The second day of Louisville’s Louder Than Life music festival was a much more rockin’ affair than the more metal focus of the first day. Despite this, the attendance nearly matched the first day and there was no lack of [...]
Saturday September 30th was a beautiful Fall day in Louisville, KY, though the humid atmosphere could have led you to believe it was Summer instead. No matter the season, it would have been a great day to be outdoors and luckily, this just so happened to [...]
Veil of Maya have made sure the cosmetic aspects of their new album, ‘False Idol’ don’t give much away. The album cover alone hints at an avant-garde, art rock direction while the song titles are, for the most part, vague and have [...]
Comprised of a star-studded cast of some of Sweden’s finest metal musicians including two-fifths of former In Flames members as well as Jake E. from Amaranthe, CyHra are a unique and frankly, promising outfit. As we know, there’s [...]
It brings me great pleasure to say that Trivium, first of all, are soon to have eight records. As a hardcore fan of ten years, I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a band both remain exactly who they were from the start and change so [...]
Metal Wani writer Matthew Powers sits down for an in-depth chat with The Contortionist frontman, Michael Lessard. The main topic of the conversation is the new record from the band, ‘Clairvoyant’ and its context. Michael goes deep into [...]
While on the road supporting their latest record, ‘Trust No One’, the mighty Devildriver steamrolled their way through Louisville, KY on a warm September Thursday night, bringing their Fall headlining roster along with them. What separates [...]
Few bands of this era help define the progressive genre quite like Indiana’s progressive metal maestros, The Contortionist. Impressively covering such diverse styles as deathcore (2010’s ‘Exoplanet‘) and atmospheric prog [...]
