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 […]
Show Reviews 90 ANOTHER ANIMAL, UNLEASHED October 17th, 2007 at 12:02pm Axl Rosenberg I know there’s a percentage of you out there who […]
Show Reviews 40 THE SULTANS OF SCANDINAVIAN SLEAZE; TURBONEGRO AND MONDO GENERATOR @ THE NOKIA THEATER September 28th, 2007 at 1:39pm Kip Wingerschmidt Turbonegro oozes with street level glam-rock grit, and they’re goddamn […]
Show Reviews 30 THE BLACK TYRANNY TOUR: “A BIG, DUMB, NEANDERTHAL EXPRESSION OF RAGE” September 24th, 2007 at 1:57pm Axl Rosenberg Hol-ee crap. One thing was clear at the packed Nokia […]
Show Reviews 1 HUNG AND IKILLYA: TWO NYC METAL BANDS YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO September 11th, 2007 at 5:09pm Vince Neilstein New York City has a burgeoning metal scene, and the […]
Cinemetal 20 INSOMNIUM: EVERYTHING THEY TOUCH TURNS TO AWESOME September 7th, 2007 at 10:30am Axl Rosenberg So we finally got to see melodic death doomers Insomnium […]
Show Reviews 1 BLOODJINN TEAR 10 PEOPLE NEW ASSHOLES AT THE KNITTING FACTORY August 22nd, 2007 at 1:09pm Vince Neilstein Have you ever seen a touring band in their prime […]
Show Reviews 0 DEVILDRIVER: THE FURY OF OUR SH*TTY SOUND August 22nd, 2007 at 10:49am Axl Rosenberg Wow. I honestly can’t remember the last time that what […]
Show Reviews 1 VELVET CHAINS: SLASH & JERRY CANTRELL TAKE OVER JONES BEACH August 20th, 2007 at 10:45am Axl Rosenberg Shouldn’t a tour featuring what amounts to 2/3rds of two […]
Show Reviews 3370 WHY MUSE IS THE 2ND BEST BAND ON THE PLANET, AND WHY METALHEADS SHOULD PAY ATTENTION August 7th, 2007 at 10:55am Vince Neilstein Last night a ticket to the Muse show at Madison […]
Show Reviews 40 VINCE’S REVIEW OF THE TOOL SHOW; HOLMDEL, NJ, JULY 18, 2007 July 20th, 2007 at 2:07pm Vince Neilstein Every time I go see Tool I see one of […]
