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MindMaze - Back From The Edge (2014) Featured player: Mike Lepond Mike Lepond ropes a prize bull here, gang! This is honestly so good that it doesn’t even deserve the rodeo. Really catchy, killer power/prog with amazing instrumental sections, good melodies, and legitimately fun songwriting...

New interview with Russell: Highlights: Romeo sent him "10 hours" of material for the new album and there's just too much - that's the hold up. But hopefully, that means the NEXT album would come even quicker. There's no touring beyond this month, so that leaves "all of summer and fall" to...

OF COURSE it's only about money for him! It's not about her crimes against humanity, her complete lack of empathy, her complete lack of skills or her complete lack of leadership - it's only about money. It is ALL Trump cares about. What a sick, twisted, pathetic fucking sack of meat (I almost...

Micheal Pinnella - Ascension (2014) Our favorite keyboard maestro returns with another solo album full of (some) piano, some fuzzy-sounding solos, and some bleep-bloops. Unfortunately, the issues I had with Pinnella's first album continue here: poor production, inconsistent songwriting, and...

How many albums have you written in the last ten years?

This is great! Concise, but does everything I want an Evergrey song to do in 2026. Hell yeah, Tom! This has me excited for the album, especially after OXYGEN! being so meh.

The guy is turning 70 years old next week and has led his band to two magnificent eras of stadium-filling success. I wouldn't be as driven, either. What more does he have to prove?

It's time for an all-new feature of my comprehensive Symphony X Extended Universe ratings! INTRODUCING... Mike LePond's Bass-tacular Metal Rodeo! Ladies and gentlemen, if you think Russell Allen is a bit too willing to contribute to side projects: have you met Mike Lepond? As you will soon...

I think they would not understand the reference.

Resale is absolute bullshit. Keep watching in the days before the concert as they will drop when sellers get desperate.

Well, how can we have peace if we don’t first have Iran’s oil?!

Symphony X - Iconoclast (2011) Let's get one thing clear: Iconoclast is a Symphony X album. And, as such, it is better than 90% of other metal out there. With that said, I must continue to voice my displeasure with this album as I have done since its release. The short of it is: this album is...

And ticket prices!

Metallica at the Las Vegas Sphere confirmed, this October. https://www.metallica.com/news/2026-02-25-life-burns-faster-at-sphere-in-las-vegas.html

Star One - Victims of the Modern Age (2010) Featured player: Russell Allen Russell, Floor, Damian and Dan return for another collection of sci-fi-influenced tunes courtesy of Arjen Anthony Lucassen and it's a barnburner! This record is just so very enjoyable. The riffs are heavy, the melodies...

As always: they don't care. It's not waste. It's not fraud. It's not abuse. It's Trump doing more good!

Honestly, I'm surprised that Maiden have sold out all the seats in Tinley. I don't think they've ever done that so quickly before.

I think it’s weird that they’re doing Maiden at all, and I’m sure Richie does too.

A new interview, in which Mikael expounds on his hatred for touring: https://blabbermouth.net/features/mikael-akerfeldt-battles-dislike-of-touring-as-opeth-remains-at-height-of-bands-popularity