Tag: review
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BABYMETAL’s Metal Forth Is a Genre-Bending Gamble That Mostly Pays Off
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com It’s wild to think that BABYMETAL have now been bending reality for 15 years. What started as a genre-defying curiosity has solidified into a full-fledged institution—one that, despite its chaos and contradictions, has always had a surprisingly focused mission: blow the walls off…
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Auri III: “Candles and ‘Beginnings” is a Living, Breathing Journey Through Memory, Time and Wonder
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com Some music doesn’t just play — it remembers. It doesn’t begin with a note, but with a flicker: the soft hiss of a candle lighting the way back to places you’ve never been, yet somehow always known. With AURI III: Candles and Beginnings, the…
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Katatonia Deliver What May Be Their Most Important Record in a Decade On “Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State”
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com Katatonia has long made a home in the shadows—peering through twilight with eyes that neither fear the dark nor fully surrender to it. For over three decades, they’ve stood as a lighthouse for the emotionally frayed, a band whose melodic despair doesn’t just…
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Arch Enemy’s Blood Dynasty Tour Ignites Times Square
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com Sometimes chaos works in your favor. On May 2nd, the heart of Times Square surged with chaos and adrenaline. As Arch Enemy’s Blood Dynasty Tour descended upon Palladium Times Square, the city’s pulse was already pounding—thanks to the historic first-ever major boxing match…
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Pathos & Logos’ “Back To You” Tears the Soul in Two
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com There’s an ache to this one. A weight. The kind that doesn’t just sit in the chest—it settles into the bones. Back To You, the third single from Pathos & Logos’ upcoming EP Gospel, doesn’t simply build upon the band’s explosive redefinition from…
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Sleep Token Unveils Final Single ‘Damocles’ Ahead of Forthcoming Album ‘Even In Arcadia’ Out May 9th via RCA
Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor |Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com Sleep Token, the mysterious British collective that has captivated the metal world with their emotional intensity and sonic shapeshifting, has just dropped their third single, “Damocles,” and it’s a haunting, thunderous milestone. Arriving alongside their move to RCA Records, this latest release deepens the…
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