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FESTIVAL REVIEW: Roadburn 2026 Part 2 – Live at Various Venues, Tilburg, The Netherlands

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Day 3:

The easily induced crying listening to Warning, when just the night before Patrick Walker was hosting a heavy metal Karaoke in the basement of the 013. Nothing throwing down one of the best performances I’ve seen from them. The insanity of the skate park stage, people moshing and crowd surfing on one of the boxes; all the lights have to stay on for insurance reasons, and I agree with that. The sets I missed: Mandy Indiana, Acid Mothers Temple, Chained To the Bottom Of The Ocean, to name a few. Continue reading →


FESTIVAL REVIEW: Roadburn 2026 Part 1 – Live at Various Venues, Tilburg, The Netherlands

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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 →


ALBUM REVIEW: Killswitch Engage – This Consequence

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Since originally forming decades ago, the name of Killswitch Engage has become synonymous with the metal-core genre as a whole. It is impossible to have a discussion of what makes the best albums and artists in the subgenre, without the veteran band being mentioned at least once. Throughout their careers, the band have strived on to create some of the most iconic melodies and songs that could have only come from this band, amongst the thousands that make up metalcore. Now on their ninth studio album, This Consequence (Metal Blade Records), the band are taking it again up another level, according to their frontman Jesse Leach. Can the band fulfill these lofty highs now so far into their career?

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