Alrosa Villa Host Amplified Awareness II Benefit
Saturday February 7th, the second annual benefit fundraiser raising awareness for children with Autism and Tourette Syndrome was held at Alrosa Villa in association with the Make It Fit Foundation www.makeitfit.org and the Iron Brothers of Ohio. Last year’s inaugural show featured Loboz, Fat Dog and Jasmine Cain. This year the sultry, bass-hammering songstress returned continuing the party whe...[Read More]
The Underground Hosts 2013 Battle of the Bands Finale
Saturday February 1, The Underground in Cincinnati held the finale for the 2013 Battle of the Bands featuring The Monument, The Dugongs, War of Change and Self-ish. Each band was one of 30 to enter and wage musical war on stage to earn the grand prize, a check for $3000 and a UG Studios recording session at All These Sounds www.atsounds.com and/or a live concert recording plus a Buddy Rogers Mu...[Read More]
Ben Draiman The Past Is Not Far Behind
Born and raised in Chicago Ben Draiman has been a singer-songwriter and pianist since age 13. Music’s in the family as his older brother David’s the voice of hard rock arena filler Disturbed and techno-metal outfit Device. Influenced by a large variety of genres he mixes a unique concoction pairing melodic and hard rock edgy guitars with the gentle soft kiss of the piano and o...[Read More]
Butcher Babies Massacre Cincinnati on Hellpop II Tour
(Due to severe illness Maria Brink and In This Moment were unable to perform on Sunday January 12 at Bogart’s. The show was made free and Before the Mourning, All Hail the Yeti, Devour the Day and Butcher Babies performed as scheduled. In This Moment rescheduled for February 3rd with tickets honored.) Jan 12, ¾’s of the 2014 Hellpop II tour came to Cincinnati. Due to strep throat taking her...[Read More]
Scent of Remains Emerge Under A Blackened Sky
Walking out of a demolished building, blood and sweat soaked from a human wrecking ball of a growling, screaming, singing brutal noise trifecta with wailing guitars, rolling grooves and memorable hooks comes Knoxville Tennessee’s Scent of Remains. They truly are a metal band defying description, breaking genres, sub-genre rules and not giving a damn. There’s no singing on death metal...[Read More]
Emperors and Elephants Debut Devil In The Lake
God only knows how many meant-to-be-forgotten secrets are buried and hidden at the bottom of the lake. Well, the devil might know to and take some responsibility/credit for them being there. Chicago’s Emperors and Elephants bring 2014 the best from the bottom with a crane-hook drenched in swamp muck and a fresh new fist-thrown mix of Alice in Chains grunge with some volume from the Sound Garden of...[Read More]
Moshpits & Lighters IV Return to McGuffy’s
Saturday December 21, Daniel DeDoncker’s musical masterminded showcase of rock and metal returned to the scene of last year’s event to celebrate another year of great local, regional and out of state music. M&L alumni Amongst Villains, Avenue Sky and headliners In The Cut returned this year for more. 2013 M&L newcomers included Springfield’s Abrade the Regal, Gathering Mercury, Sleepers Aw...[Read More]
Stone Soul Foundation’s Electric Valley
Auburn New York’s Stone Soul Foundation is a classic-rock rooted, southern strained outfit with a bit of grunge, funk and Sabbath mixed into a road-rage crockpot. Singer Sean Muldoon can sing, yell and yarl with the best of’em possessing a unique vocal range fitting for a band of such distinct sound. Formed in 2002 and hundreds of shows later they’ve had track Ain’t No Mystery featured on C...[Read More]
The Final Night at 1470 West
This was written about a week after 1470 closed appearing ‘edited’ in the Dayton City paper. This is the full version. If you were there the final night, went once, twice or were a regular I hope it brings back happy memories. Saturday May 29, 2004 will be a night engrained in my mind forever. A night bitter sweet with memories and music where the sweat-soaked crowd danced and sang with one...[Read More]
Testament Bring Damnation to Cincinnati
(2008) Damn, my ears are still ringing from the pure raw chord shredding power of one Alex Skolnick. My neck still hurts from the massive head-banging commanded upon me by one of the true titans of metal Mr. Chuck Billy. Another major band can be crossed off my list of metal bands I need to see in person before they retire or pass on. Testament is one of the veteran 80’s thrash bands who shared es...[Read More]
Metallica Bring Death Magnetic to Columbus 11-17-08
Say what you will about the mighty Met but after all these years, the alcohol, the burnings, Napster, Jason’s departure and a few ‘less than heavy’ records, the band that started in the early 80’s as one of the big thrash four, sharing honors with Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax prove they can still pack a house with yelling, screaming fans and pulverize stage and eardrums with 2 hrs. + of ungodly lo...[Read More]
Trash The Brand Bring Swamp Rock
From the ‘magic highway’ between Memphis and Nashville, playing their own set, sorting through the finest Delta Blues, Country Gold and rock mixed with metal comes Jackson Tennessee’s Trash The Brand. Bringing their own brand of sweaty, smelly noise called ‘swamp rock’. They’ve somehow captured the sound of what BLS, Alice In Chains and some of your favorite 80’s LA metal bands would sound like...[Read More]