Modern Metal Clairvoinant

Los Angeles native Nita Strauss has become a force in music. After reaching mass acclaim with her first album, Controlled Chaos, she returns with her 2nd full-length on Sumerian Records, The Call Of The Void. Featuring the highly popular "Dead Inside," and "The Wolf You Feed," the album is a combination of melodic sounds and hard hitting riffs that Strauss has become known for, proving time and time again that she has solidified her presence as one of rock's greatest. The new record features a bevy of guest vocalists (David Draiman from Disturbed, Anders Friden from In Flames, Alice Cooper, Lzzy Hale of Halestorm), an example of Strauss not being afraid to try something new.

Whenever you read the biographies of 80s metal bands – given the odd exception, obviously – you are left thinking, “damn, you grunge.” Metal Church’s one reads like most. Massive buzz to start with, popular couple of albums, everyone leaves to go to “other projects” in the 90s, and then they reform in the noughties. You can usually add in the return of a “classic” vocalist too, and later releases should always include phrases like “return to our roots” in interviews.

As the original bassist for the seminal death metal band Cannibal Corpse, author Alex Webster offers invaluable insight into the realm of metal bass guitar. This exclusive book/online audio provides detailed, hands-on training, featuring vital bass guitar techniques and concepts. …

As weird as the “atmospheric/symphonic death metal” moniker might be, the genre constantly graces us with top-tier acts that can kick ass and sound sophisticated at the same time, like Fleshgod Apocalypse, Ex Deo, Horrified, and, of course, our case in point here, Septicflesh…

With a career spanning more than three decades, composer and multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen has firmly established himself worldwide as driving force in progressive rock. While best known for his rock opera project Ayreon, the multi-talented Dutchman also regularly embarks on musical side projects such as Ambeon, Guilt Machine and Star One. These projects all explore different aspects of Lucassen's musical personality. Lucassen strives to keep a consistent cast of vocalists for Star One rather than mixing it up with the ever-changing vocal line-up that characterizes Ayreon. For "Victims of the Modern Age" he reunited the stellar cast of lead vocalists from the first album, “Space Metal” (2002): Russell Allen (Symphony X), Damian Wilson (Headspace, Threshold), Floor Jansen (ReVamp, ex-After Forever), and Dan Swanö (Nightingale, Second Sky, ex-Edge Of Sanity)…

The latest release by Swedish metal act Engel, "Blood of Saints" builds on the sound of the previous album "Threnody". Thus, the listener is treated to modern metalcore-based music in the form of 11 rocking tracks…