Genre: Rock/Pop
Burn Blue Sky resembles, but is not limited to immitating such acts as: Down, Corrosion Of Conformity, Pantera, and Alice In Chains. To learn more about the band please check out the official Burn Blue Sky website at: WWW.BURNBLUESKY.COM
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
We are group of individuals from diverse musical and geographical backgrounds sharing a passion for timeless music: It’s one way to describe the band ENGULF from Houston, Texas. Guitar, Bass, Drums, and Vocals– the cornerstone of just about every great rock band is probably the only formulaic component of the band. One listen to the... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
The Beat
By Monica Ortwein, Associate Editor
40 Oz. of Genius
What’s better than actually being a redneck? Acting like one. Just ask Naskar Nazarene, before they beat your ass.
They’re lean, mean, whiskey chugging machines, and no, they’re not your stepdads. We’re actually talking about the three men of Naskar Nazarene,...
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Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 00s
The stoner metal movement of the late ‘90s was primarily based in the U.S., but other areas of the world spawned similarly styled outfits as well, including Eindhoven, Holland's 7 Zuma 7. Formed in the middle of the decade, the group's original line-up consisted of singer/guitarist Jerry van Eyck, guitarist John Peate, bassist Nick Sanders, and... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
After playing in a handful of metal acts around their native of Halmstead, Sweden, Joakim Thell, Tobias Nilsson, and Thomas Elenvik got together in 1996 to compose the '70s retro-metal of Blind Dog. With a hint of psychedelic touches to accompany their influences of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, the three-piece went into the studio to record... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Darkfold is a 3-piece rock band based in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Darkfold plays heavy rock blessed with a relentless dedication to melody and solid song-craft, plus the seeming incongruity of ferocious live performances and scholarly musical appreciation.
Darkfold started in 2006, based on a mutual obsession with heavy rock music and...
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Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
The DeviliciouS info:
Devilicious is a quartet from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band was formed in 2005 by Mikael Jacobsson (Guitar, vocal), Carl Paulsen (guitar), Erik samuelsson (Bass) and David Andersson (Drums). All with different musical backgrounds that span from ThrashMetal, black-metal Elektro, rock and punk. The band, has mixed old...
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Genre: Rock/Pop
domes of silence are a stonerrock band from the uk,which have had their tracks featured on video games ,"vietcong" and "test drive unlimited"
which are both pc/ps2/xbox formats
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
The technically proficient guitar playing of John Petrucci elevated Dream Theater to the upper echelons of contemporary heavy metal. While its lineup has continuously evolved, the Long Island-based quintet has consistently delivered sharp-edged music. Dream Theater is known for its high-energy concert performances. While they've released several... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
The members of hard rock trio Fireball Ministry -- Emily J. Burton, James A. Rota, and Helen Storer -- christened themselves with religious titles (bishop, reverend, and sister, respectively) in keeping with their band name, and issued their debut album, Ou Est La Rock?, in 1999 on Bong Load Records. By 2001, Storer left the band and John... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s
Forte was a long-running Oklahoma progressive thrash/power metal outfit initially similar in sound to Metal Church and Jag Panzer, later comparable to Dream Theater, and founded by the Scott brothers -- guitarist Jeff and drummer Greg -- in 1987. Together with singer James Randel and bassist Ghames Jones, they recorded their debut album,... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Vier Typen, drei Instrumente, eine Stimme - RocknRoll auf den Punkt, ohne Umschweife oder Kompromisse.
Das ist lolita.mpg. Die Ursprünge sind da zu finden, wo es sich gehört: bei den geilen Bands zwischen 1960 und heute.
Und lolita.mpg setzt noch einen drauf. Zum Teil verquere Takte und unerwartete Breaks tackern den Zuhörer an...
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Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
Led by singer/guitarist Chris Goss, Masters of Reality were something of an anomaly on the late-'80s/early-'90s rock scene, playing a strongly Cream- and Zeppelin-influenced brand of hard rock with modern touches. Their original members included bassist Googe, guitarist Tim Harrington, and drummer Vinnie Ludovico. Goss broke up the band shortly... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Originally tapped Green Machine, the Canadian prog metal band Sheavy formed in 1993 with the lineup of frontman Steve Hennessey, guitarists Dan Moore and Sterling Robertson, bassist Paul Grouchy, and drummer Ren Squires. Together the band crafted unique metal stylings throughout the '90s. The Reproduction EP, which was issued the following year,... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Solarized are a New Jersey four-piece founded by Jim Hogan on vocals and guitar and Regina Santana on drums, with Lou Gorra on bass and Pete Hauschild, also on guitar. All are veterans of the local stoner rock scene and their 1999 debut, Neanderthal Speedway, betrayed a strong Monster Magnet influence, actually featuring guest performances from... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Formed in 1992 in Toronto, Canada, by Detroit expatriate Ken Bluke, Sons of Otis have pounded out some of the lowest, slowest space rock on record. The band originally consisted of just Bluke and was called Otis (after a character in the film Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer). Otis self-released a debut EP, Paid to Suffer, under that one-word... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Guitarist Michael Amott is best known for his groove-heavy work in the death metal arena (late-period Carcass, Arch Enemy), but the Spiritual Beggars provided an outlet for his retro hard rock impulses, and in the process became one of the stoner metal movement's best-kept secrets. Amott formed the Beggars in Halmstad, Sweden, and employed a... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Bassist Monty Colvin and drummer Alan Doss first played together in Houston in a band called the Awful Truth. When it split up, Colvin and Doss recruited vocalist Ben Huggins and guitarist Dane Sonnier to form the Galactic Cowboys. Signed soon after by DGC, the metallic rock combo released a self-titled debut in 1991 and Space in Your Face two... [+] Read More
Genre: Alternative/Indie
Since forming in 2006, The Host has become a staple of the Hard Rock scene in Cincinnati, Ohio. What started out as a labor of love for the four-piece has become an outright obsession.
"The need to write and perform outweighs anything else in our lives, and we work hard to ensure that everything we do has a special quality to it," says Host...
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Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
Formed in 2005, The Symphony of Screams,bring back good old fashioned riff based metal, with strong melodic vocals, paying homage to Sabath, Zeplin, the Stones etc but totally unique in they're own right. Main vocals and Guitar are shared Between Russ 'The Muss' Hansen & Matt 'Tematera' Smith. Karl 'pimp me' Moore on Bass and Gat, and Bones on... [+] Read More