Killswitch Engage mastermind Adam D. grouped together with former KSE singer Jesse Leach to record this album which will also be supported by a small tour, incidentally with KSE guitarist Joel Stroetzel. This comes of course on the heels of KSE vocalist Howard Jones leaving the tour last year due to undisclosed problems and KSE […]
I remember sitting in a Paul Gilbert guitar clinic and one of the attendees asking “why do all your records open with the best song and then kind of, well, dwindle down?” This must have been after Bump Ahead and the guy was referring to Colorado Bulldog, Daddy, Brother, Lover and little Boy, and Addicted […]
For a time I used to dread new Yngwie albums because they seemed to be a collection of old riffs put together differently and feature little variation. Seeing him live over the years I got the impression that he gets fatter, faster and sloppier. His newest release Relentless is a bit more original though uninspired […]
I am an old-school Jack Johnson listener, meaning I mainly listen to Brushfire Fairytales and On and On. The kids record and Sleep through the static not so much. To the Sea feels like the direction is more with the old stuff, however, with a more refined instrumentation. There is an ever present piano/keyboard in […]
Ok, let me be honest about it: I love Poison’s Flesh & Blood. It is one of the albums that has influenced me and my guitar playing most and I have listened to it countless times and still do. Poison after that has ups and downs, mostly downs though. Michael’s latest solo effort is… an […]