Days of the New released their self titled debut album in 1997.At the time songwriter and front man Travis Meeks was only 15 years old.Regardless of age, the album displays musical maturity delivered through an intensely creative performance.The album was the first to be considered an all acoustic Heavy …

Maxwell’s first 1996 album “Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite”, is one of my most favorite albums ever. The album exemplifies Maxwell’s soulful and unique voice. I remember when I went into the music store a while back, the manager in the store recommended that I should try …

For us those who are old enough to catch the tail-end of 80’s rock, rock icons Guns N’ Roses are definitely something we can be nostalgic about. Hard-core fans definitely miss the music of unique guitar sounds, equally unique and incredible song structure and craftsmanship and wildcat howls …

Before they were one of the greatest bands of all time, there was the black album.
Opening the album is the heavyly rotated “Enter Sandman”. This track begins with mouth crunching guitars and drums. Throughout the entire track you are wondering if the boogyman himself …

Ozzy Osbourne is quite simply my music Messiah, the God of all things metal, the Prince Of Darkness! I have seen him live in concert on July 6th in what was truly the most amazing night of my life, seeing my hero and God LIVE why I was only …

U2 is an Irish rick band and they brought out an album a while back named “How to dismantle and atomic bomb.” Interesting title if I do say so myself.
I bought the album for one of the songs in particular but other songs from it has grown on …

Overview - In Through The Out Door, Led Zeppelin’s final effort before the death of their drummer John Bonham, is an album that I would to say is simply average at best. The album does have some good work, at least good parts, but overall the album really isn’t …

I just love the man in black. Johnny Cash was an highly influential singer, guitar player and song writer in the mid 1900’s. He played with his band and they traveled and played small gigs in America until he really made it big, and then Johnny Cash played all …

The Ceiling Is Bendin’ is a song by the Flaming Lips and the sixth song on their album Oh My Gawd. Opening up with a drum and bass part which fades in and out repeatedly, Coyne comes in with the vocals of the track which thankfully has some character …

Hate This And I’ll Love You is a song by Muse which is the final track on their debut record, Showbiz. The song opens up with a very melodic and calm sound which Bellamy compliments nicely with his vocals throughout the first verse. What I particularly like about this …

I listen to nearly all genres of music, but I do not have any particular artist or bands that I like. I just listen to what is pleasing to my ears. One of the songs that I have been hearing a lot for the past couple of weeks is …

The Dean Boca 12 String Semi-Hollow Body Electric Guitar (wow that’s a long name) is my favorite 12 string guitar, after the Rickenbacker. I ordered it online from Musicians Friend. A lot of 12 strings have a nice sound but lack that classic 60’s quality that is …

Kill Rock —˜N Roll is a song by System Of A Down which appears on the second half of their double record Mezmerize/Hypnotize. Kill Rock —˜N Roll is a very short track, at about two and a half minutes long, and it’s also a track which feels short as …

Artist: SWV
Video: “It’s All About U”
Album: New Beginning
Label: RCA Records
Director: Kevin Bray
“It’s All About U” is the third and final single and music video from SWV’s second album titled “New Beginning”, following their predecessors, “You’re The One” and “Use Your Heart”. Out of these three pre-Shiny Suit Era music …

Bon Jovi are one of the most recognizable bands from the 1980’s power ballad era, famous for songs such as always, Bed of Roses and Living on a prayer, and easily recognized by their BIG hair during the hair metal years! I have been a fan of Bon Jovi …

This is an amazing album but out by a ruly amazing band. I have really enjoyed listening to this album, really at least there or fourr times a week since i purchased it a few months ago. It is a melodic, thoughtful indoe rock CD that anyone who likes …

In 1982, Los Angeles-based deathrock band Christian Death released their groundbreaking debut record, “Only Theatre of Pain”. With its innovative Goth/Punk sound, dark atmosphere, pessimistic lyrics, and Rozz Williams’ distressed vocal style, the record would go on to be called the definitive deathrock album.
The album’s style is a …

“Eagles Goth” is the 11th track on “Death by Sexy”. “Eagles Goth” is by far the shortest song on the entire album. What it lacks in length however, it makes up for in style.
“Eagles Goth starts off with a off key rockabilly riff. The guitar’s aren’t very impressive, the …

Overview —“ Black Metal, the second album released by Venom, continues in the very heavy and fast sound that Venom introduced on Welcome To Hell and once again proves why they’re considered so influential to both the thrash metal and black metal genres. I think that out of all …

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra has been becoming increasingly popular over the years, especially during the holiday season. I recently purchased The Lost Christmas Eve album, which, obviously is a Christmas album. It is hands down the best Christmas CD I have ever heard in my life. It …

The song “The Sound of Silence” by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel a.k.a Simon and Garfunkel (who was a musical duo who became popular in the mid 60’s)was created with a great deal of wisdom. It was like the composer/s was in a trance while writing this. …

Fryin’ Up is a song by The Flaming Lips and appears as the seventh track on their album Telepathic Surgery. Opening up with a very catchy distorted guitar riff, right from the start of this song the band do an excellent job of having a very catchy rhythm and …

This album by Sonic Youth aroused a mixed reaction in me. On the one hand and I thought that this album could have been a lot better. On the other hand it still has a number of very good songs and some features, some very impressive features, which were …

One of the songs by Hard Rock Band Tesla off their first Album Mechanical Resonance, is a cover of Little Suzi’s on the up by Pop band Phd. The Tesla version is alot better in my opinion then the original song. The original is really boring and is way …

