Gigantour For The Fourth Time

The Palace will show signs of life for the first time in a while as Megadeth leads Gigantour this Thursday.

Even though it’s not a yearly thing, Gigantour, the festival conceived by Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine is always a big event for metal fans. In 2005, Megadeth teamed with Dream Theater for [...]

Craig Finn Steady On His Own

Craig Finn makes his first solo apperance in Detroit at the Lager House on Wednesday.

Don’t worry fans, the highly popular indie band The Hold Steady is just fine and there is no concern for a breakup. But the band is currently taking a break from the band, lead singer Craig Finn [...]

Interview w/ Neal Middleton of Royal Bliss

Royal Bliis bring their new album to Flint next Saturday.

For a band who has been proclaimed the “unluckiest band in rock”, the guys in Royal Bliss seemed to be putting that moniker to rest in 2008 and 2009 as the band scored two Top 40 Rock singles in “Save Me” and [...]

Interview w/ Revocation

Revocation open for Children of Bodom in an east side show at Harpo's on Tuesday.

Look at any year end Top 10 list of metal albums (including this very writer’s), and you should see one constant on those lists- and it’s not Metallica & Lou Reed’s horribly executed “Lulu” album. One album [...]

Album Review- Lamb of God “Resolution”

Yeah, if you are into Lamb of God, there's no reason you shouldn't dig "Resolution".

Pretty much since 2006’s “Sacrament”, the Virginia based metal juggernauts Lamb of God have the most anticipated metal album of the year. For most of their career, the band has delivered punishing albums with stunning precision and [...]

The Cab Wishes It Was Summer

Along with The Summer Set, The Cab hits the Crofoot Ballroom next Friday night.

Call it the wonders of the internet. Years ago, if a band left a label to independently release their music, it was nothing short of career suicide, but not so much anymore. Take a group like the Las [...]

Celldweller Stars in Detroit

Klayton's Celldweller hits the Works Thursday night.

For fans of the electro-rock band Celldweller, fans have been awaiting since 2009 to see the finished product behind his “Wish Upon a Blackstar” effort. With the first chapter released in August of 2009, Celldweller to continue roughly one chapter per year and fans [...]

The Block M At Clutch Cargo’s

The M Machine opens for Paper Diamond Saturday at Clutch Cargo's.

Nope, it’s not a reference to the University of Michigan and hitting a game at Michigan Stadium (I know Spartan fans, roll your eyes—-NOW! And deal with it). But when you see the big block “M” associated with the [...]

Kyng Tramples on Royal Oak

Kyng brings their style of heavy to Royal Oak this Friday night. (Photo courtesy of Katherine Guerrero)

After the band had done tours with Drowning Pool and Wayne Static, you would think the guys in the California based band Kyng would be taking a short break to start the new year. Guess [...]

Top 10 Metal Albums of 2011 (that I listened to…)

Machine Head is #1. See Revolver, we got it right- unlike you guys.

10. Animals as Leaders- Weightless- If Dave Davidson is the up and coming thrash metal god, Tosin Abasi is the virtuoso of the new school. On the group’s sophomore album, the intricate guitar work on “Odessa” and “Earth Departure” [...]