Review: The Human Abstract – Midheaven [2008]

The Human Abstract return with their sophomore effort, the conceptual 10-track release titled MIDHEAVEN. Chock full of prog-rock excess, poppy hooks, and flashy instrumental flourishes, this California outfit, now a quintet thanks to the addition of an omnipresent keyboardist, merge screamy Warped Tour punk rock pretense with odd-metered time signatures and spots of metallic musical […]

Review: Rudimentary Peni – No More Pain [2008]

Enigmatic UK anarcho punk rock veterans Rudimentary Peni have made a lasting mark on the punk rock genre with their no holds barred and intense music and their latest release NO MORE PAIN furthers the unit’s underground legacy. Buzzing guitars, sneering vocals, punchy basslines and bashing drums all collide with the fervor of a ’77 […]

Metallica Live at the Prudential Center [1-31-09]

Metallica continued delivering a devastating onslaught of heavy metal to the Tri-State region, this time taking down the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on Jan. 31, 2009. The band blazed through all of the great Death Magnetic cuts that they performed at the Nassau Coliseum on Thursday, however, fans were presented with several old […]