Jason Sagall, Author at Metal Express Radio

WALTARI – Blood Sample

March 20, 2006 Jason Sagall Leave a comment

Waltari are, in their own words, musicians with a “no-attitude attitude.” Indeed, if any pretense or musical “correctness” exists within a Rock sub-genre, Waltari will invariably expose it, stomp on it, burn it, and then …READ MORE

JOE SATRIANI – Super Colossal

March 14, 2006 Jason Sagall Leave a comment

The new batch from Satch (Joe Satriani, that is … not Louis Armstrong) is a tasty offering of 13 groovalicious tunes with potential to be eaten up by a wide, commercial audience and instrumental guitar …READ MORE

SUN DIAL – Other Way Out/Other Way In

March 13, 2006 Jason Sagall Leave a comment

That Sun Dial’s Psychedelic style is a throwback to the 1960s does not warrant negative criticism, per se. That Other Way Out/Other Way In is two CDs worth of drab, aimless, excessively repetitive, poorly performed …READ MORE

TEARS OF ANGER – In The Shadows

February 27, 2006 Jason Sagall Leave a comment

Tears of Anger are yet another example of the high caliber of Rock and Metal bands coming out of the Scandinavian music scene. Yet how many Rock and Metal fans in America, for example, have …READ MORE

SECTION A – Parallel Lives

February 27, 2006 Jason Sagall Leave a comment

Consider an album of musically and lyrically interrelated segments that explores and develops a thought-provoking idea or subject, or, as in the case of Parallel Lives, that presents a story with characters and a plot. …READ MORE

NEBULA – Apollo

February 21, 2006 Jason Sagall Leave a comment

Nebula’s Psychedelic Rock follows in the footsteps of past generations, beginning in the ’60s, when men were men … and fleeing to Canada. Fortunately at present, since dodging a military draft is not a concern …READ MORE

OCEANSIZE – Everyone Into Position

February 7, 2006 Jason Sagall Leave a comment

The UK’s Oceansize make more than a splash with their second release, Everyone Into Position. Haunting and often sad melodies and arrangements build at an unhurried pace to create large and delicate atmospheres, sometimes climaxing …READ MORE

KYLE HONEA – Distant Island Universe

January 30, 2006 Jason Sagall Leave a comment

Bassist Kyle Honea struts his remarkable chops on his latest effort, Distant Island Universe, which is an independent release by Kyle himself that demos six original Progressive Rock instrumentals. The disc features Kyle on electric …READ MORE

ORACLE SUN – Deep Inside

January 23, 2006 Jason Sagall Leave a comment

If this were the 1980s, you could bet your beer money that any Metal album titled Deep Inside was going to deliver a manly load of good ol’ American “Cock Rock.” Well, check your cock …READ MORE

LYNCH / OHM: (Live)

December 24, 2005 Jason Sagall Leave a comment

Two nights before Christmas and all through the house, not a sign of the Grinch — just rockin’ with Lynch!!! On December 23, 2005, George Lynch was the epitome of guitar godliness and showmanship in …READ MORE