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Interview Rodrigo Sánchez (Rodrigo y Gabriela): Not Looking for Perfection
After increasingly experimenting with electric guitars and electronic touches, ‘OurHome’ finds Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela going back to their nylon-string acoustic guitar roots. A surprising move, because in our previous interview, the duo voiced their ambition to dive deeper into electronic sounds. Rodrigo Sánchez explains how ‘OurHome’ came…
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Album of the Week 38-2026: Jero Ramiro – La Cuna del Mal
After Jero Ramiro announced his departure from Saratoga, two things happened that surprised me. First off, Saratoga released one of their finest albums thus far in ‘En Estado Puro‘. This was surprising because Ramiro generally wrote what are my favorite Saratoga songs. Secondly, I did not expect Ramiro to release…
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Tools for Discovery: Moby Dick Albums Ranked
Moby Dick was one of the first metal bands in Hungary, and certainly one of the oldest to play thrash metal. Since the thrash metal genre was still in its infancy when guitarists Norbert Mentes and Tamás Schmiedl – the latter of whom also provides lead vocals – established the…
Latest Interviews
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Interview Rodrigo Sánchez (Rodrigo y Gabriela): Not Looking for Perfection
After increasingly experimenting with electric guitars and electronic touches, ‘OurHome’ finds Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela going back to their nylon-string acoustic guitar roots. A surprising move, because in our previous interview, the duo voiced their ambition to dive deeper into electronic sounds. Rodrigo Sánchez explains how ‘OurHome’ came…
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Interview Steve Hackett & Steve Rothery: A Musical Conversation
Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett and Marillion’s Steve Rothery are both guitarists known for valuing tasteful melodies and a good sound more than their note count. ‘The Roaring Waves’ sees them joining forces to create an atmospheric, cinematic instrumental guitar album. “I don’t know exactly when the idea started”, Hackett…
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Interview Arve Isdal (Audrey Horne, Enslaved): A Lot More Focus on Melodies
Arve Isdal, or Ice Dale as per the credits of most of the albums he plays on, has long been one of the most tasteful lead guitarists in the extreme metal scene. His highly melodic, occasionally atmospheric leads betray a deep appreciation for seventies hard rock and progressive rock. And…
Latest Reviews
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Album of the Week 38-2026: Jero Ramiro – La Cuna del Mal
After Jero Ramiro announced his departure from Saratoga, two things happened that surprised me. First off, Saratoga released one of their finest albums thus far in ‘En Estado Puro‘. This was surprising because Ramiro generally wrote what are my favorite Saratoga songs. Secondly, I did not expect Ramiro to release…
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Album of the Week 37-2026: Europe – Come This Madness
Not many hard rock bands from the eighties have aged as gracefully as Europe has. Ever since they reunited in the early 2000s, they have been releasing music that is neither desperately clinging to their own past, nor are they trying too hard to get with the times. Instead, their…
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Album of the Week 36-2026: Sigh – Goh-Ka
For the longest time, Sigh was a band whose unconventional, sometimes downright bonkers ideas intrigued me more than the execution, which often suffered from either sloppiness or their ambitions being hampered by technical or financial limitations. Ever since main man Mirai Kawashima stopped pretending Sigh is a real band around…