American slide guitar legend Sonny Landreth is hailed worldwide as one of, if not the best living slide guitarist today. Given the high praise his names regularly invokes, it is interesting to note that he is quietly spoken, has a great sense of humility and readily shares his remarkable playing techniques with those willing to listen and his attitude is something that can be applied to all music genres.
Support: Lord Manning Bar, Sydney UniversitySaturday, 24th June 2017 English power metal band DragonForce are renowned for putting on a live show that takes their over the top, hyper fast musicianship up a notch with tongue in cheek antics. Tonight’s show is a headlining tour which hasn’t been the case in almost a decade due
American guitarist Bruce Kulick is a regular visitor to our shores and ever when his days in Kiss were upended in 1996 by the make-up era reunion, Australian fans have continually welcomed the amiable guitar legend.
Ayreon is an evolving musical project by the incredibly talented Dutch musician Arjen Lucassen who has taken the next chapter of his works back into the science fiction realm.
Latest Album: Tres Caballeros. Bryan Beller, bassist, with Marco Minneman drums and Guthrie Govan on guitar. A lot of stuff going on there on that album and certainly not going to be accused of chasing radio play. You’ve all got a lot going on with various projects and commitments. How do you make the time
Scottish band Big Country have never toured Australia in a performing capacity. The band had major radio play internationally, toured with huge names during their heyday and produced a solid batch of albums before their fortunes changed leading the band to persevere until an inevitable break up followed by the death of a core band member in 2001 led fans and the remaining members to believe things had run their course.
American guitarist Zakk Wylde is not unfairly described as a workhorse. Whilst out on the road with the Generation Axe tour which constitutes playing alongside a list of fellow guitar wizard luminaries, the man has made time to discuss his recent and long awaited sequel solo album release Book of Shadows II. The fact that
American thrash band Anthrax, initially influenced by early Iron Maiden albums, have been a reliable thrash metal benchmark for many years since their inception. Having toured the world many times to surpass the success of bands that influenced them such as Raven and Venom, the band is widely respected as one of the Big Four
American five piece progressive metal band Between The Buried And Me are no strangers to Australian shores. Having toured here alongside various styles of bands ranging from metal core to instrumental, the band is set to return. As a twin guitar band with a vast back catalogue of quality material and a very well received recent album, their live show promises to be a unique musical experience.
Avantasia – Ghostlights Label: NUCLEAR BLAST Score 4 / 5 Power metal, concept albums and rock operas are categories in music that have experienced both sheer highs and dubious comedies of errors. Fortunately, Avantasia falls into the former space and does so with assurance. As a monumentally successful creative outlet for German power metal band