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Revolver Golden God Awa...

There are tons of great bands nominated this year, so whether you’re into the Dillinger Escape Plan, Between the Buried and Me or Megadeth, you need to go vote for all the different categories in the Revolver Golden God Awards! http://www.goldengodsawards.com/vote.html I’m...

Between the Buried and ...

Between the Buried and Me Tommy Giles Rogers - vocals, keyboards Paul Waggoner - guitar Dan Briggs - bass Dustie “Dustball” Waring - guitar Blake Richardson - drums Between the Buried and Me (often referred to as BTBAM) is a five-piece metal band that resides in North...

GWAR *interview w/Oderu...

You can’t even categorize this band with any other: Gwar is an entity in itself. Just that one word is so much: amazing music, fucking awesome stage show and all around awesome dudes. How can men in costumes, fishnets and g-strings be so hardcore? Doesn’t matter, it’s...

ENTER SHIKARI *intervie...

ENTER SHIKARI Roughton “Rou” Reynolds - Vocals, Electronics Liam “Rory” Clewlow - Guitar, Vocals Chris “Battenberg” Batten - Bass, Vocals Rob Rolfe - Drums, Percussion Formed in 2003, Enter Shikari blasted onto the UK music scene and is making...

ALESANA *interview w/De...

Fearless Records’ heavyweights Alesana are blasting through a headlining US tour right now, and luckily I got to snag some time with them while they were in Louisville. Dennis, Shane, Me & Jeremy of Alesana Alesana Dennis Lee - Screaming vocals Shawn Milke - Vocals,...

Common Dreads Album Rev...

Enter Shikari - Common Dreads Common Dreads was my first taste of Enter Shikari, despite it being their second release. I had some friends with similar musical cravings that seemed to take well to them, so I went in with high hopes. As the first track, “Common Dreads,” began,...

GRAVE MAKER (interview ...

Grave Maker Jon - Vocals Bailey - Bass Wayne - Drums “Grave Maker is made up of three of the greatest friends anyone could ask for. We’re here to write the music we love, and to play shows across the world.” *courtesy of Grave Maker’s myspace page: www.myspace.com/gravemaker Grave...

Punk is… what!?!...

Punk Rock Developed in the mid 1970’s in the US, Bahrain, Austrailia, and the UK. Fast, hard-edged music, typically short songs with often political or anti-establishment messages. Punk rock embraces a “do it yourself” method, with many bands self-producing, recording,...

The Syncope Threshold (...

Syncope (pronounced like “sync-a-pee”) is the medical term for fainting, a sudden, usually temporary, loss of consciousness generally caused by insufficient oxygen in the brain either through cerebral hypoxia or hypotension but possibly for other reasons. Typical symptoms...

I’m hittin’...

People should now by now that I love music. Not only do I love listening to music and going to shows, but I like to work on the promotional sides of things as well. I am passionate enough about it, that I actually enjoy “working” to help a band out, whether I’m writing...

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