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Creeping up behind us like a stalker in the shadows of the night, it’s a little difficult to tell whether the synthesizer we first hear in the opening bars of “These Things” is friend or foe, but as the song presses on, Hasten Mercy makes it clear that we have nothing to …

Like scenes from a fever-induced dream, Nané’s music video for “Seventeen” is both eclectic and highly stimulating, turning us down one dark alley after another whilst producing what could be one of the most stirring rock soundtracks I’ve come across in a video this year. There’s no getting around the …

Cradle of Filth stopped by The House of Blues in Anaheim, CA on October 21st, 2021 with their Lustmord and Tourgasm Tour and gave a sold out crowd what they’ve been waiting for since 2019. The extreme metal band from Suffolk, England played their 1998 album Cruelty and the Beast all the way …

Heartland rock is scoring a lot of headlines in 2021, and the revival isn’t being spurred on by mainstream forces exclusively. On the underground end of the rock n’ roll world, artists like Rich Chambers have been giving life to pastoral harmonies and electrified melodies all year long, perhaps with …

Avatar, the Swedish melodic death metal quintet, have been on tour “Going Hunting” in North America since the beginning of September and stopped by The Wiltern in Los Angeles, CA on October 6th to put on a show that their fans won’t soon forget. This tour has only a few …

Black Label Society was in Ventura, CA this past Saturday October 2nd and brought the doom with them. They’ve played The Majestic Ventura Theater a number of times and this might have been the best yet. Their first tour since the global pandemic started in March of 2020 and they did not …

Righteous rage is what’s on the menu today in music, as we join singer/songwriter Davy Williamson on an emotional trip in his brand new EP, “Down By The Fire”. We’ll be taking a closer look at the themes and musicianship on display here, so let’s dive in. The EP finds …

Without a solid beat, even the most emotive of vocal harmonies can fall flat. Vin Mack knew that to make “I Need You Lord” the praise-filled wonder it needed to be this summer, he was going to need a groove as powerful as his voice is to match up in …

It’s good to recognise your own limitations. Musician, producer, and frontman of industrial metal ensemble Al Jourgensen Ministry admits himself that their best work is never done under a democratic president, so it makes sense that he has managed to jettison out one last Tr*mp-era record with the band before …

With the success of his previous single, “A Song You Can Drink A Beer To,” Gary Pratt follows up with “Country To The Bone” from his incredibly powerful album Something Worth Remembering. “Country To The Bone” is a fast-tempo rocking country offering determined to get the listener out of their …

“(I’m) Crazy,” a new single from indie pop singer Vanalika Shan, spills like honey and silk from the speakers. Between her velvet breathy voice and the dreamy guitar riffs, this song checks all the boxes for a cool and pretty pop song. Inspired by the show “You,” “(I’m) Crazy” takes …

There’s nothing worse than a rapper who can swing sizeable beats only to drop a lot of noise on us when it comes to putting up a meaningful verse, and something tells me that Bruce Lii agrees with me on this point. His new single, “The Promised Land,” isn’t lyrically …