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The Revolution Concert House in Garden City has been bringing many metal favorites over the years to the fans of this genre and showing how big of a crowd they can gather at any given night. March 17th, 2025 was one of those nights with a…

Almost everyone in the metal world is familiar with guitarist Mike Spreitzer due to his longtime work with DevilDriver. He has branched out on his own and created the project Verona on Venus, which debuted its first album in 2024. The…

Way back in the 1900's, a band named Arch Enemy entered the world and everyone's heart. This legendary band is now celebrating 30 years of music with their release, Blood Dynasty, the 12th studio album to date on March 28th, 2025. I could…

Many year ago, I was attending a Black Label Society show, and my friend said, "Make sure you get there early and see the opening band, Alien Weaponry". I heeded his advice and ensured I was there to see about this newer band, at the time.…

Wanting to add more articles into the mix here at Metal Nation, I decided to ask some musician friends of mine to do some top five random lists. I have tried to tailor the lists to what I know about these people to make them more…

There are many guitar players out there, but not all of them are great. Rod Rodrigues is definitely on the great list. This Brazilian-Canadian guitarist released his recent album, Tales of a Changing Life Part 2, on October 18th, 2024,…

Sometimes I am super late to the game with finding an album, and it can be worth it to bring it back to the surface. The Loss of Beauty by Shores of Null is that album for me. Originally released in March of 2023, I came across it due to…

Once again, I have decided to come out of album review hiatus due to the inspiration of another imaginative album. It has been a year since my last review, and I am more than stoked to be back at it with NINE, the ninth full-length album…

It has been nearly 7 years since Bleeding Through released an album, and I was starting to think they might be done. In 2018, they released Love Will Kill All, which happened to be on this writer's playlist from then until now. Thankfully,…

There are many great musicians in this world, some well-known, some not, but there is far from a talent shortage. Many of us rock and metal listeners tend to lend an ear to the guitar players. That is why there are so many "top guitar…