Heavy metal band Dyspläcer’s debut album is over-the-top, indulgent, and pitch-perfect.
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Judas Priest rocks on with firepower
Judas Priest is playing at Darien Lake Amphitheater on Wednesday, September 5. In a recent interview during a tour break, frontman Rob Halford was warm and gracious as he discussed the music, human rights, and his own Christianity.
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Album review: ‘Tempus Fugit’
A Fitting Revenge “Tempus Fugit” Self-released afittingrevenge.com The monolithic guitars on A Fitting Revenge’s “Tempus Fugit” — “time flies” — offer nothing in the way of the shrill shriek heavy bands often find themselves caught up in. Instead the band keeps it thick and nasty by keeping the speed in check. This is a good […]
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Space Grazer shouts at the universe
When you’re in a hard rock band and the holy trinity of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll has lost its glitter and appeal, what do you do? What do you sing about? The name of this heavy outfit is Space Grazer, and the band has solved that problem by writing songs about space and […]
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Heavy cello thunder
A rock fan sees a cello and is inclined to turn tail and run. A classical music buff hears “heavy metal” and cringes. Break of Reality cellist Erin Keesecker is keenly aware of both reactions. “You have to erase any preconception you have of our music and then listen to us,” Keesecker says. “People are […]
