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Sean Tibbetts and Casey Grillo form the rhythmic backbone of Kamelot, America’s premier symphonic metal band. Like most musicians, their passion for music extends beyond the scope of one particular sub-genre. A few years back, Tibbett’s…

Michael Schenker began making his mark on rock guitar as a teenager. The younger brother of Scorpions guitarist Rudolf Schenker, Michael had an innate sense for creative and inspired fretwork. He established this on the band’s 1972 album, …

New Jersey’s Overkill enters year 37 of its storied career with a powerful new album, The Grinding Wheel. The record is one of the band’s most diverse in recent memory, and it reflects the band’s roots and influences while remaining…

Genuine, honest, and humble are not words that ordinarily come to mind when discussing music legends that helped change the face of a genre, yet they are all fit descriptors of Rudy Sarzo. The iconic and critically acclaimed bassist found…

Hailing from the colorful and music inspired streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota comes the unique blend of Metal/Rock/Industrial that is Gabriel And The Apocalypse. The band delivers a fierce yet beautiful array of female-fronted aggression…

Sweden’s Manimal came together in 2001 with guitarist Henrik Stenroos and vocalist Samuel Nyman at the helm. Demos would follow in 2002, 2005, and 2006, but it would not be until 2009 that the band would release its outstanding debut, The…

Manimal – Trapped in the Shadows Label: AFM Records Release Date: November 20, 2015 It has been six agonizingly long years since Gothenburg, Sweden's Manimal unleashed its 2009 debut album, The Darkest Room. This winter, the band has…

Saxon - Battering Ram Label: UDR Music Release Date: October 30, 2015 With over 35 years of recording and touring under its belt, NWOBHM stalwarts, Saxon, have nothing left to prove. So it comes as no surprise that the band's 21st studio…

Seattle’s Queensrÿche have made the road their primary home for the better part of the last three years. The original trio of guitarist Michael Wilton, bassist Eddie Jackson, and drummer Scott Rockenfield, along with guitarist Parker…

After a near retirement scare and the departure of founding guitarist K.K. Downing, Judas Priest began the decade with a new guitarist and a massive final world tour. Young guitarist Richie Faulkner (Lauren Harris, Voodoo Six) immediately…