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The music playing in the overhead speakers came to a screeching halt, hinting it was time for the insanity known as Carnival of Madness to begin. We As Human was the first to hit the stage, starting their speedy setlist with “Sever” and…

Despite the fact that not that many people seemed to be interested in the opening bands, quite a few fellow concert junkies really warmed up to Surrender the Fall. Surrender the Fall started their speedy setlist with "Love Hate…

    Starkill  The young metalheads from Illinois, Starkill, brought their new material, Fires of Death, to the city once again. This was their second tour this year after having toured with veteran heavy metalers, Hypocrisy, earlier in…

This one's a bit more recent than my other  "Old News" postings, but as it's reaching you over a month after the event occurred, I found it appropriate to lump it in that category. Anyway, without further ado..... Monday, June 17th:…

The eager concert junkies let out the occasional yelps of excitement as the outdoor music melted into silence. It was time for Xfactor1 to rock the stage and blow everyone away with what they had in store for us. One by one, each band…

Upstate Metal’s Kate Drexel had the lucky opportunity to do a phone interview with Grammy-winning band, Halestorm’s drummer, Arejay Hale. They talked about everything from the start of the band to discussing his crazy use of one of his…

My first introduction to this beast of a band came in late February of this year at the second-annual Upstate Black ‘N’ Blue Cabin Fever Party at Bogies.  A four-piece based out of Western Massachusetts, Before I Had Wings follows in the…