The Heritage Hunter Tour brought three metal heavyweights back to Denver on Monday night. The sea of black shirts could be seen migrating down Colfax to the Fillmore Auditorium before the sun began to set. With a start time of 7:00pm printed on the tickets, those familiar with the Satanic stylings of Swedish revivalists...
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When we wrote the profile on Profound Lore Records earlier this year, one of questions I posed to Chris Bruni was ‘ever thought of doing anything like the Power of the Riff shows that happened on the West Coast this year?’ His answer, in summary, was he would like to do it if he...
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Vektor became the thrash metal darlings of 2011 when they dropped Outer Isolation on an unsuspecting audience late last year, so when they came to town Sunday night I thought it would be a great opportunity to catch them because I wasn’t quite sure how I felt about them or really got what all...
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If you are the type of person who prefers your music shroud in an air of mystery, it might disturb you to learn that the most exciting, innovative label in the extreme scene exists not in some secret lair, but amidst a peaceful piece of land outside of Toronto, Canada. Yes, you read that...
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Those hoping for a death metal show when Opeth came through Denver last week were sorely disappointed, but those who were familiar with the new album and aware of the progressive setlist were treated to a perfectly balanced rock show by some of the most talented musicians to come from Sweden. As the snow...
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Absu -Abzu (Candlelight, 2011) This is the sixth album from the Texas-based blackened thrash metal band led by Proscriptor McGovern. Having been around for over 20 years now, my first introduction to this band was their opening slot for Immortal back in February. As impressive as it was to see McGovern croak out intense...
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This was supposed to be the show of the year. The brilliant Enslaved supported by the two biggest metal darlings of 2010, Alcest and Ghost. I got my ticket months ago, was looking forward to seeing all three bands and had the night off of work. However, because of some visa problems or some...
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Before starting this review I decided to go back and check out the review I wrote the first time I saw Between the Buried and Me back in January of last year. I wanted to make sure I wasn’t repeating myself or anything. Turns out I didn’t have much to say back then, in...
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This guest post comes from Genji from Los Angeles. Look for more metal/punk posts from our California correspondent… Sunday evening I was at the Echo/Echoplex here in LA for a double feature of metal, two separate shows for the price of one, separated only by a small staircase. The late show which would feature Red...
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First off, this is not a review of the Cradle of Filth show last night. I tried to get into Cradle of Filth in the months leading up to this show. I listened to their new album and a lot of their older stuff, even spending quite a bit of time with the so-called...
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Slightly below the real world, in my real life, I work as a Sales Engineer for a software company. My days are spent in a home office in my basement in Colorado. This isn’t a windowless, dungeon type of basement as you can see by the photo above, but sometimes the music that escapes...
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