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Most birthday parties that I attend nowadays are pretty tame and well, a little lame to be honest.  Let’s face it.  Grandma’s 84th or some niece or nephew’s 4th birthday parties aren’t very metal. Metal Blade Records wanted their 35th birthday to be anything but...

Night Demon is making their way to Cincy on April 3rd at The Mad Frog for a night of old school classic thrash metal.  Before the party starts, I was able to talk with frontman Jarvis Leatherby a little bit about the band and their awesome charity, Metal Cares.  How did Night Demon come...

Heavy Metal and……Ned Flanders?  Okilly Dokilly is just exactly that and it’s an idea that is just crazy enough to work.  Their first official video for “White Wine Spritzer” blew up the internet a few months ago and they are currently on tour to support...

Canadian metal group, Protest the Hero, will make their way to the Queen City on February 14th at Bogart’s.  The juno winning band are currently in the middle of a two-month tour in support of their new LP, “Pacific Myth” released on November 18th via Razor & Tie. ...

Everybody’s Records isn't just a great place to pick up some killer new vinyl, it’s a Cincinnati institution.  For nearly 40 years Everybody’s has been the gathering place in the Queen City for fans of any type of music.   Saturday was a day for...

When most people think of Heavy Metal, images of devil worshipping and long haired slack jawed yokels chasing scantily clad bikini models usually come to mind.  With glam metal band Steel Panther, not only do they live up to the expectation, they lovingly exceed it.  Check out pics from...

Before Green Day and Blink 182 played their catchy punk meets pop music, there was The Queers and The Dickies who helped originate the sound. Both bands have been performing their brand of pop punk for well over thirty years. After watching the two perform at The Southgate House Revival it looks...

Many call Suicidal Tendencies the fathers of cross over thrash, the melding of hard core punk rock and heavy metal, but whatever you call them their legacy is well known in the underground scene.  Founded in the early 1980’s, Suicidal Tendencies are currently on tour in support of their...

It was never supposed to happen. No one who has listened to heavy or punk music in the last thirty years could have imagined The Misfits would reunite with Glenn Danzig. It seemed impossible.
Then along came Riot Fest. Word spread quickly across the internet that the, “Original Misfits...