Last week, Swedish progressive metal band Soen began their first-ever North American tour, promoting their most recent album Imperial. This band has been active for about 12 years now, so it’s quite surprising that it has taken them this long to [...]
Soen may have kept their North American fans waiting a long time to see them live, but this Imperial tour made it worth the wait. The show was top-notch, and the band sounded incredible all night, with tons of great individual performances. Coupled [...]
Oceans of Slumber could scare you. Or their honesty could. Over the course of their career, the Texas-based sextet have produced one EP and four studio albums, each documenting self-loathing, self-worth, and self-punishment, all in the pursuit of [...]
Sometimes, things need to be broken. For Oceans of Slumber, breaking down insidious cycles within our societies, as well as those beneath our own skin, is not a luxury but a necessity. A sentiment captured on their new self-titled record, set for release [...]
As rock and metal enthusiasts queued hours ahead of show time on June 22nd 2018 for an almost sold out show as Finnish melodic giants Insomnium took on The Garrison in Toronto, Canada along with support acts Oceans Of Slumber & Bane. Here are [...]
Sometimes, going to a quaint, dingy place for an emotionally heavy show is just what the doctor ordered. I have been to The Garrison in Toronto a couple of times, and it’s always the same: a memorable and personal experience with good sound (as long [...]
Dublin, Ireland played its part in what was to be a week of momentous milestones for Symphonic Metal legends, Epica. The current front-runners of the sub-genre have been gearing up to celebrate 1000 shows together on Saturday, April 14th in the same venue [...]
When it comes to attention to detail, Ocean of Slumber’s dedicated leader and monstrous drummer, Dobber Beverly, leaves no stone unturned as the band venture down a darkened path to creating their bewitching new album, ‘The Banished [...]
