There is a world where Def Leppard, Type O Negative, Ozzy Osbourne, Cancer Bats, and Turnstile crammed into a studio together and recorded the results. Luckily, it’s this one, and the outcome is the debut EP from COVID-baby band Your Future Is Metal.
Miscreance – Convergence [Reissue] (Review)
Hundreds of bands in the world today emulate Death’s enduring tech-death sound. Most get in the ballpark, and a handful get pretty close. Miscreance is one of the latter bands.
Lorna Shore, Aborted, Ingested, Angelmaker + Ov Sulfur at The Abbey, Orlando (Review)
On October 29, hundreds of black-clad metalheads descended upon the heart of downtown Orlando, Florida.
WILLOW – COPINGMECHANISM
WILLOW‘s fourth studio album, titled lately I feel EVERYTHING, was a pop-punk-indie-rock departure from her previous R&B/neo-soul style. Her latest album, <COPINGMECHANISM>, continued in both that musical and lyrical vein. On lately, she felt everything. On <COPINGMECHANISM>, she thinks about everything.
Boston Manor – Datura
I went into this listen of the UK’s Boston Manor completely blind.
State Of You – State Of You EP
In the movie High Fidelity, John Cusack’s character asks: “What came first? The music or the misery?”
Patient Sixty-Seven – Wishful Thinking
The metalcore Twitterverse has been aflutter with Patient Sixty-Seven’s debut album hype for the last six months.
Def Leppard + Mötley Crüe at TIAA Bank Field, Jacksonville
In 2018, I missed the Def Leppard/Journey tour twice: once in Washington, D.C., and once during a visit with friends in Detroit, Michigan.