Venom, the fifth full album from Bullet For My Valentine, is promised to be the best metal album of 2015. Does the music live up to that hype?

The founders of Lollapalooza are bringing Landmark Music Festival to Washington D.C. on its inaugural year. The weekend-long event taking place September 26-27 at the West Potomac Park will boast five stages and over 40 artists. GA and VIP tickets are on sale here. In addition to a pretty incredible …

The talents of Paul Jason Robb sometime transcend words or expression of pen. The only way to appreciate is to listen and allow yourself to go on a journey through the many worlds of sound, feeling, and genres which themselves represent an interstellar experience of both mind and body. His …

Swedish indie band Small Feet, aside from having a deliciously clever name, have a minty new sound relying on acoustic instruments and quirky howling vocals. The group’s second album From Far Enough Away Everything Sounds Like The Ocean is a collection of just ten songs; each rumbling with overlapping guitar …

Rick Elliot – West of the Rockies URL: http://rickelliotmusic.com/ Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, traditionalist. It’s a safe assumption, after even a brief listen to his new album West of the Rockies, that Rick Elliot wears those labels with no small amount of pride. This is music out of time, for all …

Crimson Chrysalis – Enraptured URL: http://crimsonchrysalis.com/ There is no doubting the bewildering, dazzling quality of Crimson Chrysalis. They are a kindred spirit to Nightwish and several other bands that merge graceful atmospheric ambience into bludgeoning, theatrical metal abandon that satiates a very diverse listening palette. Quite simply, this group doesn’t …

The City Hack competition hosted by Desperados and talent company UKF kicks off this week with the first of four challenges which will see the three finalists battling their rival teams. The three teams in battle are from Bristol (Shifted Spaces), London (The Big Smoke) and Manchester (Rain City Movement). …

Joe Bonamassa brought his 3 Kings Tour to New Jersey this past Saturday night at the PNC Bank Arts Center. This tour is unique and unlike Bonamassa’s regular shows. The 3 Kings Tours honors Freddie King, Albert King and B.B. King. Bonamassa plays a variety music from all three artists. …

Shauna Burns -“Hazel” Primary URL: http://shaunaburns.com/music/ Singer/songwriter Shauna Burns has a decade long career working in the same vein of performers like Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan. Her 2005 debut, Every Thought, introduced her personal brand of piano theatrics tinged with a light Celtic flavor. She has shown a willingness …

It’s time for some filthy rock ‘n’ roll, and when I say filthy, I mean trawled through the blackened murky waters of Texas. Black ‘n’rollers Death Motif have dished the dirt on their second EP. The Water drags the listener to further depths than their début A Filthy Crown. “Our …

Like all the best aural descents into madness, this one has taken its time to ready itself for another level of technical insanity, but now on a much darker plane. It’s time for Dystrophy to showcase the latest step in evolution, their 2nd LP Wretched Host. Wretched Host is an …

Budweiser Made in America 2015 is coming to Philadelphia this Labor Day weekend. Being held over two days (Sept 5-6) at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the festival features a number of exciting names on its bill including Beyoncé and the Weeknd as its main headliners. Fans attending the Philadelphia-based festival …