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The mostly still-teenaged Scottsdale, Arizona-based Age of Evil, easily keep pace with the big boys on their latest release, the six-track EP, ‘Get Dead.’ Picture vintage crushing thrash metal with sweeping Iron Maiden-esque guitar harmonies, and you’re not far off from what the group (which is comprised of two brother teams) – singer/rhythm guitarist Jeremy […]

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's probably just the worst homage to superheros you're ever going to see. Cartoons as well! Here's 10 guitars devoted to our favorite caped crusaders and childhood icons that should never have seen the light of day (and certainly not any stage). 10. Fender Hello Kitty

Hammering melodic metal – in the vein of Queensryche, Dream Theater, and Kamelot – is the style that Finland’s Kings of Modesty specialize in, as evidenced their full-length debut, “Hell or Highwater,” which will see its US release on May 4th (the album was released earlier in other parts of the world). Comprised of members

Melodic/symphonic metal is a style that has experienced a noticeable surge in popularity of late, and the latest band that fits snugly in this style is WildeStarr – comprised of guitarist Dave Starr (who originally came to the attention of metalheads as the bassist for such acts as Vicious Rumors and Chastain) and singer London

One of the toughest metal bands on the scene today has to be Free Reign, who are comprised of three members of the US football team, the Dallas Cowboys – Marc Colombo (vocals/right tackle, #75), Leonard Davis (bass/right guard, #70), and Cory Procter (drums/center and guard, #71) – and are rounded out by up-and-coming shredder

Welcome to AFS vol.55 with All Time Low's Alaxander William Gaskarth. ATL is currently on the road as part of the Rock Star Energy Drink AP (Alternative Press) tour line-up, and they are also part of the MTV-U Campus Invasion Music Festivals lineup in support of their current release “So Wrong, It's Right” featuring the

Radial Engineering (a Canadian based company out of Port Coquitlan BC) have created quite the buzz among musicians and audio experts alike for several years now, producing everything from cable assemblies and direct boxes to a full line of guitar pedals all with outstanding sound quality and durability. The subject of this review, the “PZ-Pre

On their second release overall, ‘Canvas,’ the New Haven, Connecticut-based quartet, Bushwhack – comprised of Frank Sacramone (keyboards), Sean McCusker (bass), Jamie van Dyck (guitars/vocals), and Ben Shanbrom (lead vocals/drums) – have finally introduced vocals to their sound. Starting as a prog-y, all-instrumental band (as evidenced by their 2007 self-titled debut), the group has toughened

Foghat is often linked to the classic rock genre, due to such anthems as “Slow Ride” and “Fool for the City,” but the band has always had their roots in vintage blues. So it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to longtime fans that Foghat has reconnected with the blues on their latest release,

Forget about trying to reach the members of fast-rising metallists 2Cents at their homes, as it appears as though the group is constantly on the road. Comprised of the brother tandem Adam (lead vocals, drums) and Dave O’Rourke (guitar, vocals), and Adair Cobley (guitar) and Jason Wendell (bass), 2Cents has completed two legs of touring