http://www.progslob.com Progressive metal, prog rock, and metal reviews and news. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:48:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi all, Things have been at a bit of a standstill here, for a few reasons. One is that I am moving at the end of the month, and woefully behind on getting this place packed up. Second, said new location is a new house, and I've had to ... http://www.progslob.com/?p=728 The metal legends Spinal Tap have announced a one-night world tour, starting and ending at Wembley Arena in London on June 30th. (I think this is the night of the solstice - does this mean they will break out the old Stonehenge set?) Bassmaster Derek Smalls said "One night ... http://www.progslob.com/?p=719 A Rush album of covers? Okay, I didn't buy this when it came out, because I'd already seen all of the car commercials that featured these songs. It's always amazing how old hard rock goes from the AOR stations to the brokerage commercials now.  I mean, I love ... http://www.progslob.com/?p=523 Metallica was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Saturday night, and played two songs as a five-piece, with two bassists: Jason Newsted and Robert Trujillo. Below is the video of "Master of Puppets"; they also played "Enter Sandman". My observations: It was cool that they played one pre-black ... http://www.progslob.com/?p=707 In the sports world, there's a concept called "a rebuilding year". It's when your team has fallen apart: the star talent has been traded elsewhere, the new kids from the minors are still learning the ropes, the coaches have all been fired and replaced by third and fourth-tier managers, ... http://www.progslob.com/?p=672 Queensryche's latest, American Soldier, is out today! Check it out over at Amazon.com: [asa]B001QVMJV0[/asa] http://www.progslob.com/?p=685 One of the downsides of doing a lot of album reviews for a zine is that you have to listen to a lot of crap that takes a lot of effort to get through once, let alone enough times to write a thousand words about it. And that job ... http://www.progslob.com/?p=679 Who killed Mary? That's the takeaway on probably the finest concept album ever created by a prog-metal band. Before Queensryche's third album, the band already had an impressive collection of unique metal material, but Operation: Mindcrime not only progressed their sound and voice, but added the element of ... http://www.progslob.com/?p=629 First off, the video for "If I Were King" is available now on Military.com. Check it out here. It's not bad, although I could use a little more of the storyline video and a little less of Geoff Tate. It's a little clearer this time that it's ... http://www.progslob.com/?p=663 If you're a Rush fan, you've probably already heard, but I'll repeat it anyway: the Paul Rudd/Jason Segel movie I Love You, Man is pretty damn funny. It also features a pretty prominent plot element concerning the band Rush, along with a performance of the song "Limelight" by the ... http://www.progslob.com/?p=657