rock opera

(7/10) Therion has a long history in metal. Founded by Swedish multi-instrumentalist Christofer Johnsson, Therion began as a death metal band before slowly shifting toward symphonic metal. After having released a debut album in 1991, entitled "Of Darkness...",...

German progressive rock dinosaur Eloy will return in 2017 with a new album. It's a rock opera called "Jeanne d'Arc" and the album faces a release date on August 25th.

Ayreon's mastermind Arjen Lucassen was on a small signing tour through The Netherlands this weekend. After having had a stop in Venlo, Breda and Bergen op Zoom (all Dutch cities), the guitarist invited for a signing session in Den Haag on Sunday April...

(8/10) Dream Theater enters almost new territory with their new double header "The Astonishing". It's the second time that the New York-based band releases a concept album that is, this time, spread out over two CD's ("Scenes from a Memory" has been the...

MELTED SPACE is the creation of French composer Pierre le Pape, who bears a master degree in classical music and movie scores, here creating a modern opera that takes over the classical codes, including numerous characters, scenario, powerful orchestral...

Andy Kuntz and Vanden Plas are known for musical excursions into fields of rock opera. The new production is called "Everyman". "Everyman" is more known as "Jedermann" from Hugo von Hofmannsthal, but it actually goes back to 1490. Written by an unkown...

(8/10) Jorn Lande is a well known name in metal. The man with the great voice was part in bands like Masterplan and Lande/Allen where he shared vocals with Russel Allen. But also his faible for Dio brought the Norwegian singer some attention too. In his...