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Rebel Inc. “Rebel Inc” EP Review By: Matty

Rebel Inc. “Rebel Inc” EP Review www.facebook.com/rebelincmusic “like” the page By: Matty I remember seeing many incidents occur during the Occupy Wall Street Movement.  Protesters being arrested without being read their Miranda Rights, people being detained without trial, and police losing their cool and executing acts of police brutality on its citizens.  Rebel Inc.,...

Heart-Set Self-Destruct “Of Nightmares” CD Review By: Matty

Heart-Set Self-Destruct “Of Nightmares” CD Review www.facebook.com/heartsetselfdestruct “like” the page! www.heartsetselfdestruct.com By: Matty I first became introduced to this band around early summer of 2011.  I was offered by Elias Soriano of Nonpoint to come to a Nonpoint show and it was an opportunity for me to interview Surrender The Fall and to check out a new...

IN FOR THE KILL “This Is The Sweetest Kind Of Lie… …You Are The Deadliest Surprise” CD Review

IN FOR THE KILL “This Is The Sweetest Kind Of Lie… …You Are The Deadliest Surprise” By: Macavity Talk about a surprise that is not deadly and you will be talking about this new album by In For The Kill! Third time is the charm with this lineup that recorded the sophomore album of the band. Magic has been made with this group that was likely there in the previous lineups...

You Knew Me When CD Review By: Matty

You Knew Me When CD Review By: Matty This past summer, I had the opportunity to interview with Nashville, Tennessee duo You Knew Me When outside of a bar called Lorado’s in Mason City, Iowa.  They are a husband/wife duo that makes incredible music together.  It was good to catch up with Karisa, who I went to high school with and to meet her husband Cie for the first time.  The duo...

Johnny Engstrom Band “Magnetic Force” CD Review By: Matty

Johnny Engstrom Band “Magnetic Force”, released through Alienation Records. By: Matty I have a soft spot for bands and recording artists from other nations.  It seems to me that they incorporate a significant amount of creativity, a vast array of melodies and time signatures, and a diverse range of subject and lyrical content, which is refreshing since it seems to me that a lot...

Bleedchain “Rise of the Godless” EP Review By: Matty

Bleedchain “Rise of the Godless” EP Review By: MATTY Since I missed most of their set during their set providing direct support for Helmet, I thought I would indulge into some Bleedchain.  It’s intriguing that a local, unsigned band from Iowa would have over 2,500 likes on Facebook.  It also intrigued me that Page Hamilton himself was bobbing his head to the music and...

HEAVEN BELOW “The Mirror Never Lies” CD Review By: Macavity

HEAVEN BELOW “The Mirror Never Lies” By: Macavity I don’t usually review a single but Heaven Below has put forth an offering that is a “mega-single” with a story behind the music that needs to be heard. The track was written for an organization preventing Child Abuse and is as hard edged as the subject with their album version of the tune. The band plays their hearts...

Madison Rising CD Review By: Macavity

MADISON RISING By: Macavity Some talk the talk and some walk the walk but Madison Rising decided to do both in a musical format in the form of their debut CD. They are definitely a band that has something to say so if you have any problem with opinions expressed in music then move along to something less cerebral. Unlike other bands and artists that have tried this process,  Madison Rising is somewhat...

The Hand of Glory ‘Break the Illusion’ CD Review By: Shredder Joe

The Hand of Glory Album: Break the Illusion Released: 9-23-2011/Deafground Records BY: Shredder Joe Ya know, being a musician, I run across a lot of bands.Very sparingly am I truly impressed with the bands I hear, but The Hand of Glory easily broke my personal norm. Here’s why… For starters, “Break the Illusion” is THOG’s debut release. That, in and of itself, makes me feel...

Caustic Vision CD Review By: Matty

By: Matty Iowa is starting to produce some great metal.  I may be an Iowan, however, my readers need to take heed.  The Midwest Metal Movement is coming and here to stay.  The Midwest Metal Movement is comprised of brutal, in-your-face, power grooves, with a vast array of vocal arrangements.  The nine piece band known as Slipknot has paved the way for this.  Destrophy(R.I.P.) followed suit. ...