go back to 2007, when guitarist Casey Jones crossed paths with vocalist Roxxi Catalano.
I remember when I bought DAD’s album ‘No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims’, which wasn’t their first album of course, but whatever. I was greatly impressed by what these guys brought. Rock music, and even good rock music, with a large dosis of humor, which was quite unusual, and still is. I also bought the follow up album ‘Riskin’ It All’, and then seem to have lost sight of this band.
Do you remember Planisphærium, released ten years ago? If so, you might know what to expect with this new full length by one of Spain’s most technical Grind / Death bands ever. But even if you think you know what to expect, you might be surprised by the enormous evolution these guys made in mean time, especially when it comes to the technically perfected side of the game.
Volbeat is a Danish metal band which was formed in Copenhagen. The band is known for playing a fusion of rock, metal and rockabilly. They are inspired by classic rock and roll artists such as Johnny Cash and Elvis as well as more modern rock, hard rock and metal bands.
Quintet Vikingore hail from Seville, Spain, and are now debuting with Wolves In The Battlefront (in 2010 there was a self-produced and self-called demo), which brings a fantastic mixture of somewhat early nineties-oriented Death Metal, Scandinavian-inspired Viking / Black Metal and a handful of modern experiments. The band varies a lot in between aggression and melody, in between energy and integrity, in between tradition and progression.
As you can surmise from the caption of this review, this album is in fact the soundtrack to a movie...but not just any movie, and it also is not your common soundtrack! You see, there's a nice story behind the coming along of both! It so happens that Sound City was the studio where Dave Grohl and his band Nirvana recorded the album Nevermind, you see? Situated at Van Nuys, Los Angeles, the studio was renowned for having the best sound where drum recordings were concerned.
