The Black Market: The Month In Metal – July 2016
If you look up “dog days of summer,” you might be surprised to find that it has a technical definition. It’s the period of the summer during which the star Sirius rises around the same time that the...
View ArticleREVIEW: Magu's debut EP "Change of Heart" cinematically tackles love and...
For the better part of this decade, Omaha multi-instrumentalist David McInnis has backed bands like Centerpiece, Timecat and Congruency on the drums, showing a knack for adapting to those bands’...
View ArticleA&E staff pick: Best albums of 2017
Ellis Clopton Album: “Woodstock” Artist: Portugal. The Man Why: I’ve been keeping up with Portugal. The Man since their last album, “Evil Friends,” and “Woodstock” is the first album they’ve released...
View ArticleDarkher – Realms: Album Stream
Realms is the eagerly anticipated debut album from Darkher (AKA Jayn H. Wissenberg) a dark fairytale meditation on life, death and what lies beyond. Like Chelsea Wolfe and Emma Ruth Rundle before her,...
View ArticleTomorrow's Eve - Mirror Of Creation III - Project Ikaros
Admittedly, the first thought that comes to mind within a split second of hearing German progressive metal band Tomorrow's Eve was “When did Iron Maiden get so good?!?” The immediate correlation...
View ArticleDouble Take: Ty Segall’s ‘Freedom’s Goblin’ takes him past garage-rock sounds
Double Take: Ty Segall’s ‘Freedom’s Goblin’ takes him past garage-rock sounds Ty Segall finds himself exploring more genres than his typical garage-rock on his new album “Freedom’s Goblin.” Two Emerald...
View ArticleCD review: DevilDriver return in brutal form with Trust No One
California death-groove thrashers, DevilDriver, return this month with perhaps the band’s strongest effort since 2009’s Pray for Villains. Trust No One is the group’s seventh studio effort, and the...
View ArticleZeal & Ardor – Devil is Fine: Album Stream
There is a gross falsehood proliferated by those whose horizons stretch no further than the end of their nose. The fallacy is that all modern music is simply repetitions of ideas and concepts from...
View ArticleThe Black Market: The Month In Metal – October 2016
As usual, we’ve got an avalanche of worthy metal to discuss this month. Before we get to it, I want to take a crack at addressing one of the most frequent questions/complaints we get from readers: “I...
View ArticleThe Deftones sell out the Cotillion in Wichita
On May 25th, 2016, Code Orange warmed up the crowd at Wichita's Cotillion. Code Orange formed in Pennsylvania in 2008. Their sound is a doom style hardcore American punk. The hard core steady beat of...
View ArticleOpinion | Metal for non-metalheads
Deafheaven meshes the dark sounds of extreme metal with the euphoric brightness of shoe-gaze Would a black metal band pick a quote from a Graham Greene novel for the title of their album? Well, if that...
View ArticleListen to Zeal & Ardor's 'Devil Is Fine' Album: Exclusive
Gospel has roots in the spirituals that North American slaves sang while they toiled on plantations and as they escaped along the Underground Railroad. Although the relationship between Christianity...
View ArticleREVIEW: ‘Legend of the Seagullmen’ sends listeners on psychedelic pirate...
Supergroup Legend of the Seagullmen released their self-titled debut album on Feb. 9, and the expectations were high. The supergroup is made up of highly experienced musicians and artists like Brent...
View ArticleGojira Tease Emotional New LP With Disturbing 'Stranded' Video
French progressive-metal veterans Gojira plunge into a cult-like atmosphere with their disturbing video for "Stranded." The dynamic single highlights the quartet's new LP, Magma, out June 17th via...
View ArticleHeavy Metal Could Use a Few More Acts Like BABYMETAL
Heavy Metal Could Use a Few More Acts Like BABYMETAL Cory Garcia | May 14, 2018 | 6:43am Facebook Twitter email Print Article AA BABYMETAL, Skyharbor Revention Music Center May 13, 2K18 This show...
View ArticleConjurer – Mire: Exclusive Album Stream
Conjurer have been whipping up a frenzy in venues up and down the UK with their intoxicating brew of extreme metal styles since February 2015. Their 2016 EP I was an incredibly promising amalgam of...
View ArticleAlbum Reviews: The Center State, Moosebite
Two local bands recently have released new work. Here’s a look. The Center State “Wilderness” There’s a choice when it comes to follow-ups in folk music — either continue making well-crafted, acoustic...
View ArticleSOUND 'ROUND: In celebration of the dark arts
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS — GOTHS (MERGE) Unless your name is Neil deGrasse Tyson, Stephen Hawking or Paul Allen, odds are John Darnille is smarter than you. Like the good English major he was at an...
View ArticleThe Black Market: The Month In Metal – May 2017
We usually kick off the Black Market with one of my standard 8,000-word screeds about whatever happened to irritate me during the preceding four weeks, but here’s the deal: I got totally reamed by...
View ArticleHARTMAN: ‘Freedom’s Goblin’ is long, worth the listen
Prolific 30-year-old California garage rock singer-songwriter Ty Segall released his 10th studio album, “Freedom’s Goblin,” on Jan. 26. The album boasts a daunting 19 tracks, all of which are unique in...
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