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Neil Peart Voted The Greatest Prog Musician Of All Time! Prog Magazine recently comprised a shortlist of the top prog musicians of all time and encouraged readers/fans to vote online to determine who is the greatest prog musician of all time. Although there were undoubtedly many musicians who could have won this award, there can only be one winner. […]

Godsmack’s “Bulletproof” Has Been Certified Platinum Godsmack Goes Platinum! Although Godsmack has ended their touring cycle for their latest highly acclaimed release “Bulletproof” the record’s momentum keeps blazing across the heavens like a brilliant shooting star! In September of this year (2020), their song Bulletproof from the LP of the same name, was certified as a platinum digital single […]

Dirty Honey in conjunction with KLOS Radio and the Viper Room Present: Lock Down Live a live music video stream July 24 2020 Worldwide Dirty Honey rocked the Viper Room and households Worldwide with the first ever live- stream concert from the Viper Room in Hollywood CA on July 24, 2020. The show was presented in conjunction with Los Angeles radio station KLOS and […]

LOS ANGELES, CA – Iconic Los Angeles rock radio station KLOS-FM, and legendary Sunset Blvd. nightclub The Viper Room will join forces with L.A.’s hottest new rock band Dirty Honey for “Lockdown Live at The Viper Room,” a global pay-per-view concert event set for Friday, July 24 starting at 7:30PM (PDT). Tickets are priced at $9.55; log on to dirtyhoney.veeps.com for […]

Neil Peart of Rush is known to rock fans around the world for his prowess behind the drum kit, as an innovative leader in progressive rock drumming and as a consummate drum soloist. As a lyricist and writer, Neil Peart was an amazing storyteller, whether it was through his lyrics or his drum solos, his narratives were always a well orchestrated piece […]

Interview with Fynn Claus Grabke and Philipp Mirtschink of the German Band, The Picturebooks. Fynn and Philipp talk to Allie Jorgensen and LA Metal Media Magazine about their new CD, how the band started, working with Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders and so much more. A very positive and uplifting interview during these crazy times. Special thanks to Fynn […]

THE PRETTY RECKLESS SIGN TO FEARLESS RECORDS NEW MUSIC COMING SOON! Fearless Records is pleased to announce the signing of rock monoliths The Pretty Reckless. The band will be dropping a new single soon, so stay tuned for more details. In the meantime, singer Taylor Momsen will be doing a special acoustic performance as part of Fearless At Home on Saturday, May 9. Watch the signing video here. The […]

Jeff Scott Soto of Sons Of Apollo talks To Allie Jorgensen and LA Metal Media. In this very powerful and in-depth Interview Jeff Scott Soto talks about the new release from Sons Of Apollo, MMXX (2020), the songwriting process, Goodbye Divinity, their Tribute to Neil Peart and Rush and so much more! Special thanks to Jeff Scott Soto […]

Dirty Honey El Rey Theater Concert Review 2-28-20 Los Angeles February 28, 2020, home town heroes Dirty Honey hosted a headline sold out show at the El Rey Theater with special guest artist; The Amazons from Reading, Berkshire, UK. The anticipation was extremely high for Dirty Honey’s home town return with this last stop of their first headline tour in 2020. Dirty […]

Richie Kotzen talks to Allie Jorgensen and LA Metal Media about his new Release “50 For 50” a Masterpiece of 50 songs on three separate CD’s he put together to celebrate his 50th Birthday. Richie talks about the process of going through all the songs and putting the CD’s together, as well as the songwriting process, the song […]

Queensryche Concert Review House of Blues Anaheim 1/30/20 Written by: Roc Boyum Queensryche returned to the Anaheim House of Blues to deliver a crushing set of classic Queensryche songs as well as some new material; most notably from their latest LP The Verdict. Special guests were John 5 and the up and coming rockers, Adam to Eve. Queensryche has recently released their third LP […]

Sons of Apollo Concert Review Roxy Theater 1-25-20 Written: Roc Boyum Edited: Allie Jorgensen Sons of Apollo blew the roof off the Roxy Theater in West Hollywood on 1/25/20 with their first sold out show of this MMXX tour. The Roxy Theater in West Hollywood, CA was jammed beyond capacity with the eager crowd waiting in anticipation at this standing […]

Metal Allegiance Concert Review HOB Anaheim 1-16-20 Written: Roc Boyum Edited: Allie Jorgensen Metal Allegiance, are an alliance of many of today’s top metal musicians that come together to play some of the best metal music ever recorded and assault each audience with a super charged metal performance; but don’t call them a “Super Group.” The Metal Allegiance line-up for […]

Weapons of Anew Concert Review HOB Anaheim 1/16/20 Weapons of Anew are a relatively new melodic metal band from New Jersey featuring guitarist/songwriter, Freddy Ordine (Havoc Hate), singer songwriter, Ray West (Spread Eagle), bass man, Stefan “Reno” Cutrupi and drummer, Chris Manfre. With the House of Blues in Anaheim packed beyond capacity and the crowd already amped up to see […]

Exmortus Concert Review HOB Anaheim 1/16/20 Los Angeles based metal masters, Exmortus completely tore up the House of Blues (HOB) Anaheim stage with a heavy dose of their neo-classical extreme thrash metal. Exmortus has had some major line-up changes over the years but with the addition of Chase Becker on guitar and Adrian Aguilar on drums, they’ve never sounded better. Becker blends perfectly with […]

Mark Jansen from Epica Talks to Allie Jorgensen and LA Metal Media Magazine about the special “Design Your Universe” tour and the re-release of the “Design Your Universe -Gold Edition ” LP. Mark also talks about the 10 year evolution of Epica, his Masters Degree in Psychology and his songwriting, the exciting news of the New Epica CD […]

RUSH SAYS FAREWELL WITH A SOLD OUT SHOW AT THE LOS ANGELES FORUM By Roc Boyum RUSH, Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Neil Peart, ignite the City of Los Angeles with the final stop of their R40 tour at The Los Angeles Forum on August 1, 2015. The City of Angels came out in full force to celebrate their musical […]

Epica Concert Review Regent Theater January 5, 2020 Epica kicked off 2020 with an insanely explosive show at the Regent Theater on 1-5-20. The bands’ show leaned primarily on their brilliantly heavy, Design Your Universe LP; of which they played eight of the thirteen tracks from that LP-including the two recorded tracks; Samadhi (Prelude) and the Prince of Freedom. Epica are […]

According to Blabbermouth.net – HALESTORM guitarist Joe Hottinger has revealed in an interview with Guitar Bonedo that the band has recorded a new EP with producer Nick Raskulinecz, who previously worked on last year’s “Vicious” album. Joe said (see video below): “There’ll be more information on that coming up. It’s just getting mixed now, and it sounds awesome. It’s something we’ve never really done before. Everyone’s expecting a cover EP, […]

Metal Allience,MiOnline press kit for Weapons Of Anew can be found here: https://www.opk.solutions/woa2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WEAPONS OF ANEW ANNOUNCE NEW EP, METAL ALLEGIANCE SHOW New Jersey-based melodic metallists Weapons of Anew will be releasing a new mini-album in time for the holiday season, when the ‘2019 Tour Special EP’ drops on December 13th. Recorded live on July 30th, 2019 from […]