Tag: metal
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Show Recap – 06/14/2025 – Slag / Die Hard Corps / Inhuman Scourge / Mellow Harsher @ Pilllar Forum
AEraeder
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… Read more
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21 Spins: Boor – The Dense Drag
AEraeder
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… Read more
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Rage Therapy: Kalopsya – …From the Throne of the Pharisees
Iron Mike
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… Read more
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Rage Therapy: RAHVN – Devouring the Frail – EP
Iron Mike
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… Read more
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21 Spins: Pestifere – There Was Never Light
AEraeder
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.… Read more
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Rage Therapy: UXIA – UXIA – LP
Iron Mike
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… Read more
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Show Recap – 05/03/2025 – Reaping Asmodeia / With Dead Hands Rising / Den of Thieves / Caustic Abyss @ Zhora Darling
AEraeder
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… Read more
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21 Spins: Shotgun Facelift – Red River Flood (LP)
AEraeder
Review by ÆRæder After purchasing and listening to this album over 21 times, here is my take: Sound/Mix Shotgun’s style allows for the feel of the tunes to come through on a range of speaker qualities. The heavy metal aspect of their sound carries it on basic earphones or portables (which I appreciate so I… Read more
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Rage Therapy – Torment – The Pain – EP
Iron Mike
Review by Iron Mike Setup Hailing from the icy shores of Lake Superior, Torment brings a fiery intensity you might expect with the self-descriptors of death metal and beatdown. The Pain is their latest release having dropped just after New Years Day 2025. From beginning to end, this EP weaves deftly back and forth between… Read more
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Show Recap – 04/25/2025 – Tom Croxton Benefit Recovery Show @ Club Underground
AEraeder
Review by ÆRæder Venue Club Underground is an awesome, low key venue. A dark and edgy atmosphere nestled in the basement beneath the full service bar/restaurant of Spring Street Tavern. Excellent wings! Decent parking; big enough lot and neighborhood street parking. Nice patio to smoke between sets that we definitely underutilized. Sound We think this… Read more