CONCERT REVIEW: Napalm Death – Primitive Man – Nastie Band Live at Rocks Off Concert Cruise, NYC


Camera? check.
Ear plugs? check.
Cash for the bar? check.
Dramamine? check.

Playing in Grindcore bands for the past decade, I owe a lot to Napalm Death. And yet I had never gotten the chance to see them. So when the opportunity struck to not only catch the OG’s live, but to see them on a boat, I jumped at the opportunity. Even more exciting, the British extreme metal band was joined on the US leg of their 2026 festival season tour dates by Colorado Sludge-Doom legends Primitive Man and artsy Blackened Funeral supergroup Nastie Band. Continue reading →


PODCAST: Who Should Be Next In The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Rock, Metal, and Punk)


Soundgarden is in the Rock Hall? Who’s got next? Drop a comment!

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MY FAVORITE CONCERT MEMORY: Charles Kieny of CKRAFT Goes from Metal to Jazz


CKRAFT 2025 Photo by Manuel Braun

We have returned with our feature My Favorite Concert Memory for the first time in 2025. We welcome in an artist we dig and ask them to recall a treasured musical memory. In this new edition; Charles Kieny of Paris France-based CKRAFT recalls how he converted from Nu Metal and Extreme Metal to an awakening to Jazz. The band released their latest and sophomore album, Uncommon Grounds on January 17, 2025.

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