May/June 2015 Vandala Magazine – Anti-Flag, Matt Skiba, Full of Hell & Festival Season Kicks Off

May has came in with a bang. Anit-flags drummer Pat Thetic was there at the beginning and we caught up with him to chat Peace or Protest. Vandala went Inside the […]

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Hell Not Hallelujah. Marilyn Manson @ South Okanagan Events Centre

Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids were initially formed in 1989. It took six years before they landed their first big taste of success, both with their fantastic cover of The Eurythmatics’ ‘Sweet Dreams’ and as opening act on the infamous Nine Inch Nails ‘Self Destruct’ tour.

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SHOW REVIEW – Battlecross Pleasing Fans in Philly

Battlecross have started to carve out their own spot in the scene as a sort of ‘gateway band’. Sure they’re no Metallica, but when it comes to group ushering fans into the world of death metal it seems that there is no better option than Battlecross. These guys have a decidedly accessible sound that’s a lot less alienating than the music of many of their peers.

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SHOW REVIEW – Clutch and The Spirit of Rock n’ Roll

To be perfectly honest, before last night I didn’t know all that much about Clutch. Sure I heard Earth Rocker and thought it was pretty good, but I had no clue they were big enough to have multiple techs, and a merch guy as well as huge backdrop. There was a sense of…not necessarily extravagance, but certainly something like it,

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SHOW REVIEW – Whitechapel Brings the Diverse Masses

I’ve been having a hard time lately. School has been getting intense, past demons are catching up to me, and I have to, God forbid, see my family in a few weeks. Yet when the ghosts of the past start to find you, you need something that cleanses, something that allows you to stand up and shout, finding your own way forward through the darkness, the thorns in the side of anybody and everybody sent to this cursed world of ours. For me, it seems that the way forward was provided by means of a modern day legend, Whitechapel.

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