I know, I’m late posting this but with the Thanksgiving holiday madness, I haven’t had a chance to sit down and write a proper review....

Since its inception, black metal has long been a style meant to take the listener to a different plain of existence. Sometimes it's to...

With temperatures dropping below freezing in the northeastern United States but the full force of Mother North still to come, the season...

On Halloween Eve, I was fortunate to shoot the Deadmen and Dragons tour, featuring Trivium and openers Between the Buried and Me,...

While easily recognizable on any given day, Halloween weekend is a time when even the most outrageously dressed metalhead can fly under...

Last Thursday, The Tour to End All Tours featuring EPICA and Sabaton reached Silver Spring, Maryland. The sold-out show was definitely...

Founded 15 years ago, influenced by the likes of Death and Decrepit Birth, and coming to prominence along side bands such as The Faceless...

Whether it is fashion, technology, or, in this case, music, Japan has always been a leader of thinking beyond established rules; experts...

As far as history can tell, music has long been a bridge between the human world and a realm far beyond our comprehension. Perhaps...

2002 was a curious year in the world of music. The sun was setting on the era of the boy/girl bands, with their place on the charts being...

At a time in the world when real life events are plenty intense and brutal, one might wish for something to bring a little bit of order...

June 10, 2022 When you are the face and voice for one of most respected extreme metal bands in the history of the genre, what does it...

The uniqueness of any heavy metal band can be argued as one part nature, one part nurture. To be specific, the nature is in reference to...

May 06, 2022 Between a day of heavy rain and the closure of the nearby L train station after 10:30pm for construction, this particular...

April 29, 2022 As one of several venues in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Greenpoint, the appropriately named Warsaw is special in how it...

What comes to mind when thinking of being lost in a labyrinth? The claustrophobia among the towering walls? The panic of never finding...

When the world is at its quietest, sometimes it is easier to find words then than it is in times of overpowering noise and sound. Despite...

At a time when many bands are moving toward minimalism as far as packaging and presentation, it is easy to long for the days of the past....

From Judge to Earth Crisis to Hatebreed, and every band in between, the genre of hardcore is a testament to the fact that the most brutal...

It could be argued that black metal is the absinthe of the metal world. It's not for everyone, some try it once and a while to experience...