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Art & Entertainment Archive
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Album Review: Silencer- “The Great Bear”
Posted on March 17, 2013 | No CommentsBeing a fan of a long-enduring band can often be a challenging task. In most cases it requires an open mind, and a willingness to evolve with the band as their music morphs through time. For a musician, inspiration and influences come and go, and... -
Album Review: In Flames “Sounds Of A Playground Fading”
Posted on July 20, 2011 | 2 CommentsIn my opinion there are two versions of In Flames: The original version, comprising their first four albums (Lunar Strain, The Jester Race, Whoracle, and Colony), and the modern version starting with Clayman and every album since (Reroute To Remain, Soundtrack To Your Escape, Come... -
THRASH!
Posted on June 30, 2011 | 2 CommentsLast night ended an over 20-year drought. There are not too many bands I want to see that I have not seen, but Forbidden is one of them. Of course, this would not have been possible were it not for the band reforming a short... -
CD Review: Times Of Grace “The Hymn Of A Broken Man”
Posted on May 15, 2011 | 1 CommentTimes Of Grace is a project by Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz with material he wrote while recovering from back surgery. The reason I bought this CD, aside from the good reviews I read, is because Dutkiewicz recruited the help of former Killswitch vocalist Jesse... -
Concert Review: Death Angel, Denver, April 2011
Posted on April 25, 2011 | 4 CommentsI can think of plenty of places a great band like Death Angel should play at other than the semi-dive that is the Larimer Lounge, but at the same time, the smaller and unimposing nature of such a place can make such a show a... -
A Few Days In New Mexico
Posted on April 9, 2011 | 2 CommentsI was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1970. I only lived there for the first four years of my life, so I have few memories of the place. It wasn’t until I met my wife eight years ago that I returned to the state... -
Let The Cross-Country Skiing Begin
Posted on February 5, 2011 | 1 CommentBecause it is difficult to hike in the winter and early spring in Colorado, my wife and I usually strap on the cross-country skis instead. Years ago we used to go snow shoeing, but after acquiring a couple pairs of nearly new skis at a... -
Music/Video Review: The Battle Of Me
Posted on January 28, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe Music: William Hope is a composer out of Seattle, Washington. Though his roots are in heavy metal and guitar, he has been influenced by a wide variety of other genres and instruments over the last two decades. Much of his creative energies have been... -
Favorite Concert Memories – Chapter 6: Colorado 1997-1998
Posted on January 22, 2011 | 1 CommentThese years were filled with bands I had seen before, as well as some of the most memorable first time concerts. I would see Sick Of It All for the 4th time -still the most dominant live band I had ever seen. I can’t think... -
Thrash vs. Thrash (Death Angel and Forbidden Album Reviews)
Posted on January 10, 2011 | 2 CommentsBack in the 1980s San Francisco became a hotbed for the American metal scene. California as a whole did more for metal than perhaps any other region in the world, with Scandinavia certainly giving it a run for it’s money in the following decades. The...
