Sonic Perspectives

Currently on the road supporting their 2018’s studio release God Damn Evil, STRYPER have been on a continuously successful streak since 2013 when they released No More Hell to Pay. The faith-driven rockers have endured by continually writing, playing and producing over the years. God Damn Evil shines with a modern heaviness and edge that carries [...] The post STRYPER’s Leader MIC...

Talking Perspectives is normally a fun show where the panelists talk both music and trash with and at each other, but Episode 25 will be more somber. On the morning of 8 June 2019, Andre Matos‘ wife posted on social media that she’d found her dear husband dead in their Sao Paulo home. An official statement [...] The post TALKING PERSPECTIVES: A Tribute to ANDRE MATOS (Episode No....

For the past 47 years Alan White has been synonymous with the band Yes, taking over from Bill Bruford in 1972 without missing a beat. From the classic era in the 70s to the chart-topping success of the 80s to Union and various lineups of the 90s and beyond, Alan and Chris Squire delivered one [...] The post Legendary YES Drummer ALAN WHITE: “YES is All About Looking Over The Horizon, Not At...

As part of the Graham Bonnet Band‘s 2017 “The Book” tour in Japan, a three night special engagement and reunion of Alcatrazz was presented much to the delight of the Japanese hard rock faithful. Founding Alcatrazz members, Graham Bonnet (vocals), Jimmy Waldo (keyboards) and Gary Shea (bass), reunited after 33 years for a unique series of shows [...] The post JIMMY WALDO...

Picking up on their first mammoth hour-long interview, the legendary original Fates Warning singer spills the beans on his love of Iron Maiden, his own history with the city that gave Fates Warning its next two singers, and the possibility that the one and only Bruce Dickinson might be a John Arch fan. Yeah, read that last part again.  And [...] The post Former FATES...

Coming off several weeks of technical foulness and work-related brutality, the ever-obnoxious triumvirate of twits that is Jordan Blum, Nick Andreas, and Gonzalo Pozo resurface to bring you a long-overdue 24th episode of Talking Perspectives. This time around, our panel discuses their favorite releases 2019 has given thus far (spoiler: The Mute Gods and Empath ar...

Some statements are so unambiguous that they require no further explanation: “If you like the first song, then the odds are you’ll like the whole album. It’s balls-to-the-wall heavy metal, song after song. No ballads and nothing your mom will be humming,” promises Carl Canedy, drummer of legendary US metal act The Rods. Recorded at [...] The post Drummer CARL CANEDY Talks THE RODS New Album: “It’s...

JOLLY, the genre-defying band from New York City, has endured more than their fair share of struggles in their ten-year career. Everything from having their homes and band gear destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, to seeing the death of a beloved friend and the births of their own children, JOLLY has weathered a lot in the [...] The post JOLLY Drummer LOUIS ABRAMSON On New Album ‘Family’: &#8...

Whenever and wherever guitarist, keyboardist and composer Turilli and vocalist Lione have been working together, the result has been something extraordinary. Something both metal and rock lovers around the globe loved, cherished and remembered forever. Now, after eight long years, the two brothers in arms are finally back together again. They reunited to start an exciting...

In the midst of their longest tour of North America, Riverside leader Mariusz Duda takes some time to speak with Scott Medina right before taking the stage in the beautiful Boulder Theater, in Denver, Colorado. Their conversation focuses on the band’s experience on tour and how the evolution of Wasteland is bringing Riverside to a [...] The post Report From the Road: RIVERSIDE’s Mariusz Duda...

People will be approaching Terraformer, the third album from Thank You Scientist from a lot of different angles. Of course there will be those who have never checked out the band before, and excited current fans ready and waiting for new material. Of that latter group some may have expectations set by the advance singles [...] The post Thank You Scientist – Terraformer (Album Review) appeare...

Neal Morse does not stand still for long. Mere months after releasing double-album The Great Adventure with the Neal Morse Band, he is back with an epic musical of the life of Jesus, in Jesus Christ the Exorcist. Written and performed extensively by Morse, a wide host of guest vocalists take the spotlight including Ted [...] The post NEAL MORSE Talks Prog-Rock Opera “Jesus Christ: The Exorci...

Evan Carson is a world-class percussionist and highly sought-after bodhran session player who is best known in this corner of the musical world as go-to percussionist and live drummer for iamthemorning with Marjana Semkina and Gleb Kolyadin. After a successful crowdfunding campaign in summer 2018, Carson is releasing his debut solo album on July 1st, [...] The post Solo Artist EVAN CARSON Talks Th...

