Mike Ritchie

Old 37 Rides between Teen Drama and Psychological Slasher

Don’t worry, I’m a paramedic.   31 cars and drivers have gone missing over the last 20 years in the Bermuda triangle of back roads with teen drivers counting 29% in the last 30 in Bristol County flashes over the opening credits. Old 37 star horror icons Bill Moseley and Kane Hodder, as tortured sons of the abusing, sadistic patriarch Kenneth Simmons. Haunted by childhood memories of emo...[Read More]

Bellusira Heal with Second Offering

Bellusira translates to beautiful anger. While there’s plenty of beauty in the current lineup powerhouse vocalist Crystal Ignite belts out the anger along with bassist Mark Dalbeth, drummer Tosha Jones and former Static-X guitarist Koichi Fukuda. Bellusira’s second helping The Healing has sing-a-longs, ballads, rockers and revenge tunes. The music is POD meets Eyes Set to Kill and Flyleaf with the...[Read More]

Lottie Cassese Signing for the Future

  American Sign Language mentor Lottie Cassese has been a member of the Sinclair ASL lab since 2011. Born deaf, from a Deaf family, she worked at the Indiana School for the Deaf, in Indianapolis before moving to Dayton. She has mentored ASL students to communicate with deaf family members, friends and students seeking interpreting degrees. She is on the board of the Deaf Community Resource Ce...[Read More]

Darkc3LL Devolve to Destroy with Decadence

From the dark chambered depths of Frankenstein castle comes the abominable creation of Alice Cooper’s lost angry love child grown up under the nurturing guidance of Cradle of Filth and Marilyn Manson. A few too many inhales from the Zombie hog hell-pipe comes Darkc3ll. Darkc3LL take the heavy hillbilly sound and mix with the high quality oil from the Amityville well. They hail from the dark heart ...[Read More]

Night of the Creeps Returns to Vex

Twas the night before All Hallows’ Eve, carrying the season’s chill as grizzly goons walked under the moon, flocking to Vex for Night of the Creeps 2. The good news, they’re here, the bad news, you couldn’t tell the dead from the living. Whether you were dressed up or you’re daily, weekend attire didn’t need anything extra to be scary. The dearly beloved showed their support for local artists, tou...[Read More]

Elite Adventures go Anywhere for a Scare Year Round

Elite Adventure Tours are the foremost private luxury tour company in Southern California offering the best in family, group and individual luxury VIP tour experiences. No cramped buses, vans or fast paced tours cramming in the sights with barely a stop for a pic and a good view. Locations on any given tour are customized based on guest interests and how much time they have with the guide. Tours a...[Read More]

September Mourning’s Reaping Begins

The prayers of the Children of Fate have been answered with the first chapter of the September Mourning saga. Our snow-white-locked human/reaper hybrid queen has unleashed the first collection of songs to the alpha of the story. Bound and bonded in white armor, arms strapped, September takes us on a journey to the world of Mortem (via LA) and how she came to be. A tale of mortal beauty being stron...[Read More]

The Old Yellow Cab Building Hosts Inaugural Gemfest

Saturday Oct. 3rd, the Greater Dayton GLSEN and Musicians for Unity joined forces to bring downtown Dayton the first all-day Gemfest festival presented at the Old Yellow Cab Building. The event raised awareness and support for the bullying and harassment of LGBT area youth. The day began with a youth rising event giving troubled youth an outlet to speak their mind and tell their stories with featu...[Read More]

From Ashes To New Rise on Day One

From Ashes to New arose from the blue collar work ethic of Lancaster, Pennsylvania with a new hybrid sound and delivery conjoining rock and rap, laced with infectious energy and melodious hooks. There have been many stories of bands using their bleak, desolate atmospheres and surrounding skylines as inspiration for impassioned, enraged epic tunes. Bands turning lyrics and song ideas from lonely wa...[Read More]

Urilia Conjure The Adversarial Light

A new abomination rises from the ashes off the sweet, shinning streets of sunny LA bringing forth ancient underground doctrines. A new wave and breed of extreme metal engraved in the Luciferian path and inspired by the works of Michael W. Ford. Scene veteran Kristof Bathory has taken his new bands philosophy of destroy to create, quite literary. Laying Dawn of Ashes to rest and moving forward to c...[Read More]

Delta Deep Scorches the West Coast Blues Down South

  Delta Deep is a new hybrid of blues, rock, metal and jazz scorching through the speakers like a branding iron melting away the decibels. Collectively, each member’s respective bands have sold over 100 million albums winning multiple awards entertaining millions around the world. Delta Deep is Def Leppard’s Phil Collen, Stone Temple Pilots bassist Robert DeLeo, drummer Forrest Robinson, and ...[Read More]

Warrant Bring the Down Boys to JD Legends

Saturday September 19, two bands synonymous with the Sunset Strip and 80’s-mid 90’s Hollywood decadence came to Franklin to play the songs that gave them the fame and infamy their known for at JD Legends. When MTV reigned and Headbangers Ball was the go to source for all things metal. LA Guns, have proven to be among the everlasting work horses of that era, still touring and releasing new music ov...[Read More]

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