Hello again, it’s great that you are sticking with our New Year’s Metal Resolutions for 2012 Blog Series, and welcome to Wednesday or our “third times the charm edition”. As you have seen over the last couple of days posts, we posed the inquiry to a number of musical greats about what their resolutions might be as it relates to Metal or Music on the whole. I’ve loved what we got back from them and without any further adieu, please enjoy this chapter.

Stu Block (lead vocals for Iced Earth): My New Years Resolutions for 2012 is, to broaden my knowledge to the things that are happening in my country, politically and financially. Eat healthier and work out more.

Oliver Palotai (keyboards for Kamelot & Sons Of Seasons): My New Years Musical Resolution is to continue making good music and to further kick the mainstream in the ass!

Nick Avila (bassist for Powerglove): Powerglove’s New Years Metal resolution for 2012 is to overcome our Skyrim addictions, and write and record a new Video Game album for you. We are also exploring the logistics of building a Starburst cannon, setting up a Powerglove video game metal convention, touring Japan, and entering the world beard and moustache championships. Seeing as none of us currently have moustaches, we have our work cut out for us, but with a combination of Rogaine, miracle grow, and self determination, I believe we have a good shot at failure. Cheers to failure, and Happy New Year to you all!
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Iced Earth was not only making a triumphant return to the concert stages of NYC but was also celebrating the return of vocalist Matt Barlow. This was earth shattering news for the Metal Legions and as result offered the band a packed house at the Nokia Theatre in Times Square this evening. The opening slot was held by Into Eternity and we were on point to bring you into the action. Click the logo below to be taken to our main piece on the PiercingMetal.com site.

By the time I conducted this interview I think that I had seen the guys in Into Eternity open up the shows for no less than eleven bands. I might be off a number or two but the bottom line is that I have seen them do their thing alot and am glad to be one of their Metal Media supporters. The band was doing a co-headlining tour with EdGuy and was appearing at B.B. King Blues Club, where they were certainly no strangers to the stage. Before the show I was able to get some talk time out of singer Stu Bloch and lead guitarist Tim Roth, the entire fun and interesting discussion can be read by clicking their logo below.

You cannot help but be awed by the band Dream Theater who are still delivering quality Progressive Metal after two decades in the business. Their latest album was called “Systematic Chaos” and the tour to support it featured both Redemption and Into Eternity. We made our way to the PNC Bank Arts Center to see it and should you want to know more just click the logo below to be brought to our item on the main PiercingMetal.com site.

In the main concert article I reference how the show while excellent did not seem to draw as many people as I expected for a band of this kind.  Those I mentioned this to did not believe me so I wanted to show exactly what I meant.   I didn’t think this was as much a reflection on the band as much as it was the close of summer and the drawing closer of school as well as their hometown Long Island show taking place only days apart from this one.

The PNC Bank Arts Center Lawn = Sit Anywhere You Like

We took this photo just before the DT set and really were amazed as we had never seen the venue like this before.

In the realm of Power Metal greatness there are few musicians respected as much as guitarist/singer Kai Hansen. He was once a member of the band Helloween and eventually formed his own project that has been knocking down the walls for the genre since. Tonight the band would be performing at B.B. King’s and bringing along Into Eternity, a band that I have also begun to develop a fondness for. Click the logo below to be taken to our article on the main PiercingMetal.com site.

Tonight would be the first ever appearance of Stratovarius in NYC and they would be performing their gig at the B.B. King Blues Club venue with Into Eternity as their direct support. I was eager to see both and made sure to get photos and thoughts on each of the performers in my memory banks. To read that piece just click the logo below to be taken to our article on the main PiercingMetal.com site. We hope you enjoy it.