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Heaven and Hell - Live In Newcastle

Sat, 24/11/2007 - 14:18 - Edward Box

Heaven and Hell - Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle:
There is a school of thought that suggests that the definitive Black Sabbath is not the one with the brummie singer but the one containing that other bloke, you know, the one who is obsessed by dragons and wizards. Leaving such debates aside let’s consider the facts:

Symphony X - Paradise Lost

Thu, 05/07/2007 - 11:25 - Rory Sullivan

Symphony X – Paradise Lost

Myself and Owen from AOG have always maintained that Symphony X were a ‘Fully Evolved’ band right from their conception. They sat around a table and agreed that their musical vision shall be just like it still is today – fully evolved, over dramatic, brutally sonic, technically perfect, mythically enlightened, progressive metal leaning towards an epic battle scenario. I imagine that if Zeus owns an i-pod, then Symphony X will command his ‘My Favourites’ playlist.

Saxon - The Inner Sanctum

Wed, 13/06/2007 - 17:43 - Edward Box
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British Heavy Metal stalwarts Saxon recently featured on national TV here in the UK with rock promoter extraordinaire Harvey Goldsmith in an amusing look at making them relevant in 2007. So lets see if their latest album ‘The Inner Sanctum’ has gone all trendy and ‘current’ on us!

Scorpions - Humanity Hour Vol 1

Wed, 13/06/2007 - 17:39 - Edward Box
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The 1990’s were a dark time for Hanover’s finest: like most classic Hard Rock/Metal bands they struggled to make sense of the changing landscape and the result was two dire albums (‘Pure Instinct’ and ‘Eye to Eye’) and two pretty poor ones (‘Face the Heat’ and ‘Crazy World’). It was with some trepidation that a friend gave me a copy of ‘Unbreakable’ in 2004 but after a few listens one thing became clear: The Scorps were back, big time – let’s see if 2007 brings such good news!

Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos

Sat, 02/06/2007 - 12:57 - Edward Box
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Unquestionably one of the greatest metal based bands of the last 15 years, New York’s Dream Theater have been setting the standard for others to follow for a long time now. In the dark days of grunge, I remember hearing ‘Images and Words’ and it being a beacon of light for me.

Dokken - From Conception - Live 1981

Sat, 05/05/2007 - 14:08 - Owen Edwards
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Dokken were – for a few years – one of the biggest LA Hard Rock bands around, and in George Lynch’s amazing six string virtuosity had a genuine guitar superstar up there with Eddie, Randy, Yngwie, Jake E Lee, Warren Di Martini and the rest.

Combined with Don Dokken and Jeff Pilsons melodic sensibilities, Dokken released two must have albums of the era – 1986’s ‘Under Lock And Key’ ’1987’s ‘Back For The Attack’.

Judas Priest - British Steel

Sat, 24/02/2007 - 12:13 - Edward Box
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The New Wave of British Heavy Metal promised much but in reality produced only three bands of any note: Iron Maiden, Saxon and, although they always hated the tag, Def Leppard. However, for a time between March 1980 and the following year, metal was king of all it surveyed and nothing symbolised its reign better than British Steel, the most metal album ever made in the entire history of the genre...

Greg Howe - Five

Mon, 07/08/2006 - 20:01 - Owen Edwards
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The first track, ‘Just Kiddin’, written by Michel Camilo, is a lively number, with a bit of a Latin feel to it. The guitar work is of course brilliant, coming from this very accomplished and fluent guitarist. Half way through this track, Greg switches from electric, to acoustic, then back to electric again near the end….

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