(The AMR crew: Josh, Cole, Nate and Cody. And yes, Al’s semi makes us look tougher.)

(The entire Metalfest crew: Tony, Nate, Josh, Cody, Al [in the back], “Mr. Boston” Cole, Chris, Death Metal Ben, “Colon Blow” John. We had another guy, Tim, join is on Fri, but he was forced to leave early because of [...]

Ah, yet another year of metal and hardcore has come and gone. The New England Metal and Hardcore Festival has been a tradition my friends and I have had for 6 years straight and running. Since 2003, this festival has been the mecca for a multitude of many in the American North East, the rest [...]

Hey everyone, sorry about the small lack of posts, AMR was on a small weekend hiatus to the 10th Annual New England Metal and Hardcore festival in Worcester, MA. I am working on a write up now that shall be up tomorrow after I get home from work, but for now, I need to get [...]

Long time guitarist and song writer for Mayhem, Blasphemer (aka Rune Eriksen), has decided to call it quits with the band. Here is what he had to say:
“It is with these written words that I hereby retract myself from my position as the guitar player of Mayhem.
The main reason behind this conclusion lies in the [...]

In the last week or so, I have been seeing news here and there about the upcoming American festival, Chicago Powerfest. While its small in stature at the moment, Powerfest is showing some immense promise with names such as Iced Earth and Testament amongst others, and is also hosting Paganfest. While the New England Metal [...]

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Friede Sei Mit Dir
Album: Riders on the Storm
Label: Nuclear Blast
Year: 2006
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Die Sonne Scheint
Album: Samurai
Label: Nuclear Blast
Year: 2004
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Instinct (live)
Album: Soft and Stronger
Label: Martyr
Year: 1997
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Wahnsinn (live)
Album: Samurai
Label: Nuclear Blast
Year: 2004

For those who don’t know, Lauren Harris is the daughter of Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris, and in the last couple of years or so, has started up her own band and has begun touring. Now, if this story stopped there I wouldn’t give a damn, but it gets worse. Iron Maiden has taken it [...]

I have never been a faithful listener of the radio, especially as an avid heavy metal fan. Everyone knows that the only thing you are going to find on the radio is top 40, classic rock, classical and talk radio, and its basically accepted as such. However, with the advent of satellite radio, the possibilities [...]

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Album: Iconoclast
Label: Century Media
Year: 2008