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Recap: Soulfly at 4th&B in San Diego
Local thrashers Raise the Guns opened the show at about 9 pm, a good two hours after the doors were supposed to open. The local boys made good playing a set chock-full of thrashy riffs and clean melodies. After their abbreviate...
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CD Review: Teramaze
ARTIST: Teramaze TITLE: AnhedoniA YEAR: April 24, 2012 LABEL: Nightmare / Sony / Red Author: Sam Yakou Every so often a new metal band comes along and gets right. Usually that band isn’t from the Land of Oz. In the case of Te...
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Children of Bodom San Diego’s Show Recap
It was 1997 when Finnish guitar wunderkind Alexi Laiho unleashed Something Wild, Children of Bodom’s debut album, on an unsuspecting world. A decade and a half later the band is celebrating with the 15th Anniversary North Amer...
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CD Review: Megadeth
ARTIST: Megadeth TITLE: Th1rt3n YEAR: 2011 LABEL: Roadrunner Records Author: Sam Yakou Almost a year ago Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine announced the band would begin work on a new album. After retreating to the band’s San Ma...
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Judas Priest Farewell Tour Recap
Fans of legendary metal masters Judas Priest were surprised when the band announced a farewell tour last year. After clarifying that they would, in fact, continue recording and playing live fans had a reprieve. However, that ...
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CD Review: Evanescence
ARTIST: Evanescence TITLE: Evanescence (Self-Titled) YEAR: 2011 LABEL: Wind-Up Records Author: Sam Yakou Evanescence have been big players in the alt-goth-chamber-heavy rock genres they move between. This is remarkable when yo...
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CD Review: Edguy
ARTIST: Edguy TITLE: Age of the Joker YEAR: 2011 LABEL: Nuclear Blast Author: Sam Yakou German power-metallers Edguy return with Age of the Joker. A strident and epic foray into the harder rock sound of recent Edguy releases; A...
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CD Review: Trivium
ARTIST: Trivium TITLE: In Waves YEAR: 2011 LABEL: Roadrunner Records Author: Sam Yakou Trivium seem to have a reputation in the metal community as an up and coming band despite the fact that the Florida thrashers have been arou...
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CD Review: In Flames
ARTIST: In Flames TITLE: Sounds of a Playground Fading YEAR: 2011 LABEL: Century Media Author: Sam Yakou Sweden’s melodic death metal champs In Flames return with Sounds of a Playground Fading; their first studio album followin...
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