A review on Helix, the fifth full album from Japan’s Crystal Lake. Crystal Lake is a Japanese metalcore band from Tokyo, formed in 2002. The band currently consists of Ryo Kinoshita (vocals), Yudai Miyamoto (lead guitar), Shinya Hori (rhythm guitar), and Gaku Taura (drums). #CrystalLake #Helix #Metalcore
Read More »Live Review + Gallery: Therapy? at A38 in Budapest, HU on 01/30/2019
Therapy? are on the European leg of their 2019 tour promoting their fifteenth studio album “Cleave”. The show on the boat A38 was sold out a few days before the show. I’ve seen Therapy? twice now, both times in Serbia. First time in 2007 (SKC, Belgrade) and the second time …
Read More »Album Review: Within Temptation – Resist
A video review on Resist, the seventh full album from Within Temptation. Album review on Resist by Within Temptation. “The Reckoning” Official Music Video “in Vain” Official Lyric Video Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic metal band founded in April 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. …
Read More »Gallery and Review: A Pale Horse Named Death Record Release Show at Mercury Lounge, New York City 1/
After six long years the Brooklyn based gothic doom rockers A Pale Horse Named Death have release their third LP When The World Becomes Undone. With the release of their latest LP the band held a small intimate record release show on Friday January 18th at New York City’s Mercury …
Read More »Album Review: Soilwork – Verkligheten
A review on Verkligheten, the eleventh studio album from Sweden’s Soilwork. Video Review Soilwork – “Arrival” Soilwork is a Swedish heavy metal band from Helsingborg. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name Inferior Breed, the band changed their name in late 1996 to Soilwork (meaning “working from the ground up”). Verkligheten (English: Reality) …
Read More »Gallery and Review: Trans-Siberian Orchestra at the Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey 12/22/18
On a chilly Saturday afternoon in Newark, New Jersey lines packed with fans, some entire families made their way into the Prudential Center for the first of two shows that day of the holiday-themed rock opera Trans-Siberian Orchestra. The Ghost of Christmas Eve Tour marked 20 years for TSO. As …
Read More »Top 10 BEST Albums Of 2018 | Rocked
A countdown of the best albums from rock, metal, alternative and beyond in 2018! Firepower is the eighteenth studio album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. It is the first studio album since 1988’s Ram It Down to be produced by Tom Allom, and the first one with Andy Sneap as co-producer. The album sold around 49,000 copies …
Read More »Top 5 WORST Albums Of 2018 | Rocked
2018 had some great music in rock, metal, alternative, etc…but it was also a year full of mediocrity, shame and electronic beep-boops. Let’s talk about what stunk up this entire year!
Read More »Live Review + Gallery: Clutch at Tvornica Kulture on 12/09/2018
Clutch are on the European leg of their 2018 tour promoting their twelfth studio album “Book of Bad Decisions”. The show in Tvornica Kulture was sold out almost a whole month prior to the gig. Clutch have already visited Zagreb in 2016 with another sold out show so the hype was real. Tvornica …
Read More »Gallery and review: Black Tusk at Gramercy Theatre, New York City 11/28/19
Black Tusk known to most as a sludge metal band from Georgia delivered a powerful performance warming up the rather cold New York crowd. Laying down a constant storm of thunderous riffs that fit more in the thrash category, mixed with a trio of vocal ranges from lead vocals of …
Read More »Gallery and Review: Great American Ghost at Gramercy Theatre, New York City 11/28/18
The Boston based hardcore band Great American Ghost were one of three supporting acts on the Metal Alliance Tour as it rolled into NYC and made its stop at Gramercy Theatre on Wednesday November 28th, 2018. With the show falling on a Wednesday along with a early show time to …
Read More »Single Review: Glorious – “Move”
Glorious is a Washington, D.C.-bred singer, drummer, and producer currently based in New York City. Named after her grandmother, Glorious Cooper, she initially developed her musical sensibilities on drums as a toddler, at just three years old. By adolescence, she’d put that talent to the test, earning a degree from …
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