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Arch Echo
Arch Echo is an American instrumental progressive metal band from Nashville, Tennessee. Formed in 2016, it consists of keyboardist Joey Izzo, guitarists Adam Rafowitz and Adam Bentley, bassist Joe Calderone, and drummer Richie Martinez. They have released three studio albums: ''Arch Echo'' (2017), ''You Won’t Believe What Happens Next!'' (2019), and ''Final Pitch'' (2023). Biography Arch Echo formed in 2016 while its members attended the Berklee College of Music. They have released three studio albums: ''Arch Echo'' (2017), ''You Won’t Believe What Happens Next!'' (2019), and ''Final Pitch'' (2023), which featured guest appearances from Jordan Rudess, Anthony Vincent, and Adrián Terrazas-González. They have toured with Dream Theater, Periphery, Plini, VOLA and Jacky Vincent. The band contributed to Jacob Collier's song "100,000 Voices", from the album ''Djesse Vol. 4''. Style and influences ''New Noise Magazine'' described Arch Echo's style as "instrumental prog metal th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, located on the Cumberland River. Nashville had a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of United States cities by population, 21st-most populous city in the United States and the fourth-most populous city in Southeastern United States, the Southeast. The city is the center of the Nashville metropolitan area, home to 2.1 million people, and is among the fastest growing cities in the nation. Named for Francis Nash, a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the city was founded in 1779 when this territory was still considered part of North Carolina. The city grew quickly due to its strategic location as a port on the Cumberland River and, in the 19th century, a railr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VOLA
Vola may refer to: People * Vola Vale (1897–1970), American actress * François Vola (born 1953), French guitarist and composer * Louis Vola (1902–1990), French double-bassist * Vicki Vola (1916–1985), American actress Bands * Vola (band), a Danish progressive metal band * Vola and the Oriental Machine, a Japanese rock band Other uses * Voľa, a municipality in eastern Slovakia * Alfa Romeo Vola, a concept car See also * Valo (other) Valo may refer to: Surname * Elmer Valo (1921–1998), American baseball player *Jesse Valo (born 1984), Finnish kickboxer and musician, former member of Iconcrash * Ville Valo (born 1976), Finnish musician Music *''Valo'', a 1996 album by Essi ... * Volo (other) {{disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Instrumental Rock Musical Groups
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meshuggah
Meshuggah () is a Swedish extreme metal band formed in Umeå in 1987. Since 2004, the band's lineup consists of founding members Jens Kidman (lead vocals) and Fredrik Thordendal (lead guitar), alongside rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström, drummer Tomas Haake and bassist Dick Lövgren. Since its formation, the band has released nine studio albums, six extended play, EPs and eight music videos. Their latest studio album, ''Immutable (album), Immutable'', was released in April 2022 via Atomic Fire, Atomic Fire Records. Meshuggah has become known for their innovative musical style and their complex, Meter (music)#Polymeter, polymetered song structures and polyrhythms. They rose to fame as a significant act in extreme underground music, became an influence for modern metal bands, and gained a cult following. The band was labelled as one of the ten most important hard rock and heavy metal music, heavy metal bands by ''Rolling Stone'' and as the most important band in metal by ''Altern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynic (band)
Cynic is an American progressive metal band formed in Miami, Florida in 1987. The band has been primarily based in California since the late 1990s (or 1996), marking a significant shift in their geographic and creative roots. Paul Masvidal originally served solely as the band's guitarist, but later took over as lead vocalist and chief songwriter. Cynic incorporates elements of progressive rock, alternative, and metal. Their first album, ''Focus'', was released in 1993. Cynic disbanded in 1994, reunited in 2006, and released their second album in 2008. '' Traced in Air'' was released through French label Season of Mist, followed up by an EP titled '' Re-Traced'' in 2010 and an EP titled '' Carbon-Based Anatomy'' in 2011. Their third studio album, '' Kindly Bent to Free Us'', was released in 2014. In December 2017, after two years of uncertainty surrounding his involvement, founding drummer Sean Reinert confirmed his split from Cynic. Reinert later died unexpectedly, at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth (6 August 1946 – 15 April 2017) was a British jazz and rock music, rock guitarist, violinist and composer. He contributed to numerous bands, including Soft Machine, U.K. (band), U.K., The Tony Williams Lifetime, Pierre Moerlen's Gong and Bruford (band), Bruford, in addition to solo work. Holdsworth was known for his esoteric and idiosyncratic usage of advanced music theory concepts, especially with respect to melody and harmony. His music incorporates a vast array of complex chord progressions, often using unusual chord shapes in an abstract way based on his understanding of "Chord-scale_system, chord scales", and intricate improvised solo (music), solos, frequently across shifting tonal centres. He used myriad scale (music), scale forms often derived from those such as the Lydian scale, Lydian, octatonic scale, diminished, harmonic major, hexatonic scale, augmented, whole tone scale, whole tone, chromatic scale, chromatic and altered scale, altered scales, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rush (band)
