CONCERT REVIEW: JOE BONAMASSA at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado (August 9th, 2021)
In the days before COVID, there were certain things that just happened on a regular basis, making you feel like things were “normal.” One such…
CONCERT REVIEW: STAIND at the iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida (August 5th, 2021)
I felt a mix of elation and nostalgia while on Thursday night I drove almost 100 miles to catch the first show of the Staind…
FRACTAL UNIVERSE – The Impassable Horizon Alive [Stream Event] (July 25th, 2021)
Over the past weekend, Fractal Universe entertained fans around the globe with streaming event “The Impassable Horizon – Alive,” during which the band performed new…
ROSS JENNINGS – Acoustic Shadows [Stream Event] (July 16th, 2021)
After enjoying a successful career spanning more than ten years with modern progressive metal titans Haken, and being part of the up-and-coming band Novena, vocalist Ross Jennings continues to…
Within Temptation – The Aftermath [Livestream Event] (July 16th, 2021)
Within the annals of female-fronted symphonic metal, the name Within Temptation is among the oldest and most immediately recognizable, though also one of the hardest…
BEARTOOTH – The Journey Below [Livestream Event] (July 14th, 2021)
There is definitely something to be said for getting back to basics, or getting to the core for a more fitting idiom wherein subsets of…
BUCKCHERRY Goes Hellbound at Sherman Theater, Stroudsburg, PA (July 6th, 2021)
Buckcherry released one of their best albums, “Hellbound,” on June 25th and have wasted no time hitting the road post-pandemic in support of it. As…
VOIVOD – Dimension Hatröss: Live-stream (June 27th, 2021)
Quebec-born thrash metal trustees turned progressive metal trailblazers Voivod are, if nothing else, a band of historical consequence. Originally cutting their teeth in the studio…
CROWDED HOUSE – Live From The Island [Livestream Review] (June 12th, 2021)
For every other stereotypical adherent to 80s pop and rock culture that seemed to fade away with the end of the decade, there would occasionally…
ORPHANED LAND – 30th Anniversary Show: Live-Stream (June 10th, 2021)
The novelty of metal bands performing with orchestras has worn a bit thin. Far from being anything revolutionary at this point (Deep Purple did it…
EPICA – Omega Alive Universal [Livestream Review] (June 12th, 2021)
The concert as a grand spectacle and the sub-genre of symphonic metal are companions almost to the point of necessity, and have been since the…
VOIVOD – Nothingface: Live-stream (May 30th, 2021)
As some parts of the world are finally opened up for concerts, Canadians are still struggling with covid variants and waves, and the country is…
CRADLE OF FILTH – Live at St. Mary’s Art Center: Live-Stream (May 12th, 2021)
In a time where ongoing lockdowns have precluded the presence of a live audience, theatricality is a band’s best friend when adapting to the live…
STAIND – Break the Cycle [20th Anniversary Performance]: Live-Stream (May 8th, 2021)
With the passage of a couple decades, a bestselling album has a way of becoming a time capsule, reflecting the zeitgeist of its particular era…
DEVIN TOWNSEND – Ocean Machine (Biomech): Live-Stream (May 1st, 2021)
So let’s just get one thing out of the way: I am neither a TV nor a movie guy, and despite being an avid lover…
MELVINS – Melvins TV: Volume 3: Live-Stream (May 1st, 2021)
Even with nearly 4 decades of history at their backs, there is a persistent enigma surrounding the identity of the trio known as Melvins. A…
