Editorials 150 THE OCEAN MAIN-MAN ROBIN STAPS IS NOT ONLY AN INCREDIBLY TALENTED MUSICIAN, BUT SMART TOO June 5th, 2008 at 11:50am Vince Neilstein That much should be obvious just from listening to The […]
Show Reviews 200 EVERYONE WAVE BYE-BYE TO SCOTT WEILAND June 2nd, 2008 at 11:41am Axl Rosenberg Amongst the more surreal moments of the Stone Temple Pilots’ […]
Show Reviews 110 A RIP-ROARING, DRUNKEN, FUN TIME AT PAGANFEST May 29th, 2008 at 1:25pm Vince Neilstein The sense of community at the final stop of Paganfest […]
Show Reviews 30 SUBTLE, SOOTHING AGGRESSION: GIANT LIVE IN BROOKLYN (w/ROSETTA, ENGINEER, AND *TOMBS*) May 28th, 2008 at 1:57pm Kip Wingerschmidt One ought assume that when a band’s bass player begins […]
Show Reviews 70 PROGESSIVE NATION 2008 IN NYC: WHEN MUSIC AND DORKS UNITE May 27th, 2008 at 1:13pm Vince Neilstein The 5-man “drum off” in the middle of Dream Theater’s […]
Show Reviews 30 FILTER ROCKS A PACKED — AND WET — INTIMATE CD RELEASE SHOW AT NEW YORK’S MERCURY LOUNGE May 14th, 2008 at 10:39am Vince Neilstein [First of all, big ups to Sam @ NoneLouder for […]
Cinemetal 140 MINISTRY LIVE: BORRRRR-ING May 2nd, 2008 at 12:05pm Axl Rosenberg Vince and I saw Ministry’s (alleged) farewell tour last night, […]
Show Reviews 5080 A REINVIGORATED SEVENDUST RILE UP THE STARLAND BALLROOM (4/20/08) April 21st, 2008 at 11:21am Vince Neilstein Killswitch Engage might hold the record for security guard singalongs […]
Show Reviews 100 THE BINARY CODE WILL CRUSH THE METAL SCENE, ONE ZERO AT A TIME April 15th, 2008 at 3:36pm Vince Neilstein Last night I was lucky enough to catch New Jersey […]
Show Reviews 40 BLACK TIDE, AT ALL COST, IN THIS MOMENT & JAMEY JASTA @ RED 7 PATIO, AUSTIN, TX (3/25/08) March 25th, 2008 at 2:03pm Corey Mitchell [Better late than never. This is the 6th and final […]
Show Reviews 80 SOILWORK, SANS TWO GUITARISTS, STILL KNOW HOW TO RIP IT UP March 24th, 2008 at 1:50pm Vince Neilstein Often when a band loses some of its core members […]
Show Reviews 120 KILLSWITCH ENGAGE KEEP IT REAL WITH A DOSE OF HUMOR February 8th, 2008 at 2:06pm Vince Neilstein Sometimes metal is just too fucking serious. Dudes trying to […]
Show Reviews 80 THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN FIGURATIVELY BURN DOWN THE STARLAND BALLROOM, THREATEN TO LITERALLY BURN DOWN CONAN O’BRIEN’S DESK February 4th, 2008 at 12:27pm Axl Rosenberg “We’re gonna be on Conan O’Brien on Wednesday,” DEP front […]
Show Reviews 200 THE NEW YORK TIMES REVIEWS LAST WEEK’S NEUROSIS / MASTODON SHOWS January 30th, 2008 at 3:30pm Vince Neilstein Last week the legendary doomsters Neurosis — with Mastodon along […]
Show Reviews 150 I CANNOT BELIEVE IT TOOK ME THIS LONG TO SEE THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN LIVE December 17th, 2007 at 5:02pm Axl Rosenberg HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. Those were the only three words I […]
Show Reviews 100 AVENGED SEVENFOLD PROVE THEY’RE AMONG ROCK’S ELITE PLAYERS AT THE HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM, 11/14/07 November 15th, 2007 at 1:54pm Vince Neilstein After watching Avenged Sevenfold rock the fuck out of 3,000 […]
Show Reviews 190 As Far as Synthetic Cash Grabs Go, the Van Halen Reunion Tour Is a Pretty Good One November 14th, 2007 at 12:04pm Axl Rosenberg After years of skipping Van Hagar concerts and DLR/Hagar co-tours […]
Editorials 70 PROG-METAL’S NEW YOUNG GIANTS: BTBAM AT NYC’s BLENDER THEATER ON HALLOF*CKINWEEN 2007 November 6th, 2007 at 1:13pm Kip Wingerschmidt Cripples shouldn’t get so drunk before they leave the house. […]
Show Reviews 30 I WONDER IF THEY USE BLOODY PANDA TO TORTURE PRISONERS? October 31st, 2007 at 11:32am Axl Rosenberg Vince and I went with the Metal Injection dudes to […]
Show Reviews 40 HUGS FOR THUGS: DESPISED ICON ARE CONGENIAL AND BRUTAL IN EQUAL MEASURES October 22nd, 2007 at 10:49am Axl Rosenberg In the immortal words of Roger Murtaugh: “I’m gettin’ too […]