by Meryth Smirnoff | Apr 17, 2024 | Reviews
Chilean black metal band Ater will release their second full-length album, Somber, this Friday (19th). The group’s blackened sound can be heard from the beginning with the opening track, “Striges.” With a subtle transition, the song opens with a...
by Meryth Smirnoff | Apr 15, 2024 | Reviews
Gothic doom metal masters My Dying Bride return to the pure sound of darkness with their new full-length album, A Mortal Binding, via Nuclear Blast Records on April 19th. With seven tracks, this album maintains that somber focus on each song, creating a seductive...
by Ian Weber | Apr 15, 2024 | Reviews
It was a chiaroscuro evening of dancing and singing at the Gramercy Theatre on a mild April night in Manhattan with The 69 Eyes, with their style of brash gothic hard rock, backed up by the Bites and Budderside taking over Gotham City. Having an hour to spare before...
by Ian Weber | Apr 9, 2024 | Reviews
Thus far in 2024, I told you all about some great gigs when it comes to an overall figure-four package of sledgehammering heavy metal, whether it’s Machine Head’s Slaughter the Martour at Palladium Times Square, Municipal Waste’s...
by Ian Weber | Apr 8, 2024 | Reviews
As if two nights of greasy, raw, tasty guitar riffs from Ace Frehley and Norse battle hymns from Tyr weren’t enough, I had to get in one more high-energy night featuring some eighties-style hard rock and assist New York with Lillian Axe and...
by Ian Weber | Apr 8, 2024 | Reviews
After an extraordinary evening with Ace Frehley, my excitement guided me elsewhere in Manhattan for a night of sea shanties, mythical hell-raising riffs, vibrant dance parties, and Norse mythology told through song at the Gramercy Theatre. It was Asgard meets New York...