George Dionne interviews frontman TONY KAKKO of SONATA ARCTICA about their latest album Clear Cold Beyond for KNAC.COM.
Vinyl Unboxing: DOG EAT DOG – Free Radicals
DOG EAT DOG - Free Radicals (Metalville, 2023) Limited Edition Splatter Vinyl
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with DYMYTRY
George Dionne interviews members of the Czech Heavy Metal act DYMYTRY about their latest album Five Angry Men for KNAC.COM.
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with ROLAND GRAPOW of MASTERPLAN
George Dionne interviews guitarist ROLAND GRAPOW of MASTERPLAN for KNAC.COM. Together they discuss the 20th anniversary of their self-titled debut album.
Vinyl Unboxing: U.D.O. – Touchdown
U.D.O. - Touchdown (Atomic Fire Records, 2023) Limited Edition Clear, Blue & White Splatter 2LP Vinyl
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with CLÉMENTINE DELAUNEY OF EXIT EDEN
George Dionne interviews vocalist CLÉMENTINE DELAUNEY of EXIT EDEN about their latest album Femmes Fatales for KNAC.COM.
Review: SEVENDUSTÂ – Seven of Sevendust (2023)
BMG recently released an extensive box set by Heavy Metal mainstays SEVENDUST. Seven of Sevendust comes in two configurations; a 7-CD set and a 9-LP set. This collection covers the band's studio work from 2005-2015...
KNAC.COM: DANGEROUS TOYS, BAD MARRIAGE, & ALL SINNERS live in MA
The second night of a back-to-back weekend of concerts for me at The Vault in New Bedford, MA was billed as the "Hellacious Halloween Party" and featured a triple bill of bands...
Review: U.D.O. – Touchdown (2023)
Touchdown is the eighteenth studio album by German Heavy Metal mainstays U.D.O. Vocalist Udo Dirkschneider is flanked by his son Sven Dirkschnider on drums, Andrey Smirnov & Fabian Dee Dammers on guitar, and ex-ACCEPT bandmate Peter Baltes on bass. Baltes has worked with Dirkschneider in the past in different capacities, but his membership in U.D.O. is now official...
Review: BLAZE BAYLEYÂ – Damaged Strange Different And Live (2023)
In 2021, the album War Within Me brought me back to BLAZE BAYLEY. I hadn't heard an album by the one-time IRON MAIDEN frontman since Tenth Dimension in 2002. It wasn't because I didn't like BLAZE BAILEY, but likely because there were other artists I liked more. We're talking pre-streaming here, so you had to pick and choose your music back in my day kiddos...