Skraeckoedian Release Sagor
Skraeckoedian’s sound could be called 70’s doom-prog but it could also be every bit, part Sabbath as part from Southern Louisiana as from their Swedish homeland. With songs spanning the vast terrain of the mountainous land and planets inhabiting the cover, the music echo’s through the caves and halls of time leaving its imprint on history and the human mind. Whether swimming in syrupy trippy...[Read More]
Obscene Entity’s Lamentia
The Obscene Entity boys from the UK are breaking bones cracking skulls and making eardrums bleed with their new nine-song audio sledgehammer Lamentia. From demonic, screeching vocals, avalanche riffs and guitars savagely cutting through everything to be heard, they’ve pulled out a weapon of decibel destruction. Lamentia’s hell-raising box of technical complexity is complimented by the skin ripping...[Read More]
Oddbody’s Celebrates First Year with Finger Eleven
The venue formally known as McGuffy’s re-opened last year under new management with a revamped look, name and promise to bring multi-genre artists and talent to Dayton. So far, so good, while still keeping the local rock and metal crowd happy they have diversified with rap, hip hop, country, industrial, pop and everything else, even two sold out nights of an all-male review. While keeping the spir...[Read More]
Dokken Back for the Attack at JD Legends.
From the knees down it looked like the packed house crowd in Franklin could have been sifting through the sands of the West Coast beaches under the warm LA summer sun as JD Legends presented the 80’s metal throw down sponsored by Harley Davidson. Saturday July 11 brought the legendary sunset strip action of Dokken with East Coast players Firehouse and Trixter. Though commonly linked and lumped int...[Read More]
Forward Unto Dawn Brings the New ‘Alpha’
With mind weaving solos, like stringing guitar wire across the room with venom dripping spiders spinning on the webs, Halifax, Nova Scotia’s progressive death metal hybrid Forward Unto Dawn makes the heart pound. Whether it’s the guitars slamming, the damming scream, growl or hell-crisp screech of Din Stonehouse as he almost explains the songs as he spits out whatever vocal personality is needed a...[Read More]
Sebastian Bach’s ‘18 and Live’ Tour Sells out Oddbody’s
All the tables were removed and only a few spare stools propped against the wall remained for the standing room only show Thursday July 2nd as the original voice of Skid Row brought 18 and Live to Dayton. It could’ve been the biggest pit in the venue’s history (they did open with Slave to the Grind). Instead (for security-thankfully) only a few surfers attempted flight and frolic and the floor hou...[Read More]
Immortal Bird’s New Dark Mechanical Vision: Empress/Abscess
Sounding like the nuts, bolts and inner circularity of a new machine being slammed, sewn, welded and stitched together with the rapid-fire care of an assembly line creation, Immortal Bird brings its new debut full length out from the dark automated corner into the spotlight. It’s a definite noisemaker from its creators with parts incorporated from death and black metal. It’s technical and brutal c...[Read More]
Jake E Lee Brings the Red Dragon Cartel Back to Dayton
Saturday June 13th the guitar legend brought his new cartel back to Dayton for another career go around. With songs spanning his time barking at the moon and committing the ultimate sin with Ozzy. He also journeyed to the badlands and played a few choice cuts from his recent release with Red Dragon Cartel. He’s played and toured with Ozzy and lived to tell about it. Lee had a stint in Ratt’s early...[Read More]
Straight Line Stitch’s Transparency
Sticking to your guns is an admirable trait in the music business. With a never ending, winding highway of trends going around at autobahn speed, it’s so easy to jump on the ‘current thing’ and make a buck. For longevities sake though, Alexis Brown has pursued her vision of what Straight Line Stitch is and should be. Being the longest tenured member, she’s been the screaming/singing voice of the K...[Read More]
Santa Cruz Plays Sunday’s Rock on the Range
The young and hungry hellraisers from Helsinki came early Sunday morning to open the Jager stage and wake up the eardrums of the wide-eyed and groggily assembled. Whether you were on hangover number two or still on hangover one from Friday the day began loud with a retro-active 80’s splash of attitude and metal via the sunset strip. Which was closer to the stage then Helsinki, by a ‘few’ miles. Th...[Read More]
September Mourning Play Rock on the Range 2015
The story of LA’s musical art project September Mourning can be traced back to 2009, when September (Emily Lazar) was in New York and the origin of the storyline took form in a graphic fantasy concept. After putting together a core band and touring, the initial lineup changed to the eventual current form when September moved to LA in 2010 to focus on the musical side. Their stage is as theatrical ...[Read More]
Judas Priest Headlines Saturday’s Rock on the Range Weekend 2015
One of the nation’s largest three day festivals started with mother-nature’s attitude spreading all over Columbus. The second day of Rock on the Range and the first day of hangover again brought the goods. Whether you were coming on your first day sober or still drunk, buzzed, sunburn and/or sleep deprived. The minions walked and dragged their way back through the gates returning to the stages of ...[Read More]