Ryan Brummund


A Bard’s Eye View: My Last Show of 2016 (Probably)

My Last Show of 2016 (Probably)   Imagine a concert featuring Dark Tranquillity, Swallow the Sun, Enforcer, and Starkill.  That’s a pretty badass lineup.  Anyone would be a fool to pass up a show like this. UNLESS Epica, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Arkona, and The Agonist are playing THE VERY SAME NIGHT. […]


A Bard’s Eye View: Watsky (x Infinity) Tour

Watsky’s x Infinity Tour On 8 November 2016, I went to see Watsky perform for the third time in three years.  Last year, I presented coverage of his performance and I decided that this year I would do the same.  This show was particularly important as he was in support […]


A Bard’s Eye View: Artist Profile – The Mars Volta

Artist Profile The Mars Volta Country of origin: United States Genres: Progressive rock, experimental rock, jazz-rock, psychedelic rock, post-hardcore, musique concrete, jazz fusion, noise rock, math rock, Years active: 2001-2012 Current members: None Number of albums: 6 Number of concerts attended: 0 Notable cameos on artist’s records: Flea The Mars Volta […]


A Bard’s Eye View: Artist Profile – Nightwish Part Two: Post-Tarja

Artist Profile 7 Nightwish – Part Two: Post-Tarja Country of origin: Finland Genres: Symphonic metal, gothic metal, power metal, folk metal, heavy metal, symphonic power metal Years active: 1996-current Current members: Tuomas Holopainen (keyboards, piano, synthesizers), Jukka Nevaleinen (drums, percussion), Emppu Vuorinen (guitars), Marco Hietala (bass, vocals), Troy Donockley (uilleann […]


A Bard’s Eye View: Artist Profile- Nightwish Part One: The Tarja Years

Artist Profile Nightwish – Part One: The Tarja Years Country of origin: Finland Genres: Symphonic metal, gothic metal, power metal, folk metal, heavy metal, symphonic power metal Years active: 1996-current Current members: Tuomas Holopainen (keyboards, piano, synthesizers), Jukka Nevaleinen (drums, percussion), Emppu Vuorinen (guitars), Marco Hietala (bass, vocals), Troy Donockley […]


A Bard’s Eye View: Gojira and Tesseract

Gojira and Tesseract On Friday, 14 October 2016, I saw Gojira and Tesseract perform.  I am not super familiar with Tesseract, but I do enjoy what I have heard and their performance was very good.  Unfortunately, Gojira’s performance is hardwired into my head and that is going to be the […]


A Bard’s Eye View: R.A. The Rugged Man and A-F-R-O

R.A. The Rugged Man and A-F-R-O Back in late September, I decided to see R.A. The Rugged Man and A-F-R-O. A-F-R-O was my main reason for going and I was intrigued about R.A. The Rugged Man because I was largely unfamiliar with his work. I spent a small amount of […]


A Bard’s Eye View: The Holographic Principle

The Holographic Principle A Look at the new Epica album   There were three albums that were released on 30 September 2016, but Epica’s album was the one that stuck out the most to me.  The Holographic Principle is not only my favorite Epica album since Design Your Universe, but […]