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Michael is a freelance journalist by trade, and a financial representative by profession. His reporting has covered a wide variety of topics including album reviews, sports, local history, climate change and Internet security. He has earned bylines with The Harlem Valley Times, The Spotlight, The Colonie Sports Tracker, 8Ball Music and Upstate Metal.

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Voice of Gen-X Pearl Jam rings out with Lightning Bolt

Michael Hallisey Oct 8, 2013

Pearl Jam to tour, release tenth studio album Lightning Bolt Oct. 15th Twenty-two years have come and passed since the release of Pearl Jam’s Ten, eclipsing the career of former NBA point-guard Mookie Blaylock, to whose jersey number the…

Metal/Hard Rock/Punk

Preview: Zed – Desperation Blues out May 21st

Michael Hallisey May 31, 2013

Guitarist Angