QUEENSRŸCHE Begins North America Headlining Tour At Fort Lauderdale (Video / Photo Gallery)
Rock icons QUEENSRŸCHE opened their The Verdict 2020 Headline Tour, last night at Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with a full house and a new set-list. Openers for the night…
Revolution Saints – Rise (Album Review)
They say the third time is the charm, and if the boys in Revolution Saints manage to be even more charming than in their successful sophomore offering “Light in the…
SEPULTURA’s Front-man DERRICK GREENE Talks “Quadra” Album: “There’s True Power When We Are All Together In the Studio As A Unit”
It goes without saying that the global metal scene would not be the same without SEPULTURA. For 35 years now, the Brazilian icons are not only a band revered worldwide;…
Greta Van Fleet at The Met – Philadelphia, PA (December 30, 2019)
My first introduction to Greta Van Fleet (GVF) came during a January 2016 episode from the Showtime drama Shameless. Their new song “Highway Tune” was featured during the show’s opening minutes and after first listen, I was hooked. Fast-forward nearly four years to the day, I find myself fortunate to be covering GVF’s second sold-out performance in as many nights,…
MORBID ANGEL, WATAIN and INCANTATION at Revolution Live, Fort Lauderdale, FL (December 21st, 2019)
It was Saturday night in Fort Lauderdale, and the holidays were rapidly approaching with all of their cheerful malice. To escape the vibrant lights lining the street and endless onslaught of carols, I was on my way to decompress with old-school death metal and Swedish black metal. With such infamous names filling out the bill, and a show placed in…
From The Point Of Ignition to the Final Drive: A Reflection on the Loss of NEIL PEART
January 10th for me has never meant anything else but the birthday of one of my dearest friends. On a more universal level, it marks the taking of effect of the Treaty of Versailles, officially ending World War I, the release of Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis”, the birth of Frank Sinatra and Rod Stewart, and the death of David Bowie. 2020 adds another entry to this extensive list – the day that the world at large came to know of the passing of arguably the greatest drummer to ever live, Mr. Neil Elwood Peart. It turns out that Neil died on…
A Year In Review: Our 2019 Favorite Metal Albums
Metal music is as broad and diverse as the many seas, and holds just as many mysteries in its turbulent depths. The steady tide of metal has brought bountiful offerings to the shores of 2019, and as night falls on an ocean of talent, both titans and newcomers stand as memorable contributions to the scene. Metal of both present and future has been challenged by the releases of longstanding legends that show no sign of slowing down, as well as fierce new talent unafraid of challenging what it means to shred in the twenty-first century. With such a saturated market…
