Progressive Power Metal supergroup Demons and Wizards performed last night in New York City at the soon to be shuttered Playstation Theater. The band made up of members of Iced Earth and Blind Guardian plays their stellar originals and covers of both home bands in their set. The band was joined by former Iced Earth and current Ashes of Ares singer Matt Barlow for a cover of Iced Earth’s classic “I Died Fr You”! Watch and listen to the great cover and the crowd going off! Continue reading
The third and final day of SOS is more of a classic rock day, although it features fewer bands for me that I was aware of than yesterday. Today is more of an adventure day, and I’m hoping for some discoveries. Continue reading
Time for one of the highlights of my year, the rather excellent SOS festival. A festival envisioned 12 years ago by Lynne Hampson of Rocksector Records as an antidote to the plethora of family un-friendly festivals around at the time. Continue reading
It’s been twenty-one years since John Schaffer of Iced Earth and Hansi Kursch from Blind Guardian joined forces to create Demons and Wizards. It’s been nineteen long years since they released their self-titled debut album, and it’s been fourteen years since its successor, Touched By The Crimson King (Steamhammer), but after one of the longest prick-teases in metal, the Iced Guardian supergroup has finally arrived to play their first ever show in the UK. Continue reading
Check out all of today’s new releases in the music world!
Ace Frehley – Spaceman (Picture Disc) (eOne Music) (Buy)
A Day To Remember – Attack Of The Killer B-Sides – Newbury Comics Exclusive (Color) (Buy)
Alice Cooper – Dirty Diamonds (Vinyl) (New West Records)(Buy)
Alien Weaponry – Tu (Vinyl) (Napalm Records)(Buy)
American War Machine – Unholy War (Bridge Nine)(Buy)
Andy Black – The Ghost Of Ohio (Lava/Republic Records)(Buy)
Bad Religion – My Sanity (7″ & 3″) (Epitaph)(Buy)
Basement – Be Here Now (7″) (Fueled By Ramen)(Buy)
Beartooth – B-Sides (7″) (Red Bull Records)(Buy)
Big Business – The Beast You Are (Joyful Noise)(Buy)
Blackguard – Storm (Self-Released)(Buy)
Blind Guardian – The Forgotten Tales Re-Release (Nuclear Blast) (Buy)
Blind Guardian – Live Re-Release (Nuclear Blast) (Buy)
Blind Guardian – Tokyo Tales Re-Release (Nuclear Blast) (Buy)
Brant Bjork – Keep Your Cool Re-Release (Heavy Psych Sounds) (Buy)
BTS – Map Of The Soul: Persona (Buy)
The Chemical Brothers – No Geography(Buy)
Chad Smith & Josh Klinghoffer – Jeepster/Monolith (7″) (ORG Music)(Buy)
Chuck Mosley – Joe Haze Session #2 (7″) (blocGLOBAL)(Buy)
D’angelo – Voodoo – Newbury Comics Exclusive (Color) (Buy)
Death Therapy – Voices (Solid State Records)(Buy)
Def Leppard – The Story So Far Vol. 2/B-Sides (Vinyl) (UMC/Virgin)(Buy)
Diesear – Bloodred Inferno (eOne Music)(Buy)
Dio – Last In Line (Live) (Picture Disc) (BMG)(Buy)
Melissa Etheridge – The Medicine Show(Buy)
Bruce Hornsby – Absolute Zero (Buy)
Felix Martin – Caracas (N/A)(Buy)
Foo Fighters – Big Me (3″) (Roswell Records)(Buy)
Gabriel And The Apocalypse – Alpha Bionic (Pavement Entertainment)(Buy)
Graveyard – Live At Pustervik (Reaktor/Nuclear Blast)(Buy)
Green Jellÿ – Cereal Killer Sounds (Vinyl) (Say-10 Records)(Buy)
Greta Van Fleet – From The Fires (Vinyl) (Lava/Republic)(Buy)
Halestorm – Buzz/Chemical (7″) (Atlantic)()
Hatebreed – Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire – Newbury Comics Exclusive (Color) (Buy)
Hath – Of Rot And Ruin (Willowtip)(Buy)
Hawkwind – The 1999 Party – Live At The Chicago Auditorium (Vinyl) (Rhino/Parlophone)(Buy)
High On Fire – Bat Salad (12″) (eOne Music)(Buy)
Iced Earth – Enter The Realm Re-Release (Red)(Buy)
Inferi – The End Of An Era | Rebirth (The Artisan Era)(Buy)
Inter Arma – Sulphur English (Relapse)(Buy)
Ketzer – Cloud Collider (Metal Blade)(Buy)
Etta James – Etta James Rocks The House – Newbury Comics Exclusive (Color) (Buy)
Norah Jones – Begin Again(Buy)
L7 – Burn Baby (7″) (Blackheart Records)(Buy)
Lake Street Dive – Bad Self Portraits – Newbury Comics Exclusive (Color) (Buy)
Aaron Lewis – State I’m In (Buy)
