To be an artist is to have a vision. When you’re a musician, a writer, an actor, or whatever else you do in the creative arts, there’s something in your head that you want to get out and get across to other people. Creative people find a medium that speaks to them and then utilize…
Consistency is always nice when you are a fan of an artist but not when it breeds stagnation. Staying in the same vein as previous projects lets listeners know what to expect from your upcoming releases but it doesn’t tend to push them outside their comfort zone and experience something new and challenging. It’s understandable why…
It’s been a Hell of a year for metal. Bands thought long dead clawed their way out of their graves, old favorites signed off after putting in years and decades of stellar work, new bands celebrated the start of what will hopefully be long and fruitful careers, and veterans of the scene put out stunning…
A lot of the time the start of the journey is the most exciting part of the whole thing. The future is wide open with promise and no one really knows what the rest of the path will end up looking like once all is said and done. The untapped potential that still waits to…
Have you watched the news lately? It’s a blast for the working class, right? Rising prices for no real reason other than corporate greed, rising wealth for the upper class for no real reason other than, uh, also corporate greed, the degradation of our planet for no real…ok, you get the point. It would be…
You ever hear a record that tries to mash up a couple of styles and it falls completely flat, feeling like a jack of all trades, master of none? It’s hard to combine different elements of clearly defined genres of music into something that feels cohesive and that actually works for fans of those genres….