2023 has been a year filled with a great deal of high quality music releases. Unfortunately there are only so many hours in the day and days in the week. There were many exceptional albums that I encountered throughout the year. Time constraints did not allow me to fully explore so many great albums. Some … Continue reading Musical Highlights Of 2023
Flood - Polarized 2022 started off with a bang with the release of Polarized. Flood is a brand new metal band. The lineup features members from two of my favorite metal bands, Tourniquet and Extol. Flood brings together Tourniquet co-founders Gary Lenaire and Gary Ritter, ex Tourniquet guitarist Erik Mendez, Extol co-founder David Husvik and … Continue reading Musical Highlights Of 2022
John Sykes - Dawning Of A Brand New Day Guitar maestro John Sykes immediately let us know that 2021 was going to be a better year than 2020. On New Year's Day he released the new song Dawning Of A Brand New Day. What an unexpected surprise and a fantastic way to begin the new … Continue reading Musical Highlights Of 2021
Kansas - The Absence Of Presence What an incredible album! The amazing thing about The Absence Of Presence is the band's presentation of a fresh take on the classic Kansas sound. The album effectively melds the sound of the band's 1970's symphonic progressive rock era with the mainstream rock driven sound of 1980's/1990's Kansas. Looking … Continue reading My Music Highlights From 2020
For many the decade of 1990's was a strange, transitional time period for popular music. This was especially true for rock, hard rock and heavy metal music. The decade saw the rise of alternative rock, grunge, alternative metal, pop punk and nu-metal, among other genres and sub genres. I must admit that for a time … Continue reading 9 Notable Rock And Metal Albums From The 1990’s
The song In Time, from Demon Hunter's seventh album Extremist (2014), encapsulates why I love this band. The album's ninth song is a study in contrasts. It is simultaneously melodic and crushingly heavy and abrasive. The song opens with a guitar riff that mirrors the 1980's thrash metal scene. The opening riff would not have … Continue reading Song Spotlight: In Time by Demon Hunter
Shades Of Noir 