Mastodon – Stairway To Nick John (10″) (Reprise)(Buy)
Molases – Molases – (Van Records) (Buy)
Motörhead – Overkill/Bomber (7″) (BMG)(Buy)
Motörhead – Rockaway Beach (7″) (Motörhead Music)(Buy)
My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade Is Dead (Vinyl) (Reprise Records) (Buy)
Nekrasov – Lust Of Consciousness (Prosthetic Records)(Buy)
Nirvana – Live At The Paramount (Buy)
Nita Strauss – Controlled Chaos (Vinyl) (Sumerian Records)(Buy)
Numenorean – Adore (Season Of Mist)(Buy)
Pearl Jam – Live At East Street (Vinyl) (Monkeywrench)(Buy)
Pelican – Midnight & Mescaline (7″) (Southern Lord)(Buy)
Pete Rock – Don’t Smoke Rock Instrumentals (Buy)
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets (Mono) (Vinyl) (Legacy)(Buy)
Posthum – Like Wildfire (Indie Recordings)(Buy)
Rush – Hemispheres (Picture Disc) (UMe)(Buy)
Scream Blue Murder – Rock Bottom (Stay Sick Recordings)(Buy)
Serj Tankian – Harakiri (Vinyl) (Music On Vinyl)(Buy)
Silverstein – Redux: The First 10 Years (N/A)(Buy)
Suldusk – Lunar Falls (Northern Silence Productions)(Buy)
Sunn O))) – Life Metal (Vinyl/CD) (Southern Lord)(Buy)
Sworn Amongst – Reclamation EP (Famined Records)(Buy)
The Machinist – Confidimus In Morte (Prosthetic Records)(Buy)
The Used – The Used Live From Maida Vale (10″) (Hopeless Records)(Buy)
Theories – Vessel (Corpse Flower Records)(Buy)
Thrice – Deeper Wells (12″) (Epitaph)(Buy)
Various Artists – Dualism (Eclipse Records)(Buy)
Troll – Legend Master (Shadow Kingdom)(Buy)
Tronos – Celestial Mechanics (Century Media) (Buy)
Various Artists – House Of Wax Music From The Motion Picture (Vinyl) (Maverick)(Buy)
Various Artists – Howard Stern’s Private Parts (Vinyl) (Warner Bros. Records)(Buy)
Various Artists – The Crow (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Vinyl) (Atlantic Records)(Buy)
Various Artists – Transformers – Revenge Of The Fallen Soundtrack (Vinyl) (Reprise Records)(Buy)
Waldgefluster – Mondscheinsonaten (Nordvis)(Buy)
ZVI – Deer Pink (Nefarious Industries)(Buy)
SATURDAY
With everyone firmly into the swing of things by now, Saturday’s main stage openers Nailed to Obscurity opened proceedings strongly enough but were promptly blown out of the water by one of the major surprises of the festival – Power Trip. A combination of thrash and early death metal, the Texan act were a blur of riffs and speed, whipping up the early afternoon crowd into an explosive cyclone of energy. Continue reading
Ghost Cult caught up with Stu Block, the phenomenal singer of Iced Earth at The Gramercy Theatre in New York City recently to discuss his career, his time in Iced Earth, the longevity of the band, all the ways veteran bands can make things easier for their career’s over time, singing and care for one’s voice, and much more. Special thanks to Stu and Iced Earth for their time. Videography and photos by Omar Cordy of OJC Photography. Continue reading
Powermetal has a new supergroup: The Three Tremors. Featuring Tim”The Ripper” Owens (ex- Judas Priest, Iced Earth, Dio Disciples) Harry “The Tyrant” Conklin (Jag Panzer), and Sean “The Hell Destroyer” Peck (Cage, Death Dealer, Denner/Shermann) have joined forces in a trio of vocal prowess and unabashed heavy metal greatness. The name from a former tour of the same name featuring Ripper. Their debut self-titled album will release on September 20th, 2018 and have launched a Pledge Music campaign. You can watch a trailer for their upcoming album now. Continue reading
The heshers and hesherettes are already in line at Bloodstock Open Air for the start of this years’ festival. Get set for the fest with the top bands to watch with our preview. Continue reading
Progressive power metal supergroup Demons and Wizards, featuring Hansi Kürsch and Jon Schaffer are teasing a return. They launched a Facebook official band page, and Iced Earth shared a message promising an announcement net week. After spending some time working on new music last year the band has been quiet until now. Any new music would be the long-awaited follow-up to Touched By The Crimson King (Warner).