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New York City-based post-hardcore band VRSTY released their cover of Lil Nas X’s, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” via Spinefarm Records. https://vrsty.lnk.to/MONTEROcallmebyyourname Australian punk rock band The Owen Guns released the official music video for, “Is This Punk?” via Riot Records. Los Angeles, CA-based power pop band The Checkered Hearts released the official lyric video for, “My Best Friend’s Girl” via Die Laughing Records. Melodic death metal artist Plaguestorm released the official lyric video for, “Purifying Fire.” Los Angeles, CA-based band Zumbi released official music ..read more

My 1st show in 5 months was worth the wait. 3 of my most favorite bands together? Yes please! I only caught the very end of Cultus Black, but apparently it’s former members of Motograter. Will need to check out further! I’ve honestly never paid too much attention to Twiztid, but have been aware of them since 2002. I was pleasantly surprised at their performance and a good 1/3 of the crowd was very much into them. Thanks to seeing them live, much like above, I will also be looking more into them. This was my 5th time experiencing Dope. I wish it was even more, because they are a ..read more

An interview I’ve wanted to do for many years. I finally had the opportunity to chat with Riggs, the former guitarist for Rob Zombie, and currently of his own band, Scum of the Earth. If you’ve never listened to SotE, but you love the Zombie, then you should definitely listen. The video for their newest track is below the interview.   AV: Hey there Mr. Riggs! What’s goin on? Riggs: Ah, just driving. Multi-tasking. Always busy. AV: So when are we able to expect a new Scum of the Earth album? Riggs: I don’t even know about releasing a whole album. I mean I’ve got enough songs to do one, but ..read more

I had the pleasure of meeting Chris twice through my friend and AudioVein photographer Casey Jade. I let it be known I was highly interested in chatting with Chris and dicussing his music career. Eventually we set something up and we covered all the main bases. Catching up on his last decade after leaving the band, going back to before joining Chimaira, what lead up to him getting into the band, the albums and tours, their awesome DVD’s, him leaving the band, their 2017 reunion show, what’s next, and more! I appreciate Chris’ time to talk to me. Let’s all hope that next/final chapter still get ..read more

In October, I was sent a nice little package from BMG of Sepultura’s new box set. It showcases the 1st decade of the Derrick Green era, from 1998 to 2009. In this video, I open the package and see it all for the 1st time along with you. While I completely understand why anyone would be dedicated to the “original” era of Sepultura, you’re really doing yourself a disservice if you haven’t given the post-Max years a listen. More specifically from 2003 up to now. In any case, watch this video and enjoy! #Sepultura #Sepulnation #DerrickGreen #AndreasKisser #PauloJr #IgorCavalera #JeanDolabella #Br ..read more

While I’m nearly 20 years in to loving Death Metal at this point, there’s maybe only a couple dozen bands that I actually get excited about when it comes to new music or seeing live from the genre. The Belgian based Aborted is among the elite of my brutal music listening. From the doom groove intro “Verderf” into the blast heavy titletrack, it’s evident that we’re here to get pummeled and slaughtered by the best of ’em. That moody mid song breakdown followed by the melodic solo was perfection. Then “Impetus Odi” destroys you in an instant, very reminescent of Cattle Decapitation with some Morb ..read more

Hard rock/metal band Wildstreet released a new song, “Mother” via Golden Robot Records. Stream/buy ‘Mother’ HERE  Mississippi-based southern blues/rock band Magnolia Bayou released the official music video for their song, “Train Don’t Stop.” German melodic death metal band Hiraes released the official music video for, “Solitary” via Napalm Records. Icelandic black metal band Audn released the official music video for “Vokudraumsins fangi” via Season of Mist. Rochester, NY-based alternative/pop/synthwave artist Arena released a new song, “Fever.” “DREAMS” can be Streamed/Download ..read more

Brazilian/Dutch death metal band Crypta released the official lyric video for, “Starvation.” London, ON, Canada-based melodic/groove metal band Mutherload released the official music video for, “The Visitor.” Rochester, NY-based alternative/pop/synthwave artist Arena released the official music video for his cover of Van Halen’s, “Dreams.” Gothic doom metal band Draconian released the official music video for, “The Sethian.” Legendary rock vocalist and musician Dennis DeYoung released the official lyric video for, “The Last Guitar Hero” featuring Tom Morello. Athens, Greece-based modern m ..read more