Kurdt Vanderhoof albums. Metal Church helped define the West-Coast thrash metal sound, and they've hung around long enough to see the style come back into vogue. Despite roots in thrash hotbed San Francisco and the pre-grunge Pacific Northwest, they developed their own unique ...

Kurdt Vanderhoof CD discography. Throughout the career of Metal Church, guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof has always been considered the leader of the band, and their 2006 release A Light in the Dark, proves it once and for all. Being the only original member left in ...

Kurdt Vanderhoof music CDs. Ah, Metal Church. Once one of America's most promising heavy metal bands, originally colleagues (rivals, even) of the mighty Metallica -- has any other band's career been as marked by internal chaos, confusion, and, let's face it, commercial indifference, as ...

Metal Church actually sound more focused on the comeback album Masterpeace than they did on their last record, Hanging in the Balance; part of the reason may be an increased energy level due to the fact that this original lineup ...

Prog rock circa the early 21st century was quite a different beast than when the genre first appeared on the scene in the 1970s. Originally, the style was much more gritty sounding, and while there was an exorbitant amount of ...

Though Presto Ballet was formed by guitarist/keyboardist Kurdt Vanderhoof, formerly of thrash band Metal Church, it is NOT a prog-metal band, as sometimes assumed, but rather a straight-up prog-rock band in the classic '70s symphonic style. While Vanderhoof's guitars occasionally ...

In the wake of Metal Church's artistically successful comeback album Masterpeace, Nuclear Blast issued Live, a concert album recorded in 1986 while the band was touring in support of their second album, The Dark. As such, it features the original ...

2002 album for progressive metal act featuring Metal Church guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof. Steamhammer. Metal Church axeman Kurdt Vanderhoof's 2002 solo project A BLUR IN TIME includes "Electric Love Song" and "Brand New Light." Vanderhoof: Drew Hart (vocals); Kurdt Vanderhoof (guitar); Brian Cokeley ...

Recorded at The English Channel Studios, Olympia, Washington. Engineers: Kurdt Vanderhoof, Brian Smith, Pete Dempcey. Personnel: Brian Cokeley (vocals, piano, keyboards); Kirk Arrington (vocals, drums, percussion); Drew Hart, Dave Hawkes, Damon Albright (vocals); Kurdt Vanderhoof (acoustic 12-string guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, Mellotron, fretless bass); ...