Rush was a Canadian rock music, rock band formed in Toronto in 1968 that consisted primarily of Geddy Lee (vocals, bass, keyboards), Alex Lifeson (guitars) and Neil Peart (drums, percussion). The band's original line-up consisted of Lifeson, drummer John Rutsey, and bassist and vocalist Jeff Jones (bassist), Jeff Jones, whom Lee immediately replaced. After Lee joined, the band went through a few line-up changes before arriving at its classic power trio line-up with the addition of Peart in July 1974, who replaced Rutsey four months after the release of their Rush (Rush album), self-titled debut album; this line-up remained unchanged for the remainder of the band's career. Rush first achieved moderate success with their second album, ''Fly by Night (album), Fly by Night'' (1975). The commercial failure of their next album ''Caress of Steel'', released seven months after ''Fly by Night'', resulted in the band nearly getting dropped from their then-record label Mercury Records. Rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyphia
Polyphia is a primarily instrumental progressive rock band based in Plano, Texas, formed in 2010. The group consists of guitarists Tim Henson and Scott LePage, bassist Clay Gober, and drummer Clay Aeschliman. Initially rooted in a metal-focused sound in their early releases, the band's music evolved into a more progressive rock style in their later productions, combining electronic music and hip hop. Polyphia has released four studio albums, one live album, two EPs, and numerous singles. Their third album, ''New Levels New Devils'', was their first to chart, reaching 61 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Their fourth album, '' Remember That You Will Die'', released in October 2022, debuted at number 33. History Polyphia formed in 2010 and first achieved mainstream success after the guitar play-through of "Impassion", from their EP ''Inspire'', went viral on YouTube. Since then, the band's popularity has grown and they have shared the stage with progressive metalcore artists such as P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animals As Leaders
Animals as Leaders is an American instrumental progressive metal band from Washington D.C. Since 2012, the band has consisted of Tosin Abasi (lead guitar), Javier Reyes (rhythm guitar), and Matt Garstka (drums), having originated in 2007 as a solo project by Abasi. They are a prominent band within the djent scene. Prosthetic Records released the band's eponymous debut album in 2009. They have since released the albums '' Weightless'' (2011), '' The Joy of Motion'' (2014), '' The Madness of Many'' (2016), and '' Parrhesia'' (2022). History Animals as Leaders formed after guitarist Tosin Abasi's previous metalcore band, Reflux, disbanded. The heavy metal record label Prosthetic Records saw Abasi's guitar work and asked him to create a solo album for them. Abasi initially declined, feeling such an endeavor would be "...egotistical and unnecessary." Abasi decided to take a year off to study music, as he felt he was unable to reach his peak at guitar playing. After Abasi had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Vai
Steven Siro Vai ( ; born June 6, 1960) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee, Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a Transcription (music), transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, and played in Zappa's band from 1980 to 1983. He embarked on a solo career in 1983 and has released 11 solo albums to date. He has recorded and toured with Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, and Whitesnake, as well as recording with artists such as Public Image Ltd, Mary J. Blige, Spinal Tap (band), Spinal Tap, Alice Cooper, Motörhead, and Polyphia. Additionally, Vai has toured with live-only acts G3 (tour), G3, Zappa Plays Zappa, Beat (playing 1980s era King Crimson) and the Experience Hendrix Tour, as well as headlining international tours. Vai has been described as a "highly individualistic player" and part of a generation of "heavy rock and metal virtuosi who came to the fore in the 1980s". He released his first so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radar Festival
Radar Festival is a music festival held annually in Croatia since 2007. 2007 festival The festival was held in the Siget neighbourhood of Zagreb, headlined by Kaiser Chiefs, Queens of the Stone Age and Placebo. The groups Howling Bells, Anavrin and Overflow also performed. 2008 festival The second edition of the festival was held in Varaždin. Bob Dylan, Manic Street Preachers, Majke, Drago Mlinarec and Vlado Kreslin performed for the festival at Stadion Varteks. 2009 festival The third edition was held in Varaždin, with Santana, Solomon Burke, Joe Jackson, Eric Burdon and The Animals, Zoran Predin & Lačni Franc, Voodoo Lizards and Bernard Fowler Bernard Fowler (born January 2, 1960) is an American musician. He is known for a long association with The Rolling Stones, providing backing vocals since 1989 and on their studio recordings and live tours. Fowler has been a featured guest vocali ... (as their special guest) performing. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
