Live albums have pretty much always been hit and miss affairs. Much of it has to do with the production and sound of live albums, some are too slick, some are too raw, it must be difficult...

Australia’s Northlane are a great band, and they are also a very clever band, in a number of ways. The way they have kinda burst out of the blue with this, their fourth studio album, without the...

 Ayreon – Arjen Anthony Lucassen There is often a period of several months in between the physical completion of an album and its ultimate release. It can be an awkward phase for artists, as they sit doing...

By his own admission, legendary musician and songwriter Arjen Anthony Lucassen is complete recluse. He doesn’t even tour his music, he stays in his studio and writes, plays, records, produces and releases music. And who ultimately reaps...

I Prevail – Steve Menoian Some bands take 10 years to become and overnight success, some bands just are overnight successes. On a relative scale, anyway. There is less so called ‘credibility’ to falling into the latter...

In keeping with the enigmatic career of former Porcupine Tree main man Steven Wilson himself, this album is a conundrum wrapped in a mystery. But a highly enjoyable one nonetheless. This time, the man of many talents,...

Vanishing Point are an institution in Australian heavy music, and are arguably the Australian power metal institution. More than two decades into their career, they are re-issuing their all-time classic Tangled in a Dream album, which originally...

Danny Estrin – Voyager Perth’s legendary sons of progressive rock and metal Voyager have been around for well over a decade and a half now, and they are aging like a fine West Australian red. And as...

Alter Bridge – Myles Kennedy It is a very politically charged time we live in right now, in America especially but also across the globe. Turn on the news or open up your Facebook feed at any...

Playing original music, writing, recording and playing live and touring, is a tough gig. There is no money in it, unless you happen to be in the lucky one-percent who are actually making a living from it,...