I always struggle to find the correct words to express my love for Roadburn and its musical pilgrimage without sounding like I’m repeating myself. Being a visual person, words and I don’t always get along. This was my ninth year in attendance, and I always cherish my arrival in Tilburg. I’ve lived through the growth and changes over the last ten years, 2016 being the first year I got the opportunity to attend. Continue reading
The Beach, Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV 8/16/19
The award-winning ArcTanGent Festival can today reveal its final main stage eadliner as Godspeed You! Black Emperor. The absolutely incredible Canadian post-rock collective return to ATG after a nine-year gap, completing this summers brilliant main stage headliners. Truly a unique, stunning, much-loved band, Godspeed You! Black Emperor will be performing a 2025 exclusive European show at ArcTanGent Festival, so if you want to see them, this is the only place to be! Continue reading
Fleshspoil not only features the former drummer of Arsis but finds them attacking the Blackened Death Metal subgenre, with a catchier take than most. Their debut album The Beginning of the End finds their dissonant mix of atmosphere and thrashing striking a soothing discordance. They do not attack your ears with a bludgeoning hammering, but there is nuance to their intricate songwriting that holds the technical aspect of their sound check This album is produced in a manner that makes it sound like it came out twenty years ago, which plays to their favor. Continue reading