It could be said that from the ashes of a great fire comes a new, mightier forest. Such is the cycle of beginnings and endings, of life...

While many are familiar with the second half of Friedrich Nietzsche's quote regarding gazing into the abyss, not all can recite the first...

In the early 2000s, the heavy metal world was in a rather curious state of affairs. Nu-metal was still arguably the biggest sub-genre on...

Between the endless sea of low hanging clouds and the misty rain falling from them, it was a Saturday where good company would be most...

Making their way into the Gramercy Theater, a group of friends discussed the game plan for the evening as their bags and tickets were...

Among the many intertwined branches of the heavy metal family tree, crossover thrash is often considered the offspring of hardcore punk...

----- Author's note: this review is dedicated to the memory of Fred Livingston Jr., to our fellow metalheads and their families...

Despite a week of increasingly warm days, a lone Wednesday stood out as the chosen window for winter to make one last stand before bowing...

As the dividing line between the hip and artistic Greenwich Village and the styling shops of SoHo and Nolita, Houston Street is a New...

One of the most radical branches in the world of extreme music, few sub-genres push the limits quite like funeral doom metal. Often times...

There is something pure about anonymous art and music, an intimacy of sorts where listeners can focus on the material rather than the...

Between nightfall and storm clouds covering the island of Manhattan, the black clad concert goers seemed to melt into one long stream of...

Though far from any frozen fjords or deep forests, Las Vegas, Nevada, is not without its ample sphere of influence in the world of...

"Look at you guys, all dressed up," he said, his voice rich in a Brooklyn accent, "ain't this a metal show?" The couple in line smiled,...

For many years, bands such as Meshuggah, Tool, and Opeth have been affectionately referred to as 'thinking (hu)man's metal'. From...

----- Author's note: As of this writing, it has been just a couple of days since a terrible train accident happened in Greece. While my...

The year is 1524 and fleet of canoes maneuver softly across the bay towards a mighty ship off the coast of an island called Manahatta. On...

For many years, the Newtown Creek, located on the far side of Williamsburg just north of Flushing Avenue, was traversed by countless...

As the old adage goes, with age comes wisdom and with experience comes new possibilities. Few bands have demonstrated this quite like...

Deathcore: an extreme subgenre of hardcore and death metal that carried a nearly two decade long history of adoring fans and resentful...