Category: heavy metal
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Dimmu Borgir Erupt Back into Darkness with ‘Ulvgjeld & Blodsodel’ Ahead of ‘Grand Serpent Rising’
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com Eight years is an eternity in extreme metal—but for Dimmu Borgir, it’s merely the silence before something colossal awakens. The Norwegian symphonic black metal titans have officially announced their long-awaited new album, Grand Serpent Rising, set for release on May 22 via Nuclear…
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“Acquired Immunity” Marks a Defining, Cinematic Turning Point for Catalyst Crime
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com Cinematic metal has always flirted with grandeur, but Catalyst Crime have been steadily carving out something far more dangerous—something that doesn’t just sound massive, but feels like it’s teetering on the edge of collapse and rebirth at the same time. Acquired Immunity is…
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Nearly 16,000 Lose Themselves in Chaos as Three Days Grace and Friends Dominate Elmont NY’s UBS Arena
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com On Thursday, March 12th, UBS Arena in Elmont erupted. From the instant the first lights hit the stage, the arena shook with anticipation. Nearly 16,000 voices collided in a roar that rolled through the seats and pulsed across the floor. Each act fed…
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ERRA Deliver Their Most Emotionally Devastating Album Yet With ‘silence outlives the earth’
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com For a band whose entire identity has been built on contrast—beauty and violence, clarity and chaos, the human and the cosmic—ERRA have always existed in the spaces between. But on their seventh full-length album, silence outlives the earth, the Alabama metal visionaries don’t…
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Alissa White-Gluz Unleashes New Band Blue Medusa
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com A new force is rising in heavy music. After more than a decade at the forefront of modern metal, internationally acclaimed vocalist Alissa White-Gluz is entering a powerful new chapter with the launch of her new band, Blue Medusa. Known for her commanding…
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Lost Society’s Hell Is a State of Mind Is the Most Compelling Statement the Band Has Ever Made
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com Four years after the critically acclaimed If the Sky Came Down, Finland’s metal visionaries Lost Society return with Hell Is a State of Mind, a record that doesn’t just announce their presence—it claims it. From vocalist–guitarist Samy Elbanna, guitarist Arttu Lesonen, bassist Mirko…
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