Tag Archive: Dream Theater

Apr 07

CD Review: FLYING COLORS ~ Flying Colors

Flying Colors – S/T (Mascot/MTR) Release Date: March 27, 2012 Mike Portnoy has been a busy bastard since stepping away from Avenged Sevenfold and Dream Theater. Earlier this month his band, Adrenaline Mob released its dynamic debut, Omerta. This week his more eclectic project, Flying Colors, releases its self-titled debut. Where Adrenaline Mob is more …

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Feb 20

CD Review: LILLIAN AXE ~ XI The Days Before Tomorrow

Lillian Axe ~ XI: The Days Before Tomorrow  (AFM/CME) Release date: February 14, 2012 (US) In the intervening years since Lillian Axe first broke onto the scene in the mid-80s as another generic hair metal band, something strange has happened: They have become a legitimate band. I point this out because I had written them off before the 90s …

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Feb 20

MIKE PORTNOY Exclusive: Getting Mobbed Up and Taking A Flying Leap

Portnoy confirms Kotzen/Sheehan Project The hardest working drummer in music continues to pound out great music, one project at a time. In March,  former Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy’s two most prominent projects will release debut albums. Fans already got a taste of Adrenaline Mob last year when the band released its taste-test EP. Joining …

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Feb 01

HALESTORM Announce Release Date For New Album, Tours With SHINEDOWN, GODSMACK

The Strange Case of Halestorm Hard rock’s most unassuming band, Halestorm will release its second full-length studio effort, A Strange Case Of… this spring. The Pennsylvania based quartet has been nothing short of a phenomenon since erupting on the music scene with its eponymous debut in 2009. To date, the band has released a live …

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Feb 01

CD Review: HALESTORM – Hello, Its Mz Hyde EP

Halestorm – Hello, It’s Mz Hyde (Atlantic) Release Date: January 24, 2012 In the three years Halestorm has been tearing up the hard rock and metal circuit, I have yet to find anything not to like, nay, love about this quartet from Pennsylvania. The band’s debut self-titled album was hands down the best debut of …

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Sep 11

CD Review: FAIR TO MIDLAND ~ Arrows & Anchors

Fair to Midland ~ Arrows & Anchors (eOne/Seasons of Mist) Release date: July 11, 2011 (EU), July 12, 2011 (US) Texas natives Fair to Midland return this summer with their second major label release and fourth album overall. Sonically Arrows & Anchors picks up where 2007’s Fables from a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three …

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Aug 25

Matt Langley of FAIR TO MIDLAND Talks Arrows & Anchors

Q&A with keysman Matt Langley Call it musical profiling if you will, but one doesn’t generally expect the progressive nature of Fair To Midland‘s style of rock and metal to come bubbling up from the vastness of Texas. Band’s like this tend to take root in places like Chicago, Los Angeles, New York or Boston. …

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Feb 24

CD review: Manimal ~ The Darkest Room

by Rustyn Rose The debut album by Swedish metallers, Manimal was released one year ago, in the band’s home of Gothenberg, Sweden, but the worldwide release is now at hand. Most metal fans outside of Europe have probably not heard the band yet, though they’ve played numerous metal festivals abroad, including Sweden Rock and Metaltown, …

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