Born in Los Angeles, California, the Industrial Metal project, Static-X, led by the incomparable, Wayne Static, became the forefront of the Nu-Metal boom during the late 90’s. Due to the mainstream success of their debut album, Wisconsin Death Trip, the band quickly emerged as a bridge for other crossover metal…

Living in Southern California, there is never a shortage of things to do on a Friday night. Given the chaos of the "silly season," I decided to take a break from it all and slide on down to The Observatory in Santa Ana to check out one of the most…

Love Stallion’s show at Hollywood’s Whisky a Go Go was nothing short of amazing. It was like taking a time machine back to the late 70’s to see a legendary band like Van Halen in their infancy. Aaron Hart’s star is on the rise, and I can’t wait to see…

I’ve never been a huge Hellyeah fan, but walked away from Tuesday’s show at the House of Blues loving this band more than ever. Chad Gray and company crushed their 14-song set in celebration of the late great Vinnie Paul and failed to disappoint even the pickiest of fans. Cover…

Hundred-dollar parking. Long lines. Overpriced drinks. A lack of cell phone reception. Uber surcharges. These are a few of the many things Rolling Loud attendees had to endure this past weekend to experience LA’s hottest hip-hop festival. 3.7 miles away from Exposition Park, independent minded hip-hop fans opted for another…

To simply call Khemmis Doom Metal would be a severe understatement. The quartet from Denver, Colorado have carved a special home for themselves within Extreme Metal with technical virtuosity, groove-heavy riffs and extremely catchy melodic vocal delivery. Their critically acclaimed 2016 release, Hunted, was as ground-breaking as it was masterful,…

Trudging through a muddy trail in Washington Park in Northwest Portland, the rain, a consistent and depressive downpour, soaked through my second-hand jacket and onto the layers beneath. The surrounding trees only a skeleton of their once-colorful foliage from the coming winter. Their vein-like branches, swallowing what light was left…

With their steel drawn and warpaint on full display, Ensiferum, the Melodic Folk Metal heroes from Helsinki, Finland took the stage at Bossanova Ballroom in Portland, Oregon ready to conquer. Their seventh full-length album, Two Paths, has been widely accepted as the epitome of modern Folk Metal while also being…

A$AP Ferg has been working hard consistently feeding the streets with banger after banger. In 2017, A$AP Ferg struck gold. He was already making a name for himself but then his single “Plain Jane” went viral. RIAA certified 4x Platinum, the song catapulted him from being one of hip hop’s…

It was a sunny day in Miami Florida and we were riding in a van on our way to the port - 5 band members and 2 parents and 1 super blessed photographer. Liliac was in the house. We were extremely excited as this was our first time on an…

Inspired by ancient civilizations and the savagery of modern society, NILE brought their devastatingly uncommon twist to Extreme Metal to Hawthorne Theatre in Portland, Oregon. With four years of calculated preparation, they have emerged from their tomb with a masterpiece. Vile Nilotic Rites is the latest album from the titans…

An enormous, black mass of rabid fans congregated outside Spokane Arena in Washington. The chill in the air couldn’t cool the blood that flowed through the veins of the legion of metalheads eagerly counting down the minutes till the doors opened to the massive arena. After nearly 4 decades of…