Band: Holy Grail Album: Ride The Void Label: Prosthetic Records Genre: Pure Fucking Metal It’s been just over two years since Holy Grail released their monolithic debut album Crisis In Utopia, and now the SoCal metal troupe has returned with their second album, Ride The Void. With only one member difference from the last album […]
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REVIEW: Holy Grail – Ride The Void
January 16th, 2013 
Jordan Munson 
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Metallica Start Their Own Label, Releasing Concert Blu Ray & DVD
October 26th, 2012 Dan Bogosian Former heavy metal and current Rick Rubin act Metallica have gone independent (maybe blink 182 will do the same?). They have formally announced they have started their own label – although they haven’t said if the still untitled label will be signing other acts, or just being used as a means to release their new […]
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Sneak peak at Lil Wayne’s VMA performance
August 28th, 2011 Michelle On Sunday at the Nokia Theater, fans of Lil Wayne will be treated to a “rock-star” like performance from the rapper. As he ran through his set the other night, Weezy delivered some surprises, including a heavy metal take on one of his songs.
Posted in News Tags: gil smit, heavy metal, itunes, Lil Wayne, mc, new album, new-and-improved, raper, run through, the carter IV, vmas, weezy Comments Off on Sneak peak at Lil Wayne’s VMA performanceNathan Ellis returns in Sunlit Ether
August 9th, 2011 Grant Trimboli Nathan Ellis, former vocalist for heavy metal group The Human Abstract, has joined a new outfit known as Sunlit Ether. The group is not currently signed to any record label, but released three songs on their MySpace page in late 2010. Sunlit Ether will be performing this Saturday, August 13, at The Joint in Los […]
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REVIEW: Wolf – Legions Of Bastards
April 25th, 2011 James Shotwell “Though Legions may not be the best heavy metal album out today, or even Wolf’s strongest release to date, it’s still a very solid listen. So long as you go into your listening experience knowing what to expect, and heavy metal fan would be sure to enjoy it. A marching romp through the heavy metal stylebook, Legions of Bastards is an album worth of the “true heavy metal” title.”
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Review: Sister Sin – True Sound of the Underground
June 21st, 2010 James Shotwell “…pays homage to a trend that’s been laid to rest since the grunge era flourished and sent it packing. “
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February 4th, 2010 James Shotwell Artist: Fozzy Album: Chasing The Grail Genre: Heavy Metal Label: None The story has been told 1000 times in the last 20 years. Person becomes celebrity for something other than singing and decides to release an album. For some, like Jared Leto and 30 Seconds to Mars, it works. For others, like comedian Eddie Murphy […]
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June 1st, 2009 James Shotwell Artist: Mastodon Album: Crack The Skye Genre: Hard Rock Label: Reprise/Sire Mastodon is a band that two years ago I wouldn’t have given the time of day, but oh how the times have changed. Last year, at the Rockstar Mayhem tour, I caught this band’s energetic and epic set while awaiting Slipknot and they’ve stuck […]
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January 9th, 2009 James Shotwell Band: Idols Are Dead Album: Mean Genre: Metal/Hardcore Label: Scarlet Tracks: 1. This Is Not The End 2. Let’s Do It 3. Dance With The Devil 4. Pain For Sale 5. Dirt 6. It’s So Easy 7. The Name of My Rage 8. Proud To Be Sick 9. Twiggy Italy has spent the last […]