L.A. Guns – Black Diamonds Fired at J.D. Legends
On Friday, June 30, J.D. Legends held another loud, open air, sandy beach party for everyone to come and get their cover tune and retro ‘80s fix in. Area favorite Mad Hatter warmed up an already quite humid stage readying the spotlights for Southern California veterans Sunset Strip brethren L.A. Guns. The history, lore and reputation they brought spoken,, official and what will never be publically...[Read More]
Doyle – A Vegan Display of Power in Columbus
Friday June 9, The King of Clubs hosted an evening and invasion of horror punk, a devils vortex, a hardcore God Stopper and killer toys with creepy dolls. The perfect menu and recipe for the pogo’ing, slamming into the circle pit with horror punk pioneer Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein storming the stage playing a set of loud, blunt, unapologetic love songs. A screeching, squealing set of bone sha...[Read More]
Anvil – 45 Years of Passion and Impact
The following interview was conducted backstage Friday, May 12 at Legends Bar & Venue in Cincinnati with co-interviewer Jacqueline Perrin. Staying power for any band is important. It’s a historical statement showing drive, desire, determination and heart. The glue for Canadian veterans Anvil has always been passion. Passion for making heavy music and that’s what’s motivated guitarist/vocalist...[Read More]
Anvil – Impact Was Imminent in Cincinnati
Due to Anvil on site interview Midnite Hellion was not covered. Friday, May 12 Canadian metal veterans Anvil stormed into Cincinnati, marching around the stage of Legends Bar & Venue bringing over four decades of music, metal and experience to the headbanging fans and brethren. The 20+ date trek started on March 31 in Rhode Island, finishing in Grand Rapids Michigan May 13. Southern Ohio lan...[Read More]
Morbid Angel Brought 40 Years of Acid to Cincinnati
On Friday April 7, 40 Years of Acid came to Cincinnati at Riverfront Live lead by death metal veterans Morbid Angel supported by Revocation and Vitriol with young Brazilian blood Crypta opening the tour. The United Tour of Terror spread acid, sweat and adrenaline across the nation. The near 30-date invasion started mid-March ending late April in death metal’s cradle, sunny Florida with Skeletal R...[Read More]
Rise of the Machine Tour Sells Out Cincinnati
On Wednesday March 29, The Rise of the Machine Tour stormed through Cincinnati, packing Bogarts wall to wall. The 40+ date trek started late February in San Francisco stretched through the country finishing April 16 in Los Angeles. The tour will play a string of dates in Australia next month. Headlined by Static-X, the re-scheduled due to Covid tour celebrated the 20th Anniversary of sophomore alb...[Read More]
Imperial Triumphant’s Death Metal Ecstasy at Legends
Due to on site headliner interview, Couch Slvt was not covered. On Thursday February 2, Legends Bar & Venue in Cincinnati was engulfed and bombarded by death metal legions in the Spirit of loud, brutal Ecstasy. The pit never stopped on the upper level once the riffs and growling began and that night was no exception. Kentucky’s Darkdruid opened things loud and violent with Couch Slvt ...[Read More]
Vėlių Namai – Nature’s Ambiance in Mitė and Sound
The dark, ambient artist known as Julius Mitė has spent years creating some of the most unique and unsettling sounds accompanied by nature’s visual anatomy making sounds that might seem wrong in nature’s natural setting and audio pictorials that would make Bob Ross back away from the canvas. Vėlių Namai is the name of Mitės creation. The Lithuanian musician brings sounds out of the laptop and inst...[Read More]
The Inferno Doll: Renfield’s Modern Vampiric Mistress
From humble South American beginnings in Chile to the great white north of Calgary Alberta Laura Vargas, AKA The Inferno Doll has repackaged and remade herself from her late teen early hardcore punk days and singing early Nightwish tunes to performing in crumbling ruins and creating a later alter-ego. After punk came symphonic metal, singing Tarja’s tunes (no small feat) with the classic lineup. “...[Read More]
Siglos – A New Cathedral of Heavy Sound
Sin Quirin brings a multi-band, 20+ year resume to the table of any project he works on or stage he stands on. With names like Ministry, KMFDM, Revolting Cocks and Lords of Acid to name a few, he’s got more than a metal pedigree, it’s a dark, demented carnival ride of perpetual, heavy movement. From 2020 to present his focus has been on personal project Siglos (Centuries), in collaboration with vo...[Read More]
Asylum Reunion 2022 Brings 2000 Era Dance Back to Bar Granada
The lunatics will once again run the Asylum, symbolically on Saturday, November 26 with just enough time for the turkey tryptophan to wear off and chaos from the blackest of Friday’s to be in the retail rearview and on YouTube. Downtown Dayton was once a multi-venue metropolis for the black clad /leathered outsider, metalhead, rebel, loner and Goth kid looking for a place to dance, hangout, party ...[Read More]
A Welcomed Coop’s Nightmare Haunted at J.D. Legends
Friday October 28th J.D Legends celebrated the most hallowed and cherished weekend of horror fans, metalheads, witches, cave dwellers, sewer rats and coven followers with a tribute to the originator and Godfather of shock rock Alice Cooper. Like Rob Zombie’s said, Cooper did everything first and we’ve been respectfully copying him ever since. Coop’s Nightmare: The Alice Cooper Experience bro...[Read More]