• Richard Kruspe and Emigrate: From Berlin to New York City

    Rammstein guitar player spreads his musical wings on side band's first CD For fans of the world-renowned German rock band, Rammstein, guitarist Richard Kruspe is ...
  • Wish I Had an Interview: Platinum-selling rockers Nightwish talk about their new album, Dark Passion ...

    All concert photos by: Scott Kahn Long before Americans discovered Evanescence, there was a female-fronted metal band from Finland producing brilliant albums combining aggressive metal ...
  • Jordan Rudess: Keyboard Wizardry on The Road Home

    The latest solo release from keyboard wizard Jordan Rudess, The Road Home, is a progressive rock masterpiece that features Jordan and a collection of outstanding ...
  • Porcupine Tree: Making Rock Music Interesting Again, One Album at a Time

    Why does the record industry have such a problem with the term progressive rock? If you look at album sales, artists ranging from Pink Floyd ...
  • Steven Wilson: Fear of a Blank Interview

    Steven Wilson is one of our greatest musical heroes today. As the guitarist, lead vocalist, and principle songwriter for Porcupine Tree, he defines the sound ...
  • Gavin Harrison: Rhythmic Illusionist

    As the drummer for Porcupine Tree since their 2001 release, In Absentia, Gavin Harrison exploded onto the drum scene with his intricate fills, solid groove, ...
  • Steve Smith Drums Up Some Vital Information

    It is 11:00am on a Tuesday morning at New York City’s famed Drummer’s Collective school of music (a.k.a The Collective). Fortunately, the school is on ...
  • Dream Theater: In the Presence of Great Musicians

    L to R: James LaBrie, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess, John Myung, Mike Portnoy Dream Theater, the reigning kings of progressive metal, return this month with Systematic ...
  • Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy: Carpe Diem

    Do we really need to write an introduction to one of the most popular, talented, and prolific rock drummers of the modern era? The drummer ...
  • Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy: Carpe Diem

    Do we really need to write an introduction to one of the most popular, talented, and prolific rock drummers of the modern era? The drummer ...