CONCERT REVIEWS
With most of the civilized world still living in a proverbial prison yard for more than a year, not to mention all of the additional…
Just as Robin Staps told us last September during our interview, The Ocean intended to perform a live stream to present their massive paleontology concept work known as the Phanerozoic journey,…
Discontent has been the order of the day for the past year; to the point where penned up frustration has led to a number of…
It might seem counter-intuitive, but there is a common heritage between the various forms of folk music that have blossomed forth throughout history and the…
Concepts such as waiting with bated breath and with hands shaking in anticipation don’t quite capture the excitement that fans were likely feeling over the…
Another week into the uncharted waters of 2021 brings another installment of Sweden’s metallic carnival impresarios Avatar bringing their unique auditory craft to the individually…
Sweden’s prime purveyors of theatrical prowess with a modern metallic edge seem undaunted by the tumultuous time that is the present. Having served up a…
Just over a year since the release of their acclaimed album “Pitfalls,” and not quite a full year since the music industry came grinding to…
Fortune may favor the bold, but in this day and age where live concerts are indefinitely on hold and live streaming is the rule, the…
For the better part of 30 years, many of us in the metal community have been wondering if maybe Jon Oliva had missed his calling…
A question came up on my Facebook feed a few weeks ago: “which opening band blew the headliner away when you saw them?” Immediately, the…
In this day and age of social distancing, lockdowns and governors with god complexes, it seems like an act of pure rebellion to simply invite…
One could say that the best concert experiences are those that draw the audience into another world, but some artists tend to go about accomplishing…
Though perhaps best known as one of the heavy hitters of the American metalcore explosion of the mid-2000s, August Burns Red is a band that…
There is swimming against the tide, there are David vs. Goliath scenarios, and then there is the task of mounting an independent campaign against the…
One lesson that can be taken as 2020 draws to a close is that there is impermanence in what we see as normality. To be…
