He usually comes out smoking with both guns blazing in bands like Hades, Non-Fiction, Cassius King and Patriarchs In Black but on the new Patriarchs In Black single, “Celestial Yard,” there he is playing guitar on a song with the kind of sincere melody that maybe Jackson Browne might write. Could it be?

At first, we didn’t think it was the same guy from Hades, Non-Fiction, Cass King and Patriarchs In Black on new single “I’m One Again.” But hell yeah, with horns upraised, it’s guitarist/songwriter Dan Lorenzo, our favorite metal dude from Paramus. So we asked him to explain.

Darryl McDaniels of legendary rap group Run DMC and metal guitar hero Dan Lorenzo from Paramus of Hades, Non-Fiction and Patriarchs In Black are guests as thrash drummer Tom Hunting of Exodus steps out front for his ‘Hunting Party’ solo debut of some of his favorite songs.

Guitarist/Composer/Producer/Educator (Montclair State University) Dave Stryker, 65, has released 32 albums in 35 years. Prime is the first with his working trio of the last 12 years, his fine-tuned machine.

There’s a human keg of dynamite that came out of Paramus High School in Bergen County. Hades and Non-Fiction may be the two bands that cemented Dan Lorenzo’s rep but the dude’s a renaissance man of major-league proportions. Last summer, Reach For The Scars by Patriarchs In Black melted walls. Now comes “Friends,” a Led Zeppelin cover.