Pattern-Seeking Animals is a brand new progressive rock band founded by frequent Spock’s Beard songwriter John Boegehold. The band formed organically over the past year, initially bringing in Jimmy Keegan on drums, then Dave Meros on bass and Ted Leonard on vocals and guitar. Once InsideOut Music responded favorably to the new quartet and offered [...] The post Behind The Scenes of Building a New...

“Pioneer,” an adjective to be used carefully. Many wish they were, most are not. DIAMOND HEAD – the Stourbridge, England-born New Wave Of British Heavy Metal pioneers – return to the world stage with a new album. The Coffin Train, DIAMOND HEAD’s eighth studio album, is a glorious testimony to Brian Tatler and Rasmus Bom [...] The post DIAMOND HEAD’s Guitarist Brian Tatler: “Our New Album ‘Th...

There no much you can say at this point about American rock singer Jeff Scott Soto that hasn’t been said before, time and time again. A declared Freddie Mercury fan, and best known for being the vocalist on Yngwie Malmsteen‘s first two albums and the lead vocalist for Journey on their 2006–2007 tours, Jeff also [...] The post JEFF SCOTT SOTO Talks New Album: “With SOTO I Decided...

In an age where music is available instantly and bands appear and fade just as quickly, the power and resiliency that is Overkill who’s initial social media was stuffing show flier ads under windshield wipers in the 80s, has remained as resolute as ever, and even more so. It’s with over 30 years under their leather [...] The post OVERKILL’s Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth: “We Have Always Felt Proud...

JOHN ARCH, the unmistakable voice of the first three Fates Warning records, left the music industry in 1987 after just four years of the touring cycle. It would be over seventeen years before Arch would enter the recording studio again. Though he did appear with his former band-mates during a 1994 Fates Warning concert, and [...] The post JOHN ARCH Reveals the Secrets Behind his Ageless Voice: &#8...

There was a time in which genuine power was felt erupting from the sonic landscape that is now referred to as “old school” death metal. As with most newly developed forms of art, at its genesis it was filled with a fresh and vibrant energy and was virtually unsaturated by musicians. It was the mighty [...] The post POSSESSED’s Leader JEFF BECERRA Talks New Album ‘Revelations of Oblivio...

The word “legendary” has been used to a large extent when introducing classic rock artists, but in Uli Jon Roth’s case, there isn’t a more appropriate adjective. He had a pivotal role in the Scorpions’ early years, being the lead guitar player on four amazing studio records and the legendary live album Tokyo Tapes. He [...] The post ULI JON ROTH Recalls His Exit From SCORPIONS: “Nothing Woul...

For the past many albums, progressive rock band Big Big Train have excelled in telling stories of the English countryside and its people. Formed 20 years ago, the band underwent many personnel changes especially over the past decade, until they finally reached their current all-star lineup. With new recording Grand Tour they are ready to [...] The post BIG BIG TRAIN’s Greg Spawton Talks New...

Albums born from personal tragedies are not new in the music business – from Pink Floyd’s The Wall to Sting’s Soul Cages, from Bowie’s Blackstar to Swallow the Sun’s When a Shadow Is Forced into the Light, death seems to force musicians to tap into their wells of creativity with even more focus and drive [...] The post LORD DYING’s ERIK OLSON Reflects on New Album Creative Process: “We Wanted to C...

Los Angeles based, US Heavy / Power metal legends Steel Prophet are back with a new massive sounding heavy metal album The God Machine, released two weeks ago. Five years after the release of their latest album Omniscient the band recruited the all-star Heavy Metal singer / producer R.D. Liapakis of Mystic Prophecy / Devil’s [...] The post STEEL PROPHET’s Mastermind STEVE KACHINSKY On...

Mark “Truey” Trueack created a stir in the prog world with the band Unitopia from down under, which he created with Sean Timms. After he and Timms went their separate ways, rather than form a new band per se, Truey went on to create a collective of rotating musicians called United Progressive Fraternity. First enlisting [...] The post UNITED PROGRESSIVE FRATERNITY’s Mark Trueack: “If Y...

Whitesnake, the mega-platinum legendary rock n’ roll band founded and formed by Deep Purple singer David Coverdale are embarking on their 2019 world tour, which will feature songs from the new studio record to be released in May 2019 on Frontiers Music SLR entitled Flesh & Blood alongside their biggest hits and songs from one [...] The post WHITESNAKE’s JOEL HOEKSTRA: “The Choruses...