Album: Hexed Artist: Children of Bodom Genre: #Metal Sub-Genres: #Melodic #DeathMetal, #PowerMetal Label: Nuclear Blast Non-Airable Tracks: n/a Release Date: March 8th, 2019 Description: Coming off the recent singles leading up to this album, Hexed has no surprises but delivers on the quality set forth on the lead single “This Road”. In fact, most songs on the album could have been the accompanying B-side and it would have worked well because of the consistency here. Of cours

Album: Helix Artist: Amaranthe Genre: #Metal Sub-Genres: #Pop, #TranceMetal, #Metalcore, #PowerMetal Label: Spinefarm Non-Airable Tracks: Countdown, GG6 Release Date: October 19th, 2018 Description: Amaranthe is a metal band from Sweden but what they play is fundamentally pop music. Helix is their fifth album and their first album since their debut that is worth listening to largely thanks to consistency between the tracks. Their first album was their most creative but, throu

Acts: Sarah Longfield, Ne Obliviscaris, Wintersun Date: Saturday 9/22/18 Genres: #ProgressiveMetal, #SymphonicMetal, #PowerMetal, #MelodicDeath #Metal Location: Club Red, Mesa Description: This show was dope, I really enjoyed it. Overall the experience was great, the venue was nice, the crowd was energetic and the bands all killed it. Sarah and Wintersun played songs that were completely foreign to me, so I won’t comment on their composition and musicality, but I can say that