Ethereal Metal

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com Nearly two decades into a career built on heartbreak, chaos, rebellion, and riffs designed to hit like a freight train, Escape The Fate are staring down their next chapter—and they’re doing it with a new album, a new label, and plenty of fire…

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com There’s heavy, and then there’s Animalistic. PLUSH has unleashed the official music video for their latest single and this thing absolutely has a bite! Teeth sinking in, as the lyrics say, doesn’t even begin to cover the sheer aggression packed into this track.…

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com There are certain bands whose journey you find yourself following a little more closely than others. For me, PLUSH is one of those bands. I’ve been following their rise for quite some time, watching them grow from an exciting young hard rock act…

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com There are moments when a performer steps onto a stage and delivers a great performance. Then there are moments when you realize you may be watching the beginning of something much bigger. Nene Royal just had that moment. The 16-year-old singer and guitarist…

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com Twenty-five years later, STAIND’s landmark album still speaks the language of anxiety, isolation, pain, and redemption. Now, Break the Cycle gets a second life—louder, heavier, and forged by a quarter-century of experience. There are albums that define an era, and then there are…