Through the strengthening crucible of the vagaries of the music industry, the ups and downs of road life, the uncertainty of long-term success, and the sometimes demoralizing lack of internal cohesion, Swedish metal guitarist/bandleader/songwriter Filippa […]
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Creating spectacular soundscapes has become the stock in trade of the diversely talented ephemeral metal band, Sojourner. The quintet, which features musicians from three different nations, New Zealand, Sweden and Italy, released their third studio […]
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A powerfully melodic metal band that just seems to get better with every record they release, Sweden’s Dynazty (not a typo!) works feverishly to top each record with the next, striving to grow as individual […]
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Like a thundering storm that sweeps over the landscape accompanied by earth-shuddering thunder, mighty gales and pelting rain and snow, Sweden’s masters of mythical metal mayhem, Brothers of Metal, had returned like the force of […]
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To call Mark Mangold a successful musician and songwriter is a bit of an understatement. Although the subject of this article is the re-emergence of his ground-breaking 1970s keyboard-based progressive rock project American Tears, which […]
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