Reviews
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975): The Greatest Musical Movies
What makes a musical movie great? It is usually the soundtrack, the actors and actresses, and how it connects to its audience. The Rocky Horror Picture Show has all of these qualities in spades. ...
Imminence – Heaven In Hiding (2021): Metal Greatness
Metal fans, rejoice! This Friday, November 26th, Imminence is releasing their latest album: Heaven In Hiding. I was fortunate enough to preview their new music, and the record blew me away. From haunting violins ...
Grey Daze – Amends (2020): Remembering Chester Bennington
In one of the first posthumous albums released after Chester Bennington’s passing, Grey Daze puts a new spin on old Chester vocals. How did they do? See below. โNo one ever really dies as ...
tฤtฤma โ Necroscape / Album Review
Tฤtฤma‘s brilliant Necroscape wows in its artistic complexity. Read our full review below. Mike Patton is an immensely talented dude, but anyone familiar with his work across his numerous bands and projects (and there ...
Troydak Traco Refuses to Surrender His Grind on “Decline”
Troydak Traco, from the gritty city of Gary, IN, has a message for everybody who feels that the dark clouds overhead are permanent. On his new release, Decline, he informs the world that regardless ...
Fear Inoculum Review: A New Twist For Tool
After 13 long years, the wait is finally overโฆ but was it worth it? We review Tool’s Fear Inoculum. Toolโs newest album Fear Inoculum just came out on Friday, August 30. Upon first listening, it ...
The Epitome – Still Trill: Explosive Hip-Hop
The Epitome obviously has beef with all of us. The Kansas City native and frequent Ish1da collaborator just dropped a Super Spirit Bomb onto the favorite platforms of every music streamer. I challenge you ...
Amadians – Young Hearts Fail [AltWire Review]
Itโs so refreshing to hear a feel good song about young love in 2019.ย Too often, we hear about the woes of young love, and how we should all avoid it at all costs. ...
Shea feat Postwar – Perrier (produced by Uthoria)
Perrier reminded me that I have a confession to makeโฆ …when I hear any music that is super lit, I temporarily (remember that word) become enslaved by the beat. I transform into my alter-ego ...
Catching Up With Ballyhoo! At The Detonate Tour
2018 has been a busy year for Maryland based, Ballyhoo! and on September 28th, they released their latest album, Detonate which is a return to the punk-rock and ska style that theyโre well known for. ...
[Album Review] The Anix – Shadow_Movement
With easily justified comparisons to the likes of early Thirty Seconds to Mars, flavors of Depeche Mode, and a wonderfully prominent influence of The Cure thrown into the mix, The Anixโs own brand of ...
[Album Review] William Ryan Key – Virtue
Itโs perhaps too easy to forget that taking steps in the right direction isnโt always the simplest task. Thereโs a shrewd shred of self-awareness in that knowledge: the realization that maybe it just isnโt ...
[Album Review] Alice In Chains – Rainier Fog
Alice In Chainsโ sixth album is a purposeful nod to their North West roots. Not only is it the first time that the band have created a full length record in their home town ...
Photos: Slightly Stoopid @ Cocoa, FL
Slightly Stoopid have officially announced that “Schoolโs Out For Summer” by kicking off a tour celebrating the release of their latest album โEveryday Life, Everyday People.โ For this yearโs tour, theyโve brought along two ...
[Album Review] Scars on Broadway – Dictator
Letโs take a moment to be completely honest here: weโre probably never getting that sixth System of a Down album. Itโs just not happening. If the recent open dispute between lead guitarist/vocalist Daron Malakian ...
[Album Review] Gorillaz – The Now Now
Who’s ready for a road trip? The newย Gorillazย albumย The Now Nowย is the perfect soundtrack for travel. One can tell from titles such as โMagic Cityโ, โLake Zurichโ, and โHollywoodโ that there is a dedicated focus ...
[Album Review] Blue Stahli – The Devil (Remixes)
If there ever was a more appropriate description for the music of Bret Autreyโs Blue Stahli, it would have to be the easiest: fun. In endlessly toying with genres and always offering something new ...
[Album Review] Track By Track: Isaac Delusion – Rust and Gold
Isaac Delusion Rust and Gold is the perfect album for anyone that likes a wide range of genres. Categorization of their music is impossible because each song masterfully uses different musical styles and techniques ...
[Album Review] Bullet For My Valentine – Gravity
If the definition of insanity is โdoing something over and over again and expecting a different resultโ, then musically you need look little further than the career of Bullet For My Valentine. Of course, ...
[Album Review] 5 Seconds of Summer – Youngblood
Like the Bustedโs and Mcflyโs of the early 2000s, 5 Seconds of Summerโs sound and style has always been a calculated and consciously safe one. In implementing casual lyricism with playful melodic hooks, the ...