Progressive metal

Classic rockers say they will never quit Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood won the outstanding contribution honour at the Classic Rock Awards- and revealed that it was his first ever accolade. "It means a lot," said the musician. "It's...

In this article: Ronnie Wood, Joe Perry, Aerosmith, Steven Tyler, DVD, Black Ice, Classic Rock, Mastodon, and John Bonham

The Great Misdirect is a quality album from one of metal's most inventive contemporary bands. Featured review by: UG Team, on november 03, 2009 0 of 0 people found this review helpful Sound: Let s not make it an elephant in this room...

In this article: Between the Buried and Me, Colors, The Silent Circus, Mirrors, Paul Waggoner, Dan Briggs, Blake Richardson, Watershed, and Dream Theater

Genre: Symphonic Black Metal / Progressive Metal Emperor's third and arguably best album, instrumentally lyrically and by part production wise. Reviewed by: krvolok, on october 30, 2009 0 of 0 people found this review helpful Sound:...

In this article: IX Equilibrium, Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise, and Black metal

Sweden s Progressive Metal powerhouse, Katatonia, has teamed up with Newbury Comics to offer fans the chance to receive a limited autographed CD booklet with a pre-order purchase of the band s eighth studio album, Night Is The New Day. The...

In this article: Katatonia, Decibel Magazine, Newbury Comics, Facebook, MySpace, Peaceville Records, The Great Cold Distance, Sweden, and US

"Heavy metal" and "the circus" are not two terms commonly associated with one another. On one end of the spectrum, metal is harsh, fast, and powerful; it's rowdy and raucous, and it crashes into a listener's eardrums with all of the...

In this article: Symphony X, Circus Maximus, Isolate, IP Address, Dream Theater, The 1st Chapter, Oslo, and Norway

Genre: Metalcore, Hardcore Punk, Progressive Metal What Axe To Fall gives us is our classic Converge sound, and at the same time a couple of differences. Reviewed by: Pagan_Poetry, on october 23, 2009 0 of 0 people found this review...

In this article: Converge, Jacob Bannon, Jane Doe, Metalcore, Genghis Tron, Himsa, and John Pettibone

Progressive metal (sometimes shortened to prog metal) is a fusion genre : a mixture of progressive rock and heavy metal . Progressive metal blends the powerful, guitar-driven sound of metal with the complex compositional structures, odd time...

In this article: Dream Theater, Opeth, Symphony X, Pain of Salvation, King's X, Queensryche, Megadeth, MTV, Fates Warning, and Atheist

Readers who commented on Josh Max's post, "Dance With the Devil," wrote about heavy metal, thrash metal, death metal, R.E.M. and The Chipmunks, and music's power to transform. Excerpts from some are below. Slayer Has Feelings Too

In this article: Slayer, Death metal, Pantera, Opeth, Black metal, The Chipmunks, Iron Maiden, Cannibal Corpse, Slipknot, and R.E.M.

"A sinister cabal of superior writers." Music Reviews: Steve Comte & the Crazy Truth, While Heaven Wept, Forest Stream, Megadeth & Lynryd Skynyrd My how time flies when you are filing your days with the sound of music. The hours quite...

In this article: Megadeth, New York, and Ramones

The Hue plays from a diverse musical palette There are probably few bands that list Wilco, John Coltrane, Megadeth and Chris Thile all among their influences. Chicago-based The Hue, however, lists all of these and more. Described as an...

In this article: DePaul University, Berklee College, Wilco, John Coltrane, and Megadeth