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Rock/Heavy Metal

Taking Dawn Premiers “The Chain” Music Video

August 20, 2010

Taking Dawn’s new music video features their very cool cover of a Fleetwood Mac song, “The Chain”. The split screen video includes footage of the band in a recording studio, setting up and tearing down for a gig, driving through their hometown of Las Vegas, and greeting fans. Check out the music video below: Related [...]

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Barren Earth Begins Its First US Tour As Part of “The Finnish Metal Tour 2″ This Winter

August 19, 2010

Finland’s emerging prog/death metal supergroup, Barren Earth, will join their countrymen Finntroll, Ensiferum and Rotten Sound on “The Finnish Metal Tour 2″ during January and February 2011. This marks the Barren Earth’s first United States tour.  The band features members of Moonsorrow, Swallow The Sun, and Kreator. 2010 was a successful year for Barren Earth, [...]

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24 Albums We Love Hearing Over and Over Again

August 17, 2010

Co-written with Viola da Voce. The other night, we were driving on our way to go out to dinner. Viola had the album Damnation by Opeth playing in the car. The CD reached its last track and then restarted. Viola said that she didn’t mind listening to the album again, even though she had just [...]

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Iron Maiden Launches New Online Game “The Final Frontier”

August 6, 2010

On August 3, Iron Maiden launched a brand-new online game, The Final Frontier, which uses the deep space concept of their upcoming album (to be released on August 16) of the same name. In a dodge-and-fight challenge set over five levels, space pirates destroy the band’s cargo ship, scattering equipment across the galaxy. Players must [...]

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Intriguing Sophomore Album Mute from Progressive Rock Act Demians to Be Released in the US on August 10

August 5, 2010

There is no doubt that Nicholas Chapel, the mastermind of Demians, is an interesting fellow. He named his music after a character in Hermann Hesse’s novel Demian, which he discovered in his grandfather’s attic at the age of six or seven. On his highly praised 2008 debut album, Building An Empire, Chapel played all of [...]

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Vocalist James LaBrie’s “One More Time” Ignites Controversy Among Fans

August 2, 2010

The release of “One More Time”, a track from Dream Theater frontman James LaBrie‘s upcoming solo album, Static Impulse, has sparked a heated debate among his fans. Listeners were shocked when the first vocals they heard on the track were not LaBrie’s distinctive tenor but rather the heavy screams of the album’s drummer/scream vocalist, Peter [...]

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Concert Review: Iron Maiden with Dream Theater – The Chicago Concert

July 22, 2010

The following review was co-written with Viola.  Viola wrote the Dream Theater portion. In all my years as a metalhead, there are a few key bands I have yet to see in live performance.  Iron Maiden was one of those bands. For whatever reason, whenever Iron Maiden did come to the states to tour, I [...]

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Earthen Grave Perform Stargazer, Tribute to Ronnie James Dio (Video)

July 15, 2010

This past weekend, Rachel Barton Pine, world-renowned classical violinist, was awarded the Great Performer of Illinois Award. As part of the ceremony, she performed in a special concert that began with two classical music sets.  Pine ended her evening of performances with a set by Earthen Grave, her doom/thrash metal band. As part of the [...]

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Mutiny Within Premieres Lethean Live Music Video

July 12, 2010

Heavy metal band Mutiny Within premiered a new music video today, Lethean Live. The video features a powerful performance off of their recent tour supporting Sonata Arctica. If you haven’t had a chance to attend a Mutiny Within show, you’re in for a treat with this video. The band is not only technically flawless but [...]

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Original Clash of the Titans lineup to tour: Anthrax joins Megadeth and Slayer on Leg Two of American Carnage Tour

July 12, 2010

The second metal concert I ever attended as a kid was the Clash of the Titans tour with Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer as triple headliners.  To this day it was one of the best metal concerts ever. Megadeth had just released Rust in Peace, Anthrax had released Persistence of Time and Slayer had released Seasons in [...]

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