Aurora Borealis has finally released another record. The follow up to "Timeline: The Beginning And End Of Everything", is called "WorldShapers". Ron Vento (vocals and guitars) and his crew never disappoint and this album picks right up where "Timeline" left off. First to note is the production on this album. It’s sounds crystal clear, with no in...

12/03/2014

No strangers to the realm of death metal, Immolation is undoubtedly at the top of their game with their latest release, Majesty and Decay. This release also marks the first release with their new label, Nuclear Blast Records. Many bands today talk about how their new album will be the “heaviest and hardest hitting” they've ever done, and how the...

10/03/2010

date: Saturday, Oct 10, 2009 venue: Station 4, St. Paul, MN, USA Currently on a massive world war campaign Holland’s God Dethroned stopped in Minnesota to perform. There is no better way to spend your Saturday than with some cold beers and one of the best metal acts playing in your town. God Dethroned started their tour in September in South...

02/03/2010

date: 09 July, 2009 venue: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA The Summer Slaughter Tour is in its third year now and currently making its way across North America with a great mix of heavy bands. This tour seems to offer something for everyone with its diverse mix of talent playing each show. This year there is a mix of brutal death metal, hard...

01/03/2010

date: Sunday, Aug 2, 2009 venue: Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis, MN, USA Doing some headlining dates around some North American festivals, Vital Remains stopped in Minneapolis to slaughter anything and everything holy. If you’ve ever seen Vital Remains before, you know just where this is going, they play their best songs, and those songs...

01/03/2010

date: Monday, Sept 7, 2009 venue: Station 4, St. Paul, MN, USA The Minnesota Metal Fest was a very diverse grouping of bands, but was certainly the best way to spend the Labor Day holiday in Minnesota. The range of styles was as diverse as where the bands where from. There were local power metal bands, local black metal bands, the technical met...

01/03/2010

date: Friday, April 17 2009 venue: Station 4 in St. Paul Minnesota, USA Once again, on a Friday night in Minnesota, Metal reigns supreme. Tonight brings Germany’s Obscura on their first tour though the U.S.A with headliners, Cannibal Corpse. It was a warm day here, and as then venue filled up, the inside temperature was scorching. Kicking off...

26/02/2010

date: Saturday April 18 2009 venue: The Rock, Maplewood, Minnesota, USA Someone had the right idea for a perfect extreme metal tour. When Kreator and Exodus are paired up for a tour, you know that the show will be amazing. Toss in new thrashers Warbringer and the sadistic Belphegor and you have the Hordes of Chaos tour, which is currently destr...

26/02/2010

date: Sunday, May 10, 2009 venue: The Rock, Maplewood, Minnesota, USA Currently trekking their way across North America is none other than Bay Area Thrash titans Testament. Finally doing a full tour to support their latest release “The Formation of Damnation,” the heavy metal pioneers hit Minnesota. After the opening acts started the night o...

26/02/2010

date: 22 – 24 May, 2009 venue: Sonar, Baltimore, MD, USA photos credits: Rev Aaron and Return To The Pit Maryland Death Fest (MDF) has been a talked about three day festival for some time, but this years fest charged into previously uncharted territory and far exceeded expectations. Now through its seventh year, North America’s Biggest Undergr...

26/02/2010

date:  Friday, 13 March 2009 venue:  Station 4 in St. Paul Minnesota Legendary thrash masters Destruction are currently laying waste to North America with Brazil’s Krisiun and new thrashers Mantic Ritual. With a line up like that it is complete blasphemy to miss the show. Opening up the night was Pittsburgh’s Mantic Ritual (formerly Meltdown...

23/02/2010

date:  Sunday, 15 March 2009 venue:  Big V’s in St. Paul Minnesota, USA “The Grind Your Mind” tour is rolling through the US with Lecherous Nocturne, and Embryonic Devourment shredding and ripping audiences apart. Sunday marked the date of death in St. Paul. There was a host of local openers and one touring opener, Sol Asunder, but the evening...

23/02/2010