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Tarja Begins Vocal Tracking for the Highly Anticipated Follow-Up to 2019’s ‘In The Raw’
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com A new dawn rises over symphonic metal: Tarja Turunen has officially stepped into the studio to begin recording vocals for her next solo metal album. Shared via her Instagram reel earlier today, the Finnish soprano strides into the booth with a determined presence…
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Thrice’s Horizons/West Smolders With Contrast and Clarity
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com Thrice have always been a band in motion. Since emerging from the late ’90s Orange County post-hardcore scene, they’ve spent more than two decades refusing to be pinned down, shifting from hardcore grit to progressive experimentation to atmospheric rock. In 2021, Horizons/East marked…
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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 Shatter the Internet as ‘End of You’ Breaks One Million Views in Just Over 24 Hours
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com When Amy Lee (Evanescence), Poppy, and Courtney LaPlante (Spiritbox) announced a collaboration, it sounded almost unreal. A dream lineup of three of heavy music’s most commanding voices. But just yesterday, Sept. 4th, that dream became reality with the release of “End of You,”…
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