Headed over to Geno’s Friday night in downtown Portland for an evening of doom metal. Every once and awhile I will check out the local scene on the look out for quality regional acts hitting the area when I stumbled upon this show at the local club which is the default location for all things [...]
I know, I know, I am an asshole for waiting so long to post it, but I couldn’t find my muse! I can’t just write shit down and make it sound interesting ya know! Alright, I am here now, and the grand exposition known as Dream Theater, Zappa Plays Zappa, Bigelf and Scale the Summit [...]
As a cool little surprise a couple of weeks ago, my father being the cool cat that he is, decided to go out of his way to purchase a couple of tickets to this “metal tour” that I wasn’t really aware of. When he initially advised me of it, I wasn’t sure what the bands [...]
Alright, I am writing this intro last because I wanted to write about each band while they were fresh in my mind. Consequently, this thing is short because the rest of this write-up is close to the size and depth as the Silmarillion. I hope I don’t lose too many people to sleep while they [...]
Where: MOHEGAN SUN, CONNECTICUT
When: August 15th, 2008
I started off my day with some kickball. In fact, not only was this your average company outing pick up game of kickball, but it was a bloodsport. A heated game with competition rangin g from the ages of 8 to 45. Yes, we all knew this was a [...]
with Portugal Towers, Firewind, and Divine Heresy May 12th 2008
Being a friend of AMR “employees” Cody, Nate, Cole, and Josh, I felt it was time I added something to the site other than ridiculous comments, homoerotic links or verbal attacks at Cody. Cole, Nate and I went to see Dark Tranquility
(Tranquillity? Apparently it [...]
As you know, the AMR flock hit up the New England Metal and Metalcore Festival (there wasn’t a single real hardcore band there) this past weekend. We all had a great time but after reading the review that Cody posted, I could not live with the fact that he gave some of the bands that [...]
(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 [...]
The Lineup: (watched by the author)
Main Stage-
Lamb of God
Static-X
Lordi
Second Stage-
Behemoth
Devildriver
The Showdown
3 Inches of Blood
In This Moment
Introduction:
Tis that time of year again folks: Summer tour time. And for us metal fanatics there are a few different ones to choose from every year however the big name is Ozzfest. I’ve taken the foray into the world of [...]
