All posts by Chuck Marshall

  I’m pretty sure that David Ellefson does not sleep. The Megadeth bassist and entrepreneur has a plethora of irons in the fire and does a fantastic job of keeping them all glowing hot. David took a few minutes out of his day to chat with Metal [...]

The Vintage Caravan is a three piece from Iceland who have a penchant for fuzzy guitars and driving rhythms which early hard rock bands such as Thin Lizzy, Humble Pie, and Captain Beyond championed in the 70’s. Gateways is the band’s fourth [...]

  Voivod’s fourteenth album called ‘The Wake’ is hitting the streets on September 21st. This album will surely become a favorite of current fans as well as those who love to listen to music that experiments with the progressive edge [...]

Hump day in Lansing got a lot more exciting when Havok with special guests Jungle Rot and Extinction A.D. incited mayhem with a bunch of diehard thrashers at The Loft. Firing up this metalpocalypse was Hate Unbound from Detroit. Purveyors of technical [...]

  Hump day in Lansing got a lot more exciting when Havok with special guests Jungle Rot and Extinction A.D. incited mayhem with a bunch of diehard thrashers at The Loft. Here are some of the crazy moments of the evening:

  You may know Michael Romeo as the extremely talented mastermind behind one of the best progressive metal bands in the world; Symphony X. While we wait for more Symphony X, Michael has crafted a new solo album called ‘War Of The Worlds Pt. [...]

My introduction to Lux Terminus began when I saw them open for Imminent Sonic Destruction in Ferndale, Michigan. I was enchanted with this band from the start of their set. Vikram Shankar (keyboards), Matthew Kerschner (drums), and Brian Craft (bass) [...]

It has been three years since the St. Louis’s Black Fast released their monumental ‘Terms Of Surrender’ album in 2015. A band’s third album tends to be a pivotal. The band can either churn out a rehash of previous material or stray [...]