Album Review: “Drama” by Marty Friedman
Marty Friedman's newest solo release, Drama, is an emotional work driven by guitar virtuosity and classical arrangements. “Illumination” opens the album with somber piano and a blend of classical and jazz guitar phrasing. Marty's melancholic paints a ...
Album review: “Bloodlines” by Pyramaze
Danish power metal quintet Pyramaze deliver a dynamic batch of metal on its seventh album Bloodlines. The title track is an instrumental that opens the album. It starts with a mysterious piano melody that is joined by string samples and bombastic drum ...
CD Review: “Wizard Bloody Wizard” by Electric Wizard
Electric Wizard keep the doom wheel rolling on its ninth record Wizard Bloody Wizard. Six songs of bluesy sludge wrapped in psychedelia, the occult and melancholy. The record's initial single “See You In Hell” is a primordial blues stomp akin to Black Sab ...