KMFDM w/ CHANT @ THE CABOOZE, MINNEAPOLIS (MN) OCTOBER 6, 2022 A band considered to have brought industrial music to the mainstream, KMFDM, is out on a 22-date tour to promote their 22nd studio album, Hyena. The Cabooze had a long line of fans [...]
SEVENDUST w/ TETRARCH & DEAD POET SOCIETY @ SKYWAY THEATRE, MINNEAPOLIS (MN) MARCH 22, 2022 Sevendust’s third Studio album Animosity was released November 2001 and within four months it was certified gold. The veteran rockers are now [...]
Stabbing Westward Chasing Ghosts COP International It’s been 21 years since Stabbing Westward’s last full length album, and fans have been craving new music from them for years. Fans rejoice, for the wait is finally over! Chasing Ghosts has ten [...]
THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE w/ JULIEN-K & PLAGUE OF STARS @ FINE LINE, MINNEAPOLIS (MN) MARCH 1, 2022 It has been a number of years since The Birthday Massacre and Julien-K played here and based on the crowd size it was obvious this was a [...]
ATREYU w/ CROWN THE EMPIRE, TETRARCH, SAUL & DEFYING DECAY @ SKYWAY THEATRE, MINNEAPOLIS (MN) DECEMBER 4, 2021 A former movie theatre turned downtown music venue, The Skyway Theatre, was a beehive of activity as five bands brought the noise [...]
DEAD RABBITTS w/ YOUNG MEDICINE & DARK STATION @ SKYWAY THEATRE, MINNEAPOLIS (MN) NOVEMBER 1, 2021 Dark Station opened and impressed the curious onlookers tonight at Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis, with their dark melodic songs filled with [...]
COLD w/ DIVIDE THE FALL & NEW DILEMMA @ TURF CLUB, ST. PAUL (MN) OCTOBER 9, 2021 The historic, horseracing-themed landmark known as the Turf Club was host to three bands tonight, bringing in about 150 people from near and far. Local band [...]
FRONT 242 w/ ENDIF @ FINE LINE, MINNEAPOLIS (MN) SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 The warehouse district in Minneapolis was buzzing with activity tonight as a couple of hundred people funneled into the intimate Fine Line venue, for what was an unexpected but [...]
Atreyu Baptize Spinefarm Baptize is Atreyu’s eighth album, but their first since the departure of vocalist and founding member Alex Varkatzas who left the band in the fall of 2020. Ex-drummer and clean singer Brandon Saller has stepped forward [...]
Front Line Assembly Mechanical Soul Metropolis Records After over three decades of music from industrial greats Front Line Assembly, they’ve now released their 17th album, Mechanical Soul. 10 tracks, plus a remix of “Hatevol” from their [...]
Powerman 5000 The Nobel Rot Cleopatra Records Powerman 5000’s 10th album takes you on a musical journey filled with retro and electronica tones throughout. A perfect example of this is lead single “Black Lipstick.” It has a strong Billy Idol [...]
Zwaremachine Ripping At The Fabric Brutal Resonance Records Zwaremachine has mastered the ability to combine Industrial and EBM into a wonderful concoction on their five-track EP, Ripping At the Fabric. Dark and hypnotizing, each song is [...]
SOULFLY @ THE CABOOZE, MINNEAPOLIS (MN) FEBRUARY 19, 2020 Soulfly’s ‘The Summoning’ two month US tour started February 1st and to the delight of the area’s Heavy Metal music lovers, made a stop in Minneapolis. The venue was a beehive of [...]
POWERMAN 5000 w/ (HED) P.E. & ADEMA @ ST. CROIX CASINO, TURTLE LAKE (WISCONSIN) NOVEMBER 8, 2019 ‘90s Rock/Nu Metal nostalgia was at an all-time high tonight when Adema, (Hed) P.E. and Powerman 5000 took the stage. Adema, currently fronted [...]
AFI All Hallow’s E.P. (Vinyl Reissue) Craft Recordings Catchy choruses, high energy, dark sound effects, and plenty of “whoah’s” are packed into this four-song horror punk conceptual EP All Hallow’s. The first track “Fall Children” [...]
EVE TO ADAM w/ KRASHKARMA @ GREAT RIVER ARTS CENTER, LITTLE FALLS (MN) SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 The End of Summer Bash hosted by the local The Dark FM radio show and Great River Arts in downtown Little Falls MN welcomed national recording artist Eve [...]
GRANDSON w/ NOTHING, NOWHERE @ FIRST AVENUE, MINNEAPOLIS (MN) SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 The first show on Grandson’s “The End of the Beginning” tour in support of the release of A Modern Tragedy Vol. 3. took place tonight at the iconic First Avenue, [...]
Fire Fight IDENTITY Silent Majority Group Let me be clear: Fire Fight is not your average rock or alternative band. They pull multiple genres together, including hip hop, to create their own unique sound, Nowhere is it more apparent than on [...]
FIRE FIGHT w/ ALL IN FAVOR, SIN7 & DIVIDE THE FALL @ THE DOG HOUSE BAR AND GRILL, MAPLEWOOD (MN) SEPTEMBER 7, 2019 Fire Fight’s IDENTITY album release show brought eager and curious fans to The Dog House Bar and Grill in Maplewood MN [...]
ROYAL TUSK w/ THE ZEALOTS & VIA @ SKYWAY THEATRE, MINNEAPOLIS (MN) JUNE 28, 2019 The construction work on Hennepin Ave. in Minneapolis is done for the day, but there is still plenty of activity going on downtown. Temperatures were sitting at [...]
POWERMAN 5000 w/ FILTHY SWEET & STUMPT @ EVERY BUDDY’S BAR AND GRILL, CHIPPEWA FALLS (WISCONSIN) JUNE 23, 2019 It was drizzling in the small town of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin tonight, but the line of people outside of Every Buddy’s Bar didn’t [...]
Motionless In White Disguise Roadrunner Records Industrial metal group Motionless in White present their most emotional lyrical album yet. The mental and emotional turmoil of vocalist Chris “Motionless” Cerulli are poured into 11 tracks on this [...]
Cold Kingdom Into The Black Sky Independent It’s been a hell of a year for the hard rock band Cold Kingdom. First they parted ways with their vocalist, then Elissa Pearson took over vocal duty. Then they welcomed keyboardist and backup vocalist [...]
EMERGENT w/ COLD KINGDOM, ARSON CITY & EAON @ ROUTE 47 PUB & GRUB, FRIDLEY (MN) MAY 24, 2019 Midwest hard rock fans were treated to an extra special show tonight to kick off the Memorial Day weekend. The show included an album release [...]