CD Review RED SUN RISING Polyester Zeal
Red Sun Rising – Polyester Zeal (2015 Razor & Tie) The Akron, OH band Red Sun Rising has just released their latest efforts titled Polyester Zeal and I have had the opportunity to listen to this...
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Let’s give thanks for Metallica this Thanksgiving, because today -- Black Friday -- is now “Blackened Friday.” Rising to the occasion by helping small businesses during the biggest shopping day of the...
View ArticleMusic from the Underground, Part One
Father and son duo Richard and Harry Grace along with bandmate Dave Needham make up Tumbler, a trio that barrels through several musical genres on their debut album, "You Said." The album cover...
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 ArticleUli Jon Roth stings The Korova by revisiting influential Scorpions past
It was a night of guitar greatness last Saturday at The Korova, with the featured attraction delving 40 years into his past and taking the time to jam with his support acts. Uli Jon Roth, who spent...
View ArticleVisigoth trying to turn their fantasy-themed metal into reality on the road
Swords, sorcery, battles and epic journeys are at the helm of Salt Lake-based heavy metal band Visigoth’s music. The five-piece got its start seven years ago when lead singer/songwriter Jake Rogers and...
View ArticleCD review: Denver's Red Tide Rising continue to evolve on Voices EP
Denver’s Red Tide Rising is constantly working to tighten and refine its sound, a journey that continues on its latest EP, Voices. In an era where digital downloads often overshadow the creative...
View ArticleMetallica's 'Master of Puppets': Metal Musicians Reflect on the Band's...
Released on March 3, 1986, Metallica’s Master of Puppets was the album that cracked the 1980s in half for metal. The mad thrashing sound that emerged from the San Francisco Bay Area in the early '80s...
View ArticleDakesis - The New Dawn. London Album Launch tickets
The Black Heart in London Friday 1st April 2016 7:00pm til 11:00pm Minimum Age: 18 An all female fronted hard rock and melodic metal show, to mark the London launch of the new Dakesis album, The New...
View ArticleToronto heavyweights Olde still making noise
Question: What do you call a gig that draws noise complaints from three floors of an office building? Answer: One of Olde’s quieter shows. Such is the power of these Toronto heavyweights that their...
View ArticleNo Longer Under the Radar
X Japan, the subject of the documentary “We Are X,” live at Madison Square Garden, October 2014.It’s an interesting time to be in a Japanese punk or metal band — especially, but not only, if there are...
View ArticleAre Depeche Mode Metal's Biggest Secret Influence?
When Depeche Mode titled their 1990 album Violator, it was supposed to be taken ironically. The previous year had seen smarmy hair-mongers like Bon Jovi, Bad English and Poison scoring Number Ones with...
View ArticleKyle Schutt - Doom Side Of The Moon
I have been a fan of Kyle Schutt since the first album by The Sword – a guitarist who is more capable than most of the doom metal brigade and a vocalist who actually sings lyrics rather than screaming...
View ArticleCD Review : WATCH OUT STAMPEDE - "Tides"
Watch Out Stampede drops this massive release titled “Tides” on Sept 25th via Noizgate Records. This post-hardcore band gives you everything you enjoy listening to in that genre but they also kick it...
View ArticleA Wilhelm Scream – PARTYCRASHER Album Review: All Eleven Tracks Analysed
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View ArticleA Female-Fronted Japanese Metal Band Just Took Over Colbert, and They Won’t...
The J-pop band Babymetal might be ready for American mainstream; on Wednesday they appeared on The Late Show, a trio of chipper, hyper-choreographed Japanese girls harmonizing and talk-singing about...
View ArticleThe Playlist: metal – Fear Factory, Baby in Vain and more
Your latest dose of heavy metal medicine features bowel-shredding breakcore, an untamed trio of teens and the sound of one of the genre’s greatest bands...
View ArticleRed Electrick's new album: ‘Inside You’
Yesterday and today mark the two launch dates for Red Electrick's new album, 'Inside You'. It goes to show how big a band has become in Malta when they need two consecutive release dates because the...
View ArticleGojira Preview 'Emotional,' 'Epic' New Album
Over the past year, the songwriting core of extreme-metal group Gojira – siblings Joe and Mario Duplantier, who handle vocals and guitar and drums, respectively – went through the wringer. Their...
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