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MONUMENTS– UK Metal Band Set To Release New LP, “In Stasis” on April 15, 2022 Transatlantic Progressive Metal titans MONUMENTS are back with their fourth full-length studio album, “In Stasis” , set for release on April 15, 2022. In Stasis is the first studio LP to feature their new vocalist Andy Cizek, and the first LP to have the return of drummer […]
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Dream Theater Wins “Best Metal Performance” For The Alien Dream Theater was honored at the 64th annual Grammy awards held last night April 3, 2022 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and received the award as the winner in the “Best Metal Performance” category for the song, “The Alien” from the band’s “A View From The Top […]
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Judas Priest Concert Review from the Arizona Federal Theater 03/16/22 by Roc Boyum The long awaited return of the Metal Gods aka Judas Priest was finally here! The band descended upon the capacity filled Arizona Federal Theater in Phoenix, AZ on 03-16-22 with their “50 Metal Years” tour. The show began under darkness with an eerie voice over the PA […]
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Queensryche Concert Review Arizona Federal Theater Phoenix AZ 03/16/22 By Roc Boyum Queensryche have finally returned to the world stage in 2022 as direct support for the Metal Gods aka, Judas Priest. Originally, they had planned to return in 2022 with the Scorpions for a Las Vegas residency tour but when the opportunity to open for Judas Priest came up, […]
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Dream Theater Concert Review, Mesa Arts Center Mesa Arizona 02-02-22 By Roc Boyum Dream Theater honored Mesa Arizona by kicking off their 2022 “Top Of The World” tour at the sumptuous Mesa Arts Center on 02-02-22. Considering that this was their first live show in almost two years, one might anticipate that their first show might have some minor bugs […]
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JINJER CONCERT REVIEW MARQUEE THEATER 12-12-21 The Marquee Theater in Tempe, AZ hosted a night of kick ass metal on 12-12-21, with three bands scheduled; Jinjer, Suicide Silence and All Hail The Yeti. Unfortunately, the opening band All Hail The Yeti couldn’t make the show due to a vehicle breakdown after their show the night before in New Mexico. Many […]
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DREAM THEATER CANCEL 2021 TOUR Dream Theater has been weighing the decision of whether to continue with their scheduled 2021 tour or to postpone the tour due to the ongoing uncertainty of touring with the COVID-19 pandemic effecting so many tours. Dream Theater has made the difficult decision to move their October-December 2021 North American tour dates to early 2022; […]
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Color Of Chaos Concert Review from the Marquee Theater Tempe AZ 9-28-21 Color Of Chaos, Phoenix hometown heroes opened up for Buckcherry at the famed Marquee Theater in Tempe, AZ to a near capacity crowd on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. The band came out of the gate with two great new songs, Eva Destruction and Crucified, brilliant rockers with a […]
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Dream Theater Advance Release -The Alien Single 2021 Prog-Metal Giants Dream Theater are set to release their 15th studio LP, A View From The Top Of The World on October 22, 2021 and have given us a glimpse into this LP with “The Alien.” Dream Theater have released the first single from their upcoming “A View From The Top Of The World“ LP […]
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Bernth, Guitar Shred Virtuoso Conquers The Seemingly Impossible! Youtube guitar shred virtuoso Bernth has transposed his adaptation of Paganini’s final “Caprice” for violin. This piece (Caprice 24) has been widely considered to be one of the most difficult pieces ever written for solo violin. Guitar sherd Virtuoso Bernth has not only conquered this incredible piece of music, he shreds it with […]
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Richie Kotzen Announces, New Music Coming Down The Pike With Touring Off The Table Multi talented singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist, Richie Kotzen, known for his incredible solo LP’s as well as his works with the Winery Dogs and Mr. Big to name a few has announced via a video from his Facebook page, that touring for 2021 with his solo project […]
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Neil Peart Voted The Greatest Prog Musician Of All Time! Prog Magazine recently comprised a shortlist of the top prog musicians of all time and encouraged readers/fans to vote online to determine who is the greatest prog musician of all time. Although there were undoubtedly many musicians who could have won this award, there can only be one winner. […]
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Jeff Scott Soto of Sons Of Apollo talks To Allie Jorgensen and LA Metal Media. In this very powerful and in-depth Interview Jeff Scott Soto talks about the new release from Sons Of Apollo, MMXX (2020), the songwriting process, Goodbye Divinity, their Tribute to Neil Peart and Rush and so much more! Special thanks to Jeff Scott Soto […]
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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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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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