Krakow-Minus
Creating your best work takes time and practice. Polishing and repeating each step as much as necessary till the grinding wheel shines. Minus is a culmination of merging the best parts of two records together. Redoing and refining the material until six songs remain that are the best of both efforts. In an EP where no filler can exist, sometimes less is more with six songs that trim the fat, chopp...[Read More]
Skinflint: Blasting Metal from Botswana
With a mix of South African influence and mythology incorporating indigenous elements into their costumed metal sound, Botswana trio Skinflint bring their new self-titled effort to the worlds ears. During their 11 year existence they’ve earned respect and recognition as one of the most prominent metal bands in their scene garnering attention from the BBC, CNN and African Music websites. Skinflint ...[Read More]
Revolution at Rose Music Center
On Sunday July 22, the Revolution 3 Tour came to Rose Music Center to entertain Huber Heights and surrounding areas. The pavilion packed in, as early support Los Angeles electro-rockers Julien-K led the early performance. The Revolution began with The Cult and shaking shaded medicine men, Ian Astbury bringing hits from the ‘80s to present day. Bush brought the big hard rock radio tunes they’re k...[Read More]
Julien-K Shrouded in California Noir
Since the days when the electronic adrenaline fueled Orgy clanged dance floors and stages with synthesized bravado, Ryan Shuck and Amir Derakh have made their own path creating electro-rock narratives of sophisticated dark poetry drawing inspiration from the hidden noir looming under the bright California sunshine. Assuring there will always be cracks and crevices in the corners and shadows of pa...[Read More]
Geoff Tate Spreads Mindcrime in Cincinnati
Sunday, June 24 the mind and voice that helped create one of the greatest rock concept records of the ‘80s and beyond came to The Venue. The man who gave voice to the iconic characters and songs of Operation: Mindcrime delivered the story start to finish with a few extras sending the crowd home happy. It was a night of modern day Livecrime, celebrating 30 years of fandom. After taking the mission ...[Read More]
Queensrÿche Rage in Versailles
Saturday June 23, the BMI Indoor Speedway crowd gathered for a night of Mindcrime, Empires, Rage for Order and a few tunes from the beginning to modern day. Queensrÿche came to Versailles with a career spanning show with a new record looming on the horizon. While the screen flashed concept images during certain songs, vocalist Todd La Torre tore into the catalog belting out vintage tunes, crowd pl...[Read More]
Adoration Destroyed Haunts The Mockbee
Thursday June 7, DF Productions and Events took over the inner sanctum of The Mockbee building in Cincinnati hosting a visually underground evening of dark industrial bliss. Synthesizers bounced off the cavernous stone walls in rapture as Xentrifuge, Fires and Adoration Destroyed filled the room with luminous, linear sounds and musical echoes. On entrance, to the right in a room that spoke As Abov...[Read More]
Dawn of Ashes Reindustrialize on The Crypt Injection 2
Dawn of Ashes was born in 2001 under the dark, artistic vision and reign of vocalist Kristof Bathory. Over the course of nine records with number 10 coming in 2019, they’ve changed, mixed and mutated genres, going through a revolving door of members and legal issues. At one point Bathory announced it was over only to eventually be reborn under the phoenix. Bathory’s spent over 15 years mixing indu...[Read More]
Stryper Damn Evil in Ohio
Stryper brought their 2018 God Damn Evil tour to Versailles, Ohio Friday, May 26. Lending tour support was ‘80s veterans Kix with Columbus cover artists Kodebreaker opening the show. Fans from Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati and elsewhere came to BMI Indoor Speedway to hear new tunes, classics and the songs many grew up with. Kix was rocking the 30th year anniversary of Blow My Fuse, with a remastere...[Read More]
Gruesome – Twisted Prayers
Exhumed, Possessed and Malevolent Creation each plays parts in the formation of Florida based Gruesome. When former and active members of said bands formed Gruesome modeling the sound after death metal forefathers Death, expectations were reasonably high. Less than half a decade in they’ve released one full length with the upcoming June 1 Relapse release of Twisted Prayers. A slamming sophomore s...[Read More]
The Child Remains: You’ll Wake Up Screaming Like a Baby
The Child Remains is Michael Melski’s newest horror movie/crime drama/psychological thriller. Based in part on the Butter Box Babies book and the Ideal Maternity Home open from the late ‘20s to mid ‘40s. The movie is partial fact mixed with fiction as an expecting couple takes a weekend retreat to an old-fashioned bed and breakfast getaway where they immediately encounter the creepy groundskeeper ...[Read More]
Turn it to Eleven Tour Gives Dayton Loud Therapy
Minneapolis pop rock band City of the Weak brought their show to Dayton with Echo Black and In Loving Memory. The Therapy Café hosted the DF Productions and Events Sunday evening event. The 25-date tour spanned early April to early May. Self-labeled as pop metal and everything in between In Loving Memory hailed from Queens New York via elsewhere including YouTube. Transplant and vocalist Naveed St...[Read More]