Review by Glen Parkes There is freedom running through the album. The songs do not sound written to satisfy a scene; they feel built for people who believe a riff and amplifier can be enough. That honesty gives the record bite, leaving The Bitter Pills with a debut that feels like a [more…]
All Aboard the ‘Neverland Train’: An Interview with Marco Pastorino
By Justin Smulison If you’re a fan of European melodic rock and metal you’re probably already familiar with at least one of Marco Pastorino’s active symphonic, prog or power metal groups: Temperance, Fallen Sanctuary, Serenity, Virtual Symmetry or Christiano Filippini’s Flames of Heaven. In most cases, Pastorino is a (or the) primary [more…]