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Sep 9, 2024 | 
sonicperspectives.com | Scott H. Medina |Samantha Buckman |John Kokel
Considering how ubiquitous Tony Levin's bass playing has been in the world of rock over the past fifty years, there are relatively few albums that solely bear his name on the spine.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
sonicperspectives.com | Samantha Buckman |John Kokel |Scott H. Medina |Jonathan Smith
There is no doubt that is one of the most formidable powerhouses at the forefront of the modern progressive music scene. From their explosive 2009 debut " Tall Poppy Syndrome" to 2021's bombastic art-pop driven "Aphelion," have spent more than a decade and a half carving themselves a place in the annals of progressive music history.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
sonicperspectives.com | Jonathan Smith |Samantha Buckman
Avast, Ye Metal Mateys!Symphonic metal has made its fair share of evolutionary leaps since it first came raging out of Europe in the late 1990s courtesy of trailblazers like and Rhapsody Of Fire, to the point where it could be further divided into multiple camps.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
sonicperspectives.com | Jonathan Smith |Samantha Buckman
A new odyssey for the ages is born. With a seemingly endless supply of imitators looking to either ride the coattails of and or otherwise take nearly all their cues from what they've already accomplished, a few have opted to take impressive foundations established thereof and erect some highly unique palaces all their own.
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May 6, 2024 | 
finance-commerce.com | Dan Hall |Samantha Buckman |Scott Andera
Dan Hall (left) and Samantha Buckman To readers: Sponsored columns consist of paid content from companies and organizations that have information and opinions to share with the business community. They do not represent the views of Finance & Commerce.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
sonicperspectives.com | Scott H. Medina |Rodrigo Altaf |Mark Boardman |Samantha Buckman
Big Big Train is a band with an extraordinary history of 25 years, replete with personnel changes dozens of times over. The main constant throughout the years has been Gregory Spawton, whose guitar and bass playing define the band's sound as much as his songwriting.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
sonicperspectives.com | Rodrigo Altaf |Mark Boardman |Samantha Buckman
Metal Hall of Fame inductee Blaze Bayley (Iron Maiden singer 1994-1999) has already released the three singles from his forthcoming album "Circle of Stone". The recording of the record had been completed just two days before suffered a severe heart attack in 2023, and the album was put on hold whilst health matters and recovery progressed. Having returned to live shows in late 2023, is now stronger than never and ready for a new album release and extensive touring.
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Feb 19, 2024 | 
sonicperspectives.com | Gonzalo Pozo |Rick Atkinson |Samantha Buckman
Call them black metal, call them progressive metal, call them whatever you want. But under no pretenses may you call the long-running Norwegian quintet known as anything other than excellent.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
sonicperspectives.com | Gonzalo Pozo |Samantha Buckman
For those new to Syncatto, it is the solo project of guitar wunderkind, Charlie Robbins. Charlie is a YouTube sensation and a guitarist in the equally compelling band, Artificial Language. Charlie offers a fresh take on the concept of instrumental guitar music. His songwriting craft varies and, if music could be described in colors, would be a rainbow of bold sparks of creativity. Syncatto varies from the norm with its typical lack of traditional guitar shred.
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
sonicperspectives.com | Gonzalo Pozo |Samantha Buckman
The bad news is that Fates Warning is indefinitely dormant, if not dead entirely. The good news is that this has allowed the group's key members to create some pretty great music that falls far outside even Fates' broad scope: fans might not necessarily revolt were the prog-metal titans to drop an AOR record or start including " Amarillo by Morning" in their sets, but the rift this would cause would absolutely dwarf the one, say, "A Pleasant Shade of Gray" created.
