Richie Kotzen talks to Allie Jorgensen and LA Metal Media about his new Release “50 For 50” a Masterpiece of 50 songs on three separate CD’s he put together to celebrate his 50th Birthday. Richie talks about the process of going through all the songs and putting the CD’s together, as well as the songwriting process, the song […]
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Queensryche Concert Review House of Blues Anaheim 1/30/20 Written by: Roc Boyum Queensryche returned to the Anaheim House of Blues to deliver a crushing set of classic Queensryche songs as well as some new material; most notably from their latest LP The Verdict. Special guests were John 5 and the up and coming rockers, Adam to Eve. Queensryche has recently released their third LP […]
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Sons of Apollo Concert Review Roxy Theater 1-25-20 Written: Roc Boyum Edited: Allie Jorgensen Sons of Apollo blew the roof off the Roxy Theater in West Hollywood on 1/25/20 with their first sold out show of this MMXX tour. The Roxy Theater in West Hollywood, CA was jammed beyond capacity with the eager crowd waiting in anticipation at this standing […]
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Metal Allegiance Concert Review HOB Anaheim 1-16-20 Written: Roc Boyum Edited: Allie Jorgensen Metal Allegiance, are an alliance of many of today’s top metal musicians that come together to play some of the best metal music ever recorded and assault each audience with a super charged metal performance; but don’t call them a “Super Group.” The Metal Allegiance line-up for […]
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Weapons of Anew Concert Review HOB Anaheim 1/16/20 Weapons of Anew are a relatively new melodic metal band from New Jersey featuring guitarist/songwriter, Freddy Ordine (Havoc Hate), singer songwriter, Ray West (Spread Eagle), bass man, Stefan “Reno” Cutrupi and drummer, Chris Manfre. With the House of Blues in Anaheim packed beyond capacity and the crowd already amped up to see […]
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Exmortus Concert Review HOB Anaheim 1/16/20 Los Angeles based metal masters, Exmortus completely tore up the House of Blues (HOB) Anaheim stage with a heavy dose of their neo-classical extreme thrash metal. Exmortus has had some major line-up changes over the years but with the addition of Chase Becker on guitar and Adrian Aguilar on drums, they’ve never sounded better. Becker blends perfectly with […]
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Mark Jansen from Epica Talks to Allie Jorgensen and LA Metal Media Magazine about the special “Design Your Universe” tour and the re-release of the “Design Your Universe -Gold Edition ” LP. Mark also talks about the 10 year evolution of Epica, his Masters Degree in Psychology and his songwriting, the exciting news of the New Epica CD […]
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RUSH SAYS FAREWELL WITH A SOLD OUT SHOW AT THE LOS ANGELES FORUM By Roc Boyum RUSH, Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Neil Peart, ignite the City of Los Angeles with the final stop of their R40 tour at The Los Angeles Forum on August 1, 2015. The City of Angels came out in full force to celebrate their musical […]
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Epica Concert Review Regent Theater January 5, 2020 Epica kicked off 2020 with an insanely explosive show at the Regent Theater on 1-5-20. The bands’ show leaned primarily on their brilliantly heavy, Design Your Universe LP; of which they played eight of the thirteen tracks from that LP-including the two recorded tracks; Samadhi (Prelude) and the Prince of Freedom. Epica are […]
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According to Blabbermouth.net – HALESTORM guitarist Joe Hottinger has revealed in an interview with Guitar Bonedo that the band has recorded a new EP with producer Nick Raskulinecz, who previously worked on last year’s “Vicious” album. Joe said (see video below): “There’ll be more information on that coming up. It’s just getting mixed now, and it sounds awesome. It’s something we’ve never really done before. Everyone’s expecting a cover EP, […]
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