Desolator – Sermon of Apathy
What’s purple and orange and fun all over? If you guessed death metal, then you’d be right! It’s Desolator – Sermon of Apathy, and it’s really, really good. Well, that’s
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Insomnium: Winter’s Gate Livestream: 05/29/20
As advertised, Finland’s Insomnium were set to perform the entirety of Winter’s Gate to hundreds of fans online. Now, Insomnium has had a few brushes of bad luck, beginning with
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Hanging Garden-Into That Good Night
As the decade comes to a close, metal fans will remember all the great releases that had come out in the past ten years. But before we reach 2020, we
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October Tide – Of Splendor Below
October Tide, a band often associated with Katatonia, from their slow down-tempo depressive melodic doomy sounds, to their catchy chorus lines. October Tide, also a band who has developed into
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Hanging Garden: Backwoods Sessions Part II
I got a thing for Hanging Garden. Don’t tell Katatonia. They’re my new side piece. All joking aside, since the announcement of Katatonia’s hiatus (of which they had recently become
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Hypocrisy: New York City, March 31, 2019
It was an event nearly eleven/twelve years in the making. Maybe ten. I’ve lost count. But it has been a very long time since I was able to see Hypocrisy
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SARGEIST-Brooklyn, New York: July 12, 2018
Sargeist is made up of two words; Sarg (coffin), and Geist (spirit), taking their name from Rotting Christ’s The Old Coffin Spirit. Sargeist can also be defined as; a pretty damn good Finnish
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INSOMNIUM-Voltage Lounge, Philadelphia, June 19, 2018
On June 19, 2018, Finnish metallers Insomnium took their Winter’s Gate World Tour to the city of Philadelphia. A quaint, yet loud city filled with pride in their underdog status
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At The Gates: To Drink From The Night Itself
It feels like we’ve been down this road before. It feels familiar, nostalgic. As soon as you hear the opening riff to the title track, “To Drink From The Night
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DEMILICH-Millcreek Tavern, Philadelphia, PA: May 9, 2018
Finland’s Demilich has lots of letters, lots of words in their song titles. Hopefully this review will do this justice. On Wednesday, May 9th, Demilich landed at Philadelphia’s Millcreek Tavern.
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At The Gates-Metal And Beer Fest Philadelphia
10 Years. That’s how long it’s been since At The Gates reunited. I remember it fondly. The middle of the summer, July 11, 2008, to be exact. It was a
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NIGHTWISH: Decades: Philadelphia (March 16, 2018)
On March 16, Nightwish brought their Decades tour to the Electric Factory in Philadelphia. At first, I was unsure if I was going to this concert. My schedule has been
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