Houston Open Air Fest: Silver Lining Amidst Disappointment
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Houston Open Air Fest: Silver Lining Amidst Disappointment

  What happened at Houston Open Air Fest? The black storm clouds rolling in over the Houston skyline may have made for a knarly metal music video but the ominous and uncooperative weather ended up putting the kibosh on Houston Open Air Fest instead. In its first year of putting on Open Air in Houston,…

CRYSTAL CASTLES NAVIGATE MIDDLE GROUND ON ‘AMNESTY (I)’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
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CRYSTAL CASTLES NAVIGATE MIDDLE GROUND ON ‘AMNESTY (I)’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

In the four years since the release of 2012’s Crystal Castles (III), the electronic duo has experienced some tectonic changes leading up to their latest and much-anticipated LP release Amnesty (I).  For any Crystal Castles fan potentially living under a rock -Alice Glass left the group in October of 2014, citing creative differences and preservation of artistic…

MARILYN MANSON AND SLIPKNOT CLOSE OUT TOUR WITH BIG HITS IN AUSTIN (SHOW REVIEW)
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MARILYN MANSON AND SLIPKNOT CLOSE OUT TOUR WITH BIG HITS IN AUSTIN (SHOW REVIEW)

The sun began to set on a humid Summer night at the Circuit of the Americas, but the masses of black-clad concert-goers had already amassed. The Austin360 Amphitheater has seen its share of ‘big’ acts, but it has never looked as packed and ready to burst at the seams as Slipknot and Marilyn Manson’s show…

JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD CRANK OUT ANTHEMS ON ‘ZONE’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
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JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD CRANK OUT ANTHEMS ON ‘ZONE’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

JEFF the Brotherhood turned heads in 2011 when the Nashville natives were surprisingly signed to a major label at Warner Bros. After a few psychedelic and commercially unfocused releases, Jake and Jamin Orrall are back to self-releasing on their own label, Infinity Cat. Zone is the 10th release overall and the third installment in the spiritual…