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Quick Take – 06/15/2025 – Sunless (Minneapolis) opening for Creeping Death (Dallas) and Kruelty (Tokyo) @ Turf Club
Review by ÆRæder Venue https://first-avenue.com/venue/turf-club/ – 1601 University Ave W, St Paul, MN 55104 Quick Take This event on my calendar. That is, until I heard they brought Sunless on to open in support. I love it when they add a local band as the opener for a national touring act. This is something…
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Show Recap – 06/14/2025 – Slag / Die Hard Corps / Inhuman Scourge / Mellow Harsher @ Pilllar Forum
Review by ÆRæder Venue https://www.facebook.com/pilllarforum / https://www.pilllar.com/ – 2300 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418 Another great show at Pilllar (3 Ls). A small venue with fantastic sound. A decent amount of offerings at the bar. Split into two spaces, the showroom and the cafe, it can be a tight squeeze to navigate and there…
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21 Spins: Boor – The Dense Drag
Review by ÆRæder Background I saw a social media post about a July 19 gig in the James Cullen room at Ya Sure Kombucha in Brainerd. This is a venue I have heard about and been wanting to check out. Seeing Bong Reaper and Cryptic Derision on the bill piqued my interest. I did some…
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Rage Therapy: Kalopsya – …From the Throne of the Pharisees
Review by Iron Mike Setup In the interests of transparency, I’m not the biggest metalcore fan out there. But, I’m also not the biggest fan of labels, subgenres and judging music by the associated hashtags. A lot of my desire to listen to metalcore begins and ends with early Fit For A King and a…
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Rage Therapy: RAHVN – Devouring the Frail – EP
Review by Iron Mike Setup Oddly enough, this started out with me preparing to review a different band. After listening to the other band’s tracks, my player started ripping through Victim off this one. It wasn’t long before I realized I’d stopped listening to the first band and was hooked on RAHVN. Matt from VolsungaSaga…
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21 Spins: Pestifere – There Was Never Light
By ÆRæder After purchasing and listening to this album over 21 times, here is my take: Sound/Mix I got the idea that this album is mastered to sound reminiscent of old school black metal, but mixed to differentiate, balance, and layer in the instruments and tracks in a way that you can still hear everything.…
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Show Recap – 05/17/2025 – Deceased (VA) / Grand Demise of Civilization (MN) @ Zhora Darling
By ÆRæder & Iron Mikehttps://fb.me/e/5xrX9cO0p Venue https://www.zhoradarling.com/ – 509 1st Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413 ÆRæder: Plenty has already been written on mnbleeds.com regarding this venue. Excellent place to take in a show. This time we’ll highlight the set up and overall use of space. It doesn’t feel like it is a giant venue, but…
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Quick Take – 05/09/2025 – Latino Rock Punk Metal Fest (Blodwar / Xawaro) @ Eagles 34
By ÆRæder https://fb.me/e/6pQgqXEyL Venue https://www.eagles34.org/ – 2507 E 25th St, Minneapolis, MN 55406 Quick Take The bill name says it all: “Latino Rock Punk Metal Fest”! The show was almost entirely in Spanish, with a cool mix of acts displaying styles and takes on rock/metal/punk that were a bit different than what I am accustomed…
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Rage Therapy: UXIA – UXIA – LP
Review by Iron Mike Setup In a region fairly well dominated by death metal, black metal and a rising tide of doom metal, UXIA mixes flavors from those more extreme subgenres into their own recipe of progressive metal. This immediately helps them stand out from the local crowd. Their Bandcamp page states, “For fans of…
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Show Recap – 05/03/2025 – Reaping Asmodeia / With Dead Hands Rising / Den of Thieves / Caustic Abyss @ Zhora Darling
Review by ÆRæder Venue Zhora Darling – 509 1st Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413 Another excellent experience at Zhora. Having the full bar in the restaurant side with the partial in the show room is always nice. They were running a “beer & bump” special with a fairly wide range of shot options for only…
