There are very few bands I'd travel 15+hrs to go see. But when my best friend Lukas asked me to go see Avatar with him down in Maryland, I absolutely couldn't say no. Getting to hang with my bestie was the icing on the Swedish metal proverbial cake. We had such a good time. If you're just here to read about the show, skip down to the asterisks. It'll be awhile before I get to it.      Do you wonder why I don’t go out much? In order to go literally anywhere, I've got to wake u

Unhappily Ever Now recently released a new song "To The Light". Right away from the title and the cover I got a little misty eyed. Then I listened to it and full on cried. Losing a pet is truly one of the most painful things life throws at us, and I truly feel for everyone whose gone through it.  Pets get us through the best and the worst moments. It's a beautiful thing that this cat has been immortalized in song. Due to some beautiful lyrical craftsmanship, even people who

Bite The Boxer has a new track "Venom Test". I'd never heard of this band before, but their sound is really interesting. Parts of this track make me think of a mystery scifi action movie. But those sounds are also paired with an almost hiphop-like synth beat and a melancholy vibe. It honestly sounds like it came straight from like an ambient Repo! The Genetic Opera inspired album or something. It's really different from anything else I've ever heard, but in a really good way

Our friends Dual Analog dropped a new single recently! Pale Visage has a very 80's pop meets 90's industrial type vibe to it. Very Tears For Fears-esque. The riffs, the synths, and Chip's velvety vocals come together to form an incredibly emotional song. Although it starts off a little slow, it quickly builds into a very complex track that has me bobbing my head. I did notice that their most recent album, The Wheel (If you missed our interview with Chip talking about The W