You could not classify Novembre’s “Materia” as metal, nor heavy metal. Though Novembre have a background that is colored in Metal, on “Materia” they embrace their softer side while including traces of their metal history.
Novembre could somewhat be classified as similar to bands like Opeth, Katatonia, and even at …

I got the Fender Frontman 10G with a “starter pack” from Guitar Center, which also included a Stratocaster and etc accessories. As suggested, I was pretty new to the guitar and didn’t really need anything massive to practice with. I found no problem entirely using the small 10w amp …

Your Bruise is a song by Death Cab For Cutie which appears on their debut record, Something About Airplanes. Opening up with a repeating and simple guitar pattern, the song establishes a pretty brooding atmosphere which the vocals thankfully take advantage of with a vocal delivery that is both …

Showing off the musical talent, the three members of TLC give us a great album with the songs on their CD “Crazy Sexy Cool”. With 13 songs in the list, most of them we all know and can sing along to, for example…those that we know are: Creep, Diggin’ …

As I was updating my files of Christmas albums, I was able to buy few new ones and one of them is this album “Mary Did You Know? 17 Inspirational Christmas Songs From Today’s Top Country Artists”.
I purchased this album after seeing the selections were performed by top artists. …

The whole use your Illusion 1 & 2 albums by Guns N’ Roses are both master pieces that should be respected no matter what happens to any of the band members in the future of music. It is an album that contains Epic guitar and piano compositions written by …

Overview —“ The self-titled debut album by System Of A Down definitely made a new mark on the genre of metal in my opinion. During the time of this album’s release, there honestly wasn’t a whole lot of good heavy music still going on like it had been during …

I purchased ‘Fender Gig Bag Deluxe Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar’ for my younger brother and it is really good and comfortable gig bag for Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar from Fender. The bag has a good padding for the guitar and along with that it has three zipper pockets in …

Bliss is a track which appears on Muse’s second record, Origin Of Symmetry. Bliss is a track which has been described to have sort of a disco feel, and after you hear about the first thirty seconds of this track, you’d probably agree. The reason for this is because …

I Was There is a song by Green Day which appears on their debut record 1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. The song starts off with a generic guitar riff consisting of some simple chords before the drums come in with a nice pounding rhythm which at least give something interesting …

Bob is a myth. He is the god of his gender. In addition to having an impeccable, personal, unique and elegant style, he was the first to do what he does, the first and only who does so as to do with arrogance and elegance but without the typical …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: 8 Days of Christmas
Album: 8 Days of Christmas
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Sanaa Hamri
“8 Days of Christmas” is a promotional single and music video off of Destiny Child’s 2001 Christmas album of the same name. Directed by Sanaa Hamri (who also directed “Nasty Girl” for them), the music …

This band has influenced me tremendously as a heavy metal vocalist just starting out. Of course, I have other influences such as the band Arch Enemy which has a female lead singer like me; but there have been many things I have adored about the band Pantera.
If you’ve ever …

A very popular song in today’s rock standards would definitely have to be Mississipi Queen by the band Mountain. This song just has a great punch to it and it’s a really good song while im just cruising in the car. It’s meant to be played loud! The …

Sabaton’s first alnum Primo Victoria has stroken me as really good, although not at all original, when I finally saw the seond album in the store, I didn’t even think twice before taking my wallet out.
The Artwork looks really nice, but I’m not the kind of a man that …

I discover this song while listening to RJ 100, a local radio Station in the Philippines. It is a song from the early 70’s that I just heard this 20th Century. Although it is old, I get attracted to the song as it gives continues rhythm that I never …

The danelectro danoblaster guitar that I recenty borrowed froma freind is a neat assembly of parts.This guitar was made in korea and has a floyd rose type bridge that lays flat against the body which only makes it good for diving.It’s painted black with a mother of pearl …

Artist: Mase
Video: “Feel So Good”
Album: Harlem World
Director: Hype Williams
Ah yes, the good old shiny suit days of Hip Hop and R&B. “Feel So Good” was the first official single and music video from Mase off of his debut album “Harlem World”, it is perhaps the best music video off …

“Everybody Plays the Fool” by The Main Ingredient is easily one of my favorite songs of all time. From the first time I heard it on the radio, the song clicked with me. It is so very true to the way love works that it causes me to tear …

Best I ever had by Gary Allan is a song that is sad but I like it any how. This song talks about how this guy is realizing that the girl that he wants is just the best he ever had but it is sad in the way she …

On the new Ace Frehley record Anamoly their are a bunch of good tracks that the Ex guitarist layed down and did some vocals on that were very original. Although hes not much of a singer and he used vocal processing live I still think his melodic phrasing and …

A song that I really like off the new Slash album released a year ago is the track I hold on. This song features vocals by Kid Rock and of course the guitar arrangements were written and played by Slash. This song starts by fading in and getting …

After 16 years, the music from the critically acclaimed “Batman: The Animated Series” is available. You won’t find this cd in stores, on Amazon, or even iTunes. To order it, you’ll have to go to www.lalalandrecords.com.
This 2 cd set does not cover the whole series, no not …

I have always thought Nas was a good rapper. I really like his voice and his flow style. His rap style is very smooth and flows very well. I think he is much better than Jay Z and is the real king of New York. His songs are very deep …

When Blink 182 had their fallout and Tom Delonge went his way, Travis Barker, and Mark Hoppus went their way, and formed this band with a friend. When Your Heart Stops Beating is an impressive album, after the failure of Blink 182’s last album I thought they had …

It amazes me that I ever purchased Garth Brooks: Double Live CD because, frankly, he was never a favorite of mine. I did have a co-worker who adored the man. I don’t deny he knows how to put on a show or can sing a song, but …