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Cradle of Filth - Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay Review Record Label: Nuclear Blast Records Release Date: September 22, 2017 Cradle of Filth has been rather generous with their consistency of new albums in their later years.…

Rex Brown - Smoke On This... Label: eOne Music Release Date: July 28, 2017 Solo projects from members of wildly successful bands are usually an adventure, to put it mildly. Anyone who has listened to the plethora of material from John…

Motograter is an anomaly in the music industry. The tribal-tinged nu-metal outfit formed in 1995, released one record in 2003, broke up, reformed, broke up again, reformed again and are about to release their second full-length studio album…

Owl Company – Horizon Label: Independent Release Date: July 14, 2017 I took a long time to write this review. Not because of lack of inspiration or time, but from a lack of confidence that I would be able to do this band or music the…

This fall, Italy’s Lacuna Coil will return to North America for a series of co-headline dates with Epica on The Ultimate Principle Tour. The band is touring in support of its critically acclaimed eighth studio album, Delirium. The Gothic…

Arizona-based rockers, Ded are at the forefront of what might be called a nu-metal resurgence. The band’s sound builds off influences the likes of Korn, Linkin Park and Slipknot, but also with a heavy dose of Pantera beneath the surface.…

From the first spiraling guitar notes of “Modern Day Cowboy” in 1986, Sacramento’s Tesla struck a chord with hard rock fans who had grown bored with the Los Angeles hair metal scene. With the release of the band’s debut album, Mechanical…

Rise of the Fallen has been among the Treasure Valley's most buzzed about band's the last few years. Formed in 2012 the quartet is fronted by the charismatic Kegan Stucki, and backed by the dynamic rhythm section of bassist Jeremy Franklin…

Unheralded Bay Area hard rock icons, Y&T returned to Boise Tuesday night for their second trip in two years. Frontman Dave Meniketti swears the Treasure Valley is now going to be an annual stop. The Knitting Factory crowd numbered about…

Kobra and the Lotus – Prevail I Label: Napalm Records Release Date: May 12, 2017 To paraphrase from one of Prevail I’s 10 songs, Kobra and the Lotus are truly manifesting their own destiny on this new double album, the first half of…