RICHIE KOTZEN – The Essential Richie Kotzen

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Guitar legend/songwriter/singer Richie Kotzen is celebrating over 25 years of recording by releasing a collection appropriately entitled The Essential Richie Kotzen.  The songs on the two CD/one DVD collection were personally selected by Kotzen as both an introduction to people unfamiliar with his work and as a bonus to current fans. CD1 could be described… Read more »


KONTRUST – Explositive

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Have you ever pondered over what it might be like to add spices or curry powder to your morning oatmeal?  Maybe you have been assaulted by a nagging curiosity over what it might be like to dip a hotdog in your hot chocolate instead of bothering with marshmallows?  If this sounds like you then the… Read more »


BAILEY – Long Way Down

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The name of the band is a reference to the surname of an English guitarist and vocalist named Nigel Bailey.  At the age of 12 he picked up a guitar thanks to the backdrop of a musical family and hasn’t looked back.  Classic sounding distorted riffs aplenty drift into the cosmos and his voice essentially… Read more »


EMIGRATE – Silent So Long

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Why should you care about this gem of an album and why should you take a moment to understand what Emigrate is?  That’s a really good question in a world which continues to gain a fast pace on a daily basis.  If you’re an avid fan of the remarkable German combo Rammstein then you’ll already… Read more »


SEASONS AFTER – Calamity Scars and Memoirs

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The last time we heard new music from Seasons After was their 2010 debut album Through Tomorrow, featuring the popular cover of Gerard McMann’s Cry Little Sister. After a legal battle and some line-up changes, the boys are finally back with their independent release Calamity Scars and Memoirs. The album is full of dueling guitars… Read more »


KALEDON – Antillius: The King of the Light

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This Italian Power Metal combo were formed back in 1998 and have been slowly and steadily increasing their epic profile ever since.  In 2002 they unveiled their debut album Legend of the Forgotten Reign – Chapter I: The Destruction, and many years later the fans get to embrace and savor a brand new eighth studio opus… Read more »


BLOODBOUND – Stormborn

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In the hazy days of 2004 in a location within the mighty fine country of Sweden, two creative and passionate minds became one giving birth to the power metal entity known as Bloodbound.  They released a debut studio opus in 2005 and haven’t really looked back as Tomas Olsson and Fredrik Bergh steered the sonically… Read more »


THE BLACK LANTERN – We Know the Future

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Crawling from the panorama of Long Beach, California is a quartet which enjoys battling the mainstream and following a path which is their own.  Screamer Magazine doesn’t just celebrate and investigate established bands, but also enjoys stumbling across new talent and artists who venture into the wild on an independent basis. Cutting through the bravado,… Read more »


RICHIE KOTZEN – LIVE at The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, CA

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There is something both awe-inspiring and humbling when watching a musician so skilled that it seems that his instrument is an extension of his hands. Awe-inspiring for obvious reasons; humbling because one realizes how feeble their own music skills are compared to the master. Just how does someone achieve that level of greatness? Are they… Read more »


Conjuring Evil – Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies & Exodus LIVE at The Forum

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Helicopters were circling overhead, police lights flashed, the red and blue beams bouncing back and forth, people shouted obscenities, a beer bottle flew past crashing to the ground. No this is not a description of the L.A. Riots, it is the description of the parking lot of the Los Angeles Forum in Inglewood on November… Read more »


PIERCE THE VEIL – LIVE – Pomona, CA

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Pierce The Veil played the second show of their long awaited World Tour on Friday, November 7, 2014 at the historic Fox Theater in Pomona, California. On an unseasonably warm fall night in Southern California, throngs of fans waited in a line that wrapped around this grand theater turned concert hall to see Pierce The… Read more »


CAVALERA CONSPIRACY – Pandemonium

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If you’ve survived the previous two studio albums called Inflikted (2008) and Blunt Force Trauma (2011) by the Brazilian brothers Cavalera, then maybe you’ve had sufficient bludgeoning of the senses?  If you’re a masochist with a rabid appreciation of the aggressive arts of music composition then perhaps you’re eagerly awaiting Pandemonium with bated breath? Max and… Read more »