Category: reviews
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Sleep Token’s “Even In Arcadia” Gathering Transforms Brooklyn’s Sold Out Barclays Center Into a Haven for the Broken
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com The Barclays Center in Brooklyn was alive long before the first note hit the speakers. Nearly 19,000 fans packed the arena, a mix of longtime devotees and curious newcomers, all drawn to Sleep Token — a band that, in just a few short…
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Through Fire, Flames, and (Yes) Flying Chickens – DragonForce Tear Up Toad’s Place
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com When DragonForce storms into town, it’s never just a concert—it’s an adrenaline-fueled spectacle that fuses blistering guitar work with sheer, unrelenting fun. Having covered them before at New York City’s Palladium Times Square, I walked into Toad’s Place in New Haven thinking I…
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Silverstein’s ‘Pink Moon’ Proves the Second Half Hits Hardest
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com Silverstein have always carried a restless hunger. Across two decades and countless reinventions, they’ve never been content to sit inside a neat box of “post-hardcore” or “emo veterans.” Instead, they’ve evolved in real time, their music reflecting both the anxieties and hopes of…
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Amy Lee, Poppy, and Courtney LaPlante Deliver Explosive Power in New Collab “End of You”
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com Today, Amy Lee, Poppy, and Courtney LaPlante unleashed “End of You”, a collaboration the heavy music world has been buzzing about for weeks. Teased just over a week ago with a single photo of the three artists together, the idea of a track…
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Sapient Scar Set to Unleash Their Debut Single ‘Weak Is the Weapon’, Out Friday, September 12th
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com First impressions matter. In life, in love, and especially in music, we often know within moments whether something is going to linger or vanish into background noise. For Los Angeles newcomers Sapient Scar, their debut single “Weak Is the Weapon” doesn’t just enter…
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Lorna Shore’s ‘I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me’ May Have Just Claimed Metal’s Album of the Year
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com Lorna Shore have never been a band content to simply exist within the boundaries of genre. Since their earliest recordings, they’ve operated like sonic alchemists, transforming deathcore’s raw aggression into something both calculated and apocalyptic. Their forthcoming album, I Feel The Everblack Festering…
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