“We took a long time to write [‘Truth’]. It wasn’t to make it perfect, it really was just scheduling.” - Patrick Gagliardi
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with PATRICK GAGLIARDI of STORM FORCE
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with PETE BLAKK and ANDY LAROCQUE of LEX LEGION
”I thought it was really important that this shouldn’t be a continuation or a copy of anything that we’d done previously.” - Andy LaRocque
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with MORGAN ROSE of SEVENDUST
“We’ve had people that have come up and said, fifteen records? Do you think anybody really wants to hear anything new? Then this [album] comes out, and it actually [does] really well…I guess we’ll keep making ‘em.” - Morgan Rose
Review: PRIDE OF LIONS – Unbridled (2026)
Even though I am a fan, the eight PRIDE OF LIONS albums have been a mixed bag. Their 2004 self-titled album and 2005 follow-up were top tier in the world of Melodic Rock. The next couple of albums, not so much…
KNAC.COM: TRIUMPH, APRIL WINE Live in Boston, MA
TRIUMPH foretold the success of this 2026 tour 45 years ago, but we didn’t know it at the time. It was delivered in the lyrics for their 1981 hit single “Magic Power”…
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with ROLAND GRAPOW of MASTERPLAN
“When [JORN] came back for the ‘Time To Be King’ album, there was a big compromise. He said I’m only coming back…when it's less Power Metal sounding…but this album, ‘Metalmorphosis’, is definitely free, without compromise.” - Roland Grapow
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with CODY BOWLES of CROWN LANDS
“This art is going to last forever. We aren’t going to last forever, and maybe we’re not going to perform as a two piece forever. So we might as well make the music as good as we can.“ - Cody Bowles
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with RUSSELL ALLEN of SYMPHONY X
“I had kind of shut down creatively, I wasn’t really sure I wanted to do this anymore” - Russell Allen
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with RACHEL BOLAN of SKID ROW
“I learned to trust myself by trusting [producer Nick Raskulinecz].” - Rachel Bolan
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with BEN JACKSON of CRIMSON GLORY
“[On “Chasing The Hydra”] I feel like its the dragon that CRIMSON GLORY has been battling through our whole career, we cut one head off and there’s six more…life in the band, it’s been really cool, but also it’s been a bit rocky.” - Ben Jackson
