Review of New Xenosis Album Haunted Skies

Progressive death metal is an oft-overlooked genre in the vast expanses of Metal-dom.  While sharing in the knuckle-dragging brutality of traditional death metal, the progressive side adds elements of jazz and prog-rock to create a more cerebral, angular product.  The newest release from CT-based Xenosis, entitled Haunted Skies, is tech-death to the core and an… Continue reading Review of New Xenosis Album Haunted Skies

Interview with Gregg Rossetti of Suspyre

  This June, I was presented with the opportunity to interview Gregg Rossetti of the New Jersey progressive band Suspyre (suh – SPY – er).  He had a lot to say about the origins, influences, and writing behind some seriously genre-bending music. The first track of what was to become Suspyre was pioneered on June… Continue reading Interview with Gregg Rossetti of Suspyre

Richard Christy: From Death in a Storage Locker to a Room with a View

  Twenty-seven years ago, a Kansas farm kid named Richard heard Van Halen’s new song “Hot for Teacher” and begged his parents to buy him a drum set.  Today you know that boy as Richard Christy, former drummer for Death, Iced Earth, and many more bands – and currently the drummer and primary composer for… Continue reading Richard Christy: From Death in a Storage Locker to a Room with a View