Back in January of this year Finland's Sonata Arctica released the first part of their two-piece Acoustic Adventures project. A delightful collection of many obvious, but also some more obscure catalog selections, Acoustic Adventures - Volume One was nothing less than exhilarating. So now, more than one year later...
When you think of the top tier of European Power Metal bands Nightwish (Finland), HammerFall (Sweden), and Helloween (Germany) are probably some which immediately come to mind. Well, right there with them, just as consistent and relevant over the last two plus decades are none...
Looking for some new music to dig into? Brace yourself, because Nuclear Blast Records are set to release Black Metal, the latest album from Sweden's Witchcraft, Friday May 1st, 2020. Though billed as a band effort, only Founder Magnus Pelander appears on this thirty-minute acoustic missive,...
One of the most successful bands to ever come out of the Grunge era in the early 1990s was Stone Temple Pilots, alongside the usual heavyweights—Nirvana ("Come as You Are") Pearl Jam ("Even Flow"), Alice in Chains ("Man in the Box"), and Soundgarden ("Outshined"). Formed in...
We already know that Electropop phenom Lights has the voice of an angel and can craft a killer acoustic collection, but how will she reinterpret her album Skin&Earth when all the layers are stripped away? The answer to that very question, Skin&Earth Acoustic, arrives Friday,...
Initially formed over two decades ago, Eisley is a band mystical in many ways. Fitting in the realm of Indie Rock, their sound and approach to songwriting has never been limited. They have Country influenced tunes such as 2005's "I Wasn't Prepared," the Dream Pop...
Soothing music lovers' souls in the summer of 2017, Cage the Elephant returned with their first ever live album on July 28th via RCA Records. The album, Unpeeled, peels a layer back, showing the heart and vulnerability of the band. Recorded over a series of shows in Los...
Out of the sunshine state of Florida comes a group of musicians who are full of passion and raw talent, they call themselves Sleeping with Sirens. Formed in 2009, the band has been labeled everything from Post-Hardcore, to Alternative Rock, to a Pop Rock sound....
Born Valerie Anne Poxleitner, Canadian Singer-Songwriter Lights has become well-known for filling in time between studio albums with acoustic EPs. She began with Lights' 2010 Acoustic soon after the release of 2009's The Listening, and 2011's Siberia with the release of Siberia Acoustic in 2013. It is on these...
