Artist Profile Scroobius Pip Country of origin: United Kingdom Genres: Hip hop, Spoken word Years active: 2005-current Current members: David Meads aka Scroobius Pip (lyrics/vocals, some beats) Number of albums: 2 (5 including Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip) Number of concerts attended: 0 Notable cameos on artist’s records: Travis […]
Artist Profile Mirrorthrone Country of origin: Switzerland Genres: Symphonic black metal, avant-garde metal, extreme metal Years active: 2000-current Current members: Vladimir Cochet (all instruments and vocals) Number of albums: 3 Number of concerts attended: 0 This is a new project I’m working on. I will often be doing pieces on […]
Magma is Hot Seriously, the new Gojira album is good REVIEW: Gojira – “Magma” On 17 June 2016, Gojira released their newest album, Magma, and you can just stop reading now because it is awesome. If you have Spotify, I urge you to check it out as soon as possible, […]
The Fall of Hearts Reviewing the latest Katatonia album Katatonia has l0ng been a favorite of mine. I first heard them in 2003 when Viva Emptiness had been released and I really dug the way Jonas’s calm and soothing voice contrasted the deep tonality of the guitars featured in the […]
Fallujah Fallujah came by a while ago in support of the Black Dahlia Murder and promoting their new album, Dreamless, which was released the same day as the new Aesop Rock record. I was unable to make that show, but on the way back to their home in San Francisco, […]
The Impossible Kid Tour Aesop Rock 5/23/2016 I waited four years for The Impossible Kid album to drop and when I finally got to hear it about a month ago, I was completely impressed (as usual) by Aesop Rock. I went to see him perform for the seventh time […]
The Metal Alliance Tour 2016 Remember last week when I said I saw Entombed A.D. once before? Turns out it was at the Metal Alliance Tour last year with Deicide and Hate Eternal. Black Crown Initiate was also there. I was unfamiliar with Black Crown Initiate prior to that […]
Return of the Vikings Amon Amarth On 7 May 2016, I went to see Amon Amarth in the concert for the second time. The first time I saw them was in 2011 in a sold out venue that holds just under 1000 people. Five years later, they sold out […]
An Astonishing Experience An Evening with Dream Theater I’ve had the distinct pleasure of seeing a few bands perform where they were the only band on the ticket. Amon Amarth, Steven Wilson, and Machine Head are a few that I’ve seen with that particular distinction. It is always an […]
Soilwork and Fear Factory 24 April 2016 Fear Factory is one of those early bands for me. I remember hearing Obsolete in 1999 just after it came out and absolutely falling in love with it. Fear Factory catches a lot of flak in the metal community for some of their […]
