Last year on January 19th, Lacuna Coil gave fans a special 20 year anniversary concert in London. During their performance, they announced a DVD release of the 119 Show. After the success of the metal band’s performance and concert DVD, Lacuna Coil toured with this special show in Europe and came here to the states […]
*A quick note of introduction from Dave Dreher*David Maynor – one of our Gruesome Music family – pitched this idea to me in a conversation recently – what if he were to dig around and find buried gems, things like soundtracks, that have been long forgotten. A great idea, right? I told him so and […]
Two metal powerhouse bands have joined forces to bring us the DISEASE OF THE ANIMA tour that will be touring around the country this fall. Along for the fun will be BAD OMENS, TOOTHGRINDER, EXIMIOUS, and UNCURED. That is going to make for one giant night of face-melting metal. Got all the tour dates and […]
There are many festivals during the summer vying for your time and money – we here in the Northeast Ohio area are fortunate to be home to one of the most unique and well-run events in the country. Around here we call the venue by a few different names – The Ohio State Reformatory – […]
Celebrating a career of musical excellence – DREAM THEATER will be bringing their Distance Over Time tour to the historic Canton Palace Theater in fabulous downtown Canton Ohio. Got all the details for you below – if you are anywhere in the NEO area – I expect to see you there. Honestly – never in […]
Does the name Dan Baird ring any bells? I promise – you know his music. As founder and lead singer of The Georgia Satellites – Dan and his band were all over MTV and the radio. Dan has a new band now – and they tour as Dan Baird and Homemade Sin – and they […]
In my teens – Frampton Comes Alive was the album of the decade. At the time – the best selling live album ever and spawning several huge hits that still to this day get major airplay on classic rock stations. Peter is bringing his Finale tour to Blossom Music Center on Thursday, Aug. 8th – […]
Heavy Metal is normally an angry, raucous medium. It’s filled with leathered devils and demons, it’s rife with dark images and ideas. Even the fun-filled 80s were overshadowed by drugs, booze, and heartache. So it’s kind of nice that some of the “new metal” bands bring some lightness and positivity to the genre. That is […]
HELLYEAH and the metal world bore a staggering loss last year when the band’s drummer – and metal legend Vinnie Paul passed unexpectedly. We’ve known that the band is set to release a new album this fall – titled Welcome Home – featuring the last recording of Vinnie Paul and over the last few months […]
If you’re in the Cleveland, Pittsburgh, PA, Canton, Youngstown, Akron, Columbus Ohio area – you likely are already aware of the amazing INKarceration Festival that is hitting the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield Ohio on during the weekend of July 12th – 14th. The festival has an amazing line-up of bands this year and it […]
Like A Storm has been gaining a lot of ground here in the states. Sirius Octane has had the band in heavy rotation with the track Out Of Control, from their latest release Catacombs. Before we talk tour – let’s rock out to their new video! The press release dishes out all the info on […]
Nothing but positive vibes and love being sent to Dave Mustaine – longtime headbanger and leader of Megadeth. The singer/guitarist announced today that he is battling throat cancer and as a result – will not be playing any more live shows this year. The announcement from Mustaine: “I’ve been diagnosed with throat cancer. It’s clearly […]
Those of you unfortunate enough to not live in NE Ohio may not be familiar with the name Michael Stanley and you know what – that’s just a damn shame. The great news is – in this era of easily accessible music – a quick check to YouTube, Amazon Music or Apple Music will open […]
“Between the cosmic wake of a thousand solar nightmares, chaos will reign eternal!” Yeah, it’s silly. Let’s get this out right up front. If you are familiar with Gloryhammer, you expect this. You have been looking forward to this. But if, like me, you are new to this experience, it might be a bit jarring […]
One of the most powerful ways an artist can pay tribute to another is by using their talent to showcase that artist. Neal Schon – legendary guitarist and founder of Journey has done just that with the track I am about to show you. Coming from his forthcoming release Universe – Schon picked this track […]