I am a huge fan of side projects. That is the forum where music fans get to hear what creations come from unlikely pairings or groupings. Bu...

Sometimes people find fame in their affiliations. Unfortunately when Uncle Kracker, aka Matt Shafer, released his debut CD, Double Wide, he...

I truly believe that the female death metal vocalist requires a skill above and beyond that of her male counterparts. Los Angeles-based Otep...

At some point in the early ‘90s, the political side of punk music was replaced with incessant high school nattering about booze, bad behavio...

The sophomore disc by Illinois-based Mudvayne is a grand improvement from the band's debut. L.D. 50 was a sloppy amalgamation of the charact...

Doubledrive is an Atlanta, GA quartet that has recently made a name for themselves on the road with the likes of Kid Rock and Sevendust. Blu...

Recorded live at Brixton Academy in London, England, Hellalive includes tracks like "Bulldozer” (from Supercharger), "The Blood, The Sweat,...

Filter seems to have mastered the delicate balance between the soft industrial sound of their first album, Short Bus, and the huge commercia...

The Heavils have released a good solid hard rock record on their self-titled debut. Traces of surf are in amongst the driving guitars (an ir...

It's a family affair fir Chevelle. The Chicago-based Chevelle made some noise with their 1999 release, Point #1, which led to tons of tourin...

Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison is changing his image. His first step is putting down his drumsticks and picking up a guitar. Secondly, he is...

I remember the first time I heard Life of Agony’s debut disc. It knocked me on my ass, leaving me with a feeling that was difficult to expla...

Born sometime in the late 1990s, RA gets its band name from a term the ancient Egyptians used to express an all-consuming passion, a sun god...

I was 12 years old the day my friend raided her brother’s extensive music collection and we discovered metal. We sat in front of the stereo...

I always have a hard time describing a record like Breaking Benjamin’s sophomore CD, We Are Not Alone. On first listen its simply generic so...

You can call the 1998 film The Interview a Usual Suspects-style mystery with a suspenseful, shadowy Hitchcock-ian simplicity. Or you can sim...

Within the first few sweet piano notes, Vancouver-based State of Shock won me over. "Sound Track of Our Lives,” the opening track on the ban...

How many endorsements from super famous rock stars does it take to give credit to an authentic punk band in the 21st century? System of a Do...

Calendar Girls is the film version of the light-hearted story about how 11 ordinary Yorkshire, England women challenged the perceived societ...

The opening scene of Oscar Award-winning director Gabriele Salvatores' latest film perfectly sets the stage for this heart-breaking tale. Cr...