Ethereal Metal

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com A Nor’Easter was absolutely hammering parts of New York City and the Jersey Coast, but apparently nobody bothered to tell Kamelot, Visions of Atlantis and Frozen Crown that they were supposed to stay home. Instead, they showed up at Palladium Times Square and…

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com There are bands you listen to because they release good albums, and then there are bands whose records feel like an event. Amon Amarth have lived in that second category for a long time, but The Allfather Awakens somehow manages to make their…

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com There is a particular kind of noise that never needs an amplifier. It lives inside your own head, showing up when you’re trying to concentrate, questioning the things you’re working toward and reminding you of every mistake you’ve made. For Southern California mathcore…

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com There are certain voices in heavy music that become so closely connected to a band that separating the two almost feels impossible. For DragonForce, Marc Hudson has been that voice for the better part of fifteen years, helping define the band’s sound through…

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com There’s a moment on Mass Hysteria when you realize PLUSH has entered a different room entirely. It isn’t subtle. It isn’t gradual. And for anyone who has followed the band’s evolution, it may even prompt the immediate reaction of, Wait… is this PLUSH?…

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com Some musical partnerships make sense on paper. Others make sense the moment you hear them. Fallen Sanctuary belongs firmly in the second category. What began with an unlikely friendship between Serenity vocalist Georg Neuhauser and Temperance guitarist Marco Pastorino on a tour bus…