Progressive metal is not always the home of the super shred-tastic, ultra technical explorations that alienate everyone but intense musos. It can encompass such a vast range of influences to allow appreciation from vast music genre extremes such as metalcore moshers to jazz or fusion instrumentalists. Bizarre as that sounds, when Between the Buried and
Artist: Cradle of Filth Title: Godspeed on the Devil’s Thunder Label: Roadrunner Score: 3 ½ / 5 Another concept album from these English metal extremists is more bizarre than expected. Based around the demise of a convicted 15th century French war hero, this is a disturbingly vile selection of depravity that borders on celebrating sickness.
Sweden has many successful exports to the world ranging from household furniture and safety focused motor vehicles of an acquired taste to somewhat amusing ‘nature’ films and various pop acts of unfathomably huge success. Given that many Swedes are generally studious and that the pursuit of music, albeit traditional forms, is encouraged, it is not
Lynch Mob + Faster Pussycat Metro Theatre Thurs 11th December 2008 Score: 4/5 Opening up proceedings, The Dead Things combined a penchant for The Cult, Warrant and LA Guns. With a barely witty front man, songs such as ‘Dead Girls Don’t Say No’ and despite their outdated ambitions of a scene long gone, they still
How do you cope being different and creative within the rock world continually? It’s a good question but the answer is quite easy really which is that I think that the main reason that I am able to I suppose, be creative within the industry is that I don’t have any considerations other than entertaining
American hard rockers Motley Crue are justifiably both derided and respected. Their dubious antics and dysfunctional qualities were celebrated in their questionably embellished autobiography The Dirt which eventually encouraged the inevitable reunion of the classic Crue line-up. Having toured the world on the back of a greatest hits compilation album that only included three new
Ask anyone to name a guitarist they admire or at least know of and chances are one of the names you’ll hear mentioned is Joe Satriani. When his career literally took off and brought instrumental guitar into the limelight over twenty years ago with ‘Surfing with the Alien’, the success was well deserved for all
The LA metal scene of the eighties was to many image over substance in the grand scheme of things. That is unless you dug a bit deeper and checked out some of the phenomenal guitarists dedicated to their craft from the West Coast area of the States. Ratt guitarist Warren Demartini is constantly mentioned alongside
Dave Mustaine is a one of the metal world’s leading songwriters and a highly regarded guitarist. Having achieved around 20 million album sales worldwide with his band Megadeth, his latest recorded return to thrashing form reflects the quality heard live in his disciplined touring of the now annual Gigantour multiple band concert show. Now endorsed
Unique, gifted, esoteric, outspoken, bizarre, prolific and excessively productive are some of the words that could used to describe the late, great and universally respected musician the world knows as Frank Zappa. His passing in late 1993 left behind a lot of musical innovation, proving how far he sometimes pushed the envelope without being pretentious.