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Behemoth "The Satanist"

If you've ever wondered what the religious alignment of Behemoth main man Nergal was, The Satanist puts the subject in stark relief. For those who don't know who Behemoth or Nergal are, they are...

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Rock on the Range 2014

For the eighth year in a row, a cavalcade of bands and a host of music fans descended upon Ohio State’s Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio for three days of music and comedy. The 2014 Rock on the...

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Interview - Will Calhoun, drummer for Living Colour

William Calhoun is the longtime drummer for Living Colour, having joined the band before their first album Vivid was released in 1988. Over the years, he has garnered attention and accolades for his...

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Sevendust play acoustic show in South Bend

Even before the band took the stage, the scene at Club Fever in South Bend Friday evening gave an indication of what was to come. Onstage were chairs and racks of acoustic guitars lit by a blue...

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Interview with Skinny from Mushroomhead

Industrial/metal collective Mushroomhead have been together for over twenty years. Formed in Cleveland in 1993, over the last two decades the band has toured relentlessly worldwide and released a...

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Ministry's "Last Tangle In Paris" CD/DVD review

Ministry’s new live CD/DVD package is entitled Last Tangle In Paris, yet the industrial/metallic madness contained within wasn’t filmed in that French capital city - it was primarily recorded at the...

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Mayhem Festival shreds Indianapolis

By the time Avenged Sevenfold took the stage to close out the 2014 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, a full 18 bands had played on a total of four stages (one main and three side stages),...

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White Lung "Deep Fantasy" review

Canadian noise-punks White Lung have crawled their way towards the top of that country’s punk rock scene and garnered some lavish stateside praise. For their 2012 LP Sorry, the band burned through ten...

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Body Count interview

Body Count is a metal band formed in 1990 by co-founders Ice-T and Ernie C, the lead vocalist and lead guitarist, respectively. Alternately dubbed “thrash metal,” “rap metal,” and “crossover metal,”...

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Interview: Mark and Eddie from Suicide Silence

Suicide Silence has recently become active again after taking an extended break after the tragic death of vocalist Mitch Lucker on Halloween night 2012. The band initially formed in 2002, and have now...

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Eluveitie "Origins"

Fans of both Celtic Frost and Riverdance, rejoice! Swiss folk metallers Eluveitie have returned, delivering with Origins another set of tunes that sound something like a mash-up of the Wacken Open Air...

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Mushroomhead invade Ft. Wayne

“I had a bad day,” Mushroomhead vocalist Jeffrey Nothing intoned during their set-opener “Qwerty” at Piere’s in Ft. Wayne Thursday night. It’s a song from the band’s latest album...

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Pop Evil high-five Christmas in South Bend

Three quarters through their set at Club Fever in South Bend Friday night, Pop Evil frontman Leigh Kakaty coaxed the crowd into either hugging or high-fiving the person standing next to them, in...

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Cut Teeth "Night Years" reviewed

Once upon a time, there was a small but important niche within the pantheon of indie rock called noise rock. Bands ranging from Sonic youth to Killdozer and Scratch Acid brought atonality and...

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Obituary "Inked In Blood" review

Obituary’s latest album, Inked In Blood, is in many ways indicative of its time. The band funded it by a Kickstarter campaign, meaning technology enabled fans to fund the record they wanted to hear....

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Local H keep Elkhart air tight

“This is a song for the Midwest,” vocalist/guitarist Scott Lucas of Local H told the crowd gathered at the Five Star Dive Bar in Elkhart Thursday night. It was an intro to “California Songs,” a...

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Exodus "Blood In, Blood Out" review

The new Exodus album, Blood In, Blood Out, features the return of two former members - vocalist Steve ‘Zetro’ Souza and guitarist Kirk Hammett. Souza, who was their vocalist from 1986-93 and again...

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Interview with Scott Holiday, guitarist from Rival Sons

Proof positive that American audiences can miss something great that's right in front of their noses, power quartet Rival Sons have found more of a following in Europe than Stateside. No matter. Their...

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Riot Fest kicks up old school thrills in Chicago

Riot Fest began as the scrappy upstart Chicago music festival back in 2005. It thrived as a budget-conscious alternative to the mammoth Lollapalooza. It expanded to encompass festivals in Toronto and...

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Lamb of God, Anthrax blitzkrieg the Aragon

“You're welcome” were the words Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian chose to introduce “Evil Twin,” the lead single from their forthcoming album For All Kings, due out later this month. A master of wry, pithy...

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