"I remember coming here with my son back in '98" he said with a smile, "And here we are again: me, my son, and my grandkids, still...

While certainly not the only time in heavy metal's long and colorful (albeit mostly smeared in black with shades of grey and camouflage)...

Out on tour to promote their 2021 album, Manic, Wage War played an epic show in Silver Spring, MD on Tuesday, May 16 with Spite and...

When it comes to visual art, such as abstract sculptures or surrealist paintings, the longer one stares at the object, the more they see....

Without much thought, one could easily recite a handful of movies, books, or songs that dealt with the concept of 'if tomorrow was your...

It could be said that from the ashes of a great fire comes a new, mightier forest. Such is the cycle of beginnings and endings, of life...

While many are familiar with the second half of Friedrich Nietzsche's quote regarding gazing into the abyss, not all can recite the first...

In the early 2000s, the heavy metal world was in a rather curious state of affairs. Nu-metal was still arguably the biggest sub-genre on...

Between the endless sea of low hanging clouds and the misty rain falling from them, it was a Saturday where good company would be most...

Making their way into the Gramercy Theater, a group of friends discussed the game plan for the evening as their bags and tickets were...

Among the many intertwined branches of the heavy metal family tree, crossover thrash is often considered the offspring of hardcore punk...

----- Author's note: this review is dedicated to the memory of Fred Livingston Jr., to our fellow metalheads and their families...

Despite a week of increasingly warm days, a lone Wednesday stood out as the chosen window for winter to make one last stand before bowing...

One of the most radical branches in the world of extreme music, few sub-genres push the limits quite like funeral doom metal. Often times...

There is something pure about anonymous art and music, an intimacy of sorts where listeners can focus on the material rather than the...

Between nightfall and storm clouds covering the island of Manhattan, the black clad concert goers seemed to melt into one long stream of...

Though far from any frozen fjords or deep forests, Las Vegas, Nevada, is not without its ample sphere of influence in the world of...

"Look at you guys, all dressed up," he said, his voice rich in a Brooklyn accent, "ain't this a metal show?" The couple in line smiled,...

For many years, bands such as Meshuggah, Tool, and Opeth have been affectionately referred to as 'thinking (hu)man's metal'. From...

----- Author's note: As of this writing, it has been just a couple of days since a terrible train accident happened in Greece. While my...