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Album review: “Bloodlines” by Pyramaze

June 21, 2023
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

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 ...

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MindMaze in Sparta

June 5, 2019
by Barry Adkins Better B#Concert CoverageReviews

MindMaze: Official Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram MindMaze is one of those bands that I try to make sure I see anytime I can. Their music is my kind of progressive metal, taking cues from legends such as Fates Warning and Queensryche, bu ...

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Album Review: “Spirits Of Fire” by Spirits Of Fire

February 3, 2019
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

Metal super group Spirits Of Fire's self titled debut album is a cauldron of prog, power and thrash metal that unfortunately is slightly generic. The quartet is comprised of metal legends Tim Owens, Chris Caffery, Steve DiGiorgio and Mark Zonder tha ...

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Live Photos: Geoff Tate at The Variety Playhouse on June 25 2018

July 2, 2018
by Chuck Holloway Concert CoveragePhotojournalismThe ATL

On June 25, 2018, Geoff Tate, the former leads singer for Queensryche brought the Operation: Mindcrime 30th Anniversary Tour to The Variety Playhouse. As a part of his settlement with his former band, he alone is allowed to perform Operation: Mindcrime in its entirety.

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Live Review: Dream Theater at The Atlanta Symphony Hall

December 10, 2016
by Tillman Smoot Concert CoverageThe ATL

The energy on stage and the musical performance felt as if it was all still a shiny new creation, still mint in the box… not a phoned in effort by a band the end of the tour.

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CD Review: “Creatures Watching Over The Dead” by Charred Walls Of The Damned

September 18, 2016
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

Heavy metal supergroup Charred Walls Of The Damned returns with its third record, Creatures Watching Over The Dead. Creatures is the band's first record in five years, which is understandable considering the busy schedule of its members. Bassis ...

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CD Review: ‘Codex Atlantis’ by Serenity

January 18, 2016
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

Serenity keeps its songs short and sweet on Codex Atlantis. One of my main grips with progressive and symphonic metal bands are the tedious song lengths. That is not the case on this record, as every track is under six minutes. Thus, the songs are fa ...

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CD Review: ‘Winter Thrice’ by Borknagar

December 12, 2015
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

Borknagar continues its progressive push on the band's tenth record Winter Thrice. The band keeps its black metal roots to a minimum. Instead, there is a greater shift towards folk metal and even power metal. The result is a multi-textured record tha ...

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CD Review: ‘Duality’ by Rhine

June 6, 2015
by Barry Adkins Album ReviewsBetter B#Reviews

  Whilst going through my first listen of Rhine’s debut album, Duality, I couldn’t decide whether to applaud or laugh at the one-man-band efforts of Gabriel Tachell. Laugh might sound like a mean response to someone’s hard work, but I assure y ...

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