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 [...]

Enter Shikari Floods Royal Oak

Enter Shikari hits Royal Oak tomorrow night.

The guys in the U.K. based electro-metalcore outfit Enter Shikari may have not released an album since 2009’s “Common Dreads”, but that doesn’t meant that they haven’t been busy touring. After doing some major stadium-size shows with The Prodigy over in the U.K., the [...]

Interview w/ Jeremy DePoyster of The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada are sure to pack the Royal Oak Theater this Saturday night.

The Devil Wears Prada were one of those bands that early on in their career, they were on every metal tour you could think of. The Dayton, Ohio band spent more time on the road each year than [...]

Benga Steps Into Royal Oak

The forefather of dubstep, Benga, leads the Global Dub Festival in Royal Oak on Friday.

In an era full of so many different subgenres getting a lot of hype, one of the many offshoots of electronica seems to be one of the few genres to actually be more than hype. Dubstep seems [...]

Interview w/ Dustin Bushnell of the Dirty Heads

Dustin and the Dirty Heads hit Royal Oak this Sunday.

Since the current incarnation of the Orange County based band The Dirty Heads formed in 2003, the band had toiled around the west coast for several years, but what a difference one hit song and a growing fan base can do for [...]

Interview w/ Corey Beaulieu of Trivium

Trivium brings the thrash fury to Royal Oak tomorrow night as they open for Dream Theater.

Kicking some ass and taking some more names years after their 2005 breakthrough, “Ascendancy”, the Orlando based band Trivium continues to deliver some of the most melodic modern metal around. With Trivium, usually no one album [...]

Interview w/ Jon Fred Young of Black Stone Cherry

The guys from Kentucky head north to Royal Oak next Tuesday.

One of the far more dependable hard rock bands today is the Kentucky based band Black Stone Cherry. Founded in 2001, the band didn’t released their self-titled debut until 2006 and two singles, “Lonely Train” and “Rain Wizard” shot up the [...]

Carnival of Madness Tour Preview

Will Madness descend on Royal Oak next Tuesday? You never know…

Last year’s “Carnival Of Madness” was a chance to witness the ascension of Shinedown to arena size levels, as that band toured one last time before going back into the studio to record their next album. Not afraid to let [...]

Born of Osiris Eyes The “All-Stars”

Born Of Osiris should be one of the hits of the All Stars Tour in Royal Oak this Friday.

It’s always interesting to see what sort of new label a band can be tagged with, and to be honest, they’re just getting weirder and weirder with each passing year. When I hear [...]

Interview w/ Xan McCurdy of Cake

Cake brings their "Compassion" to a sold out Royal Oak Theater next Wednesday.

As many bands from the 90’s have come and gone, or that have stuck around only to play the state fair circuit. Even back when the band had their first hit, “The Distance”, in 1996, Cake was one of [...]