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Instrumental music has a special place in my heart. I appreciate that this has increasingly been accepted in the rock and metal scene, with bands like Animals As Leaders and Polyphia receiving strong support. If These Trees Could Talk falls…

Music comes in all shapes and forms; even the rock and metal genres have many subgenres. This makes enjoying them feel like an endless sea of choices. Soul Exchange is a hardcore band out of Austin, Texas, with brutal riffs and exciting…

When the world feels like it is too much to handle, music is there to get us through. It is a language we all speak. Even if the world listens to a song and only a portion of listeners understand the words, the melody can still speak to the…

There are some people I have interviewed who really stand out as fun and interesting, and Chris Kelly has been one of them. When I saw that Hillhaven had released another single, "Dead Doesn't Hurt", I was quick to ask for another…

Anyone who knows me well knows how big a fan I am of classic rock, stoner rock, and doom-style metal. I grew up on my dad's record collection, which had a good portion of these musical styles. Many bands from the 60s and 70s have taken what…

Some metal bands focus on being very serious, while others are focused on being anything but serious. Others are a little in between. Nunslaughter falls under this category. While they obviously take their music seriously, the lyrical…

It is not every day you get to interview someone who is a huge part of your youth. As a teenager, Coal Chamber was my favorite band, and Dez was the voice behind CC. DevilDriver came later, and it was the same familiar voice, but with a…

A night of music is always good for the mind and body. A night of five extraordinary bands is a next-level experience that is good for the soul. The experimental avant-garde rock band Polkadot Cadaver really brought the arcade to new…

Legendary Bay Area thrash metal band Death Angel returned to Boise on Friday, June 12th, with Vio-Lence and Incite in support. Boise locals Black Marrow opened the night.…

It is so exciting to see women in metal make some progress, and while we have a long way to go still, it does seem like some moves are being made. I am thankful for so many reasons, because many of these women are incredibly talented, and…