Owensboro band Far From Fallen had already written and recorded their new album, “Arise From The Ashes,” when the decision was made to hire second guitarist Greg Cecil.
With a another guitar in the mix, the band went back and rewrote the new songs on “Arise” to incorporate a second guitar line. The additional guitar added [...]
I had no freakin’ idea.
Here I’ve been, sitting in Owensboro, doing this metal blog for months … and I was completely oblivious to the fact that The Brothers venue at 624 Emory Drive is bringing national metal acts practically to my front door.
Check out the list of concerts below. In the next two months, The Brothers is [...]
Wolves in the Throne Room drummer Aaron Weaver is passionate about the transcendent power of black metal.
But grasping the Washington State band’s artistic vision requires an understanding of both how and why black metal came to exist.
In the beginning, the young Norwegian bands who created what came to be called “black metal” were not entertainers [...]
Dutch band Hail of Bullets was formed in late 2006, after a drinking session among Gorefest drummer Ed Warby, Thanatos guitarists Stephan Gebédi and Paul Baayens, former Houwitser bassist Theo Van Eekelen and ex Pestilence/Asphyx/Bolt Thrower vocalist Martin Van Drunen.
From the outset, the goal of Hail of Bullets was to create guttural, gut-punching old-school death metal. [...]
Edguy front man Tobias Sammet is apparently a musical workaholic.
Almost exactly one year ago, Sammet’s all-star side project Avantasia released “The Scarecrow,” one of the biggest, most bombastic and – in my opinion – one of the best albums of 2008. Now, Sammet says another Avantasia project is in the works and will be released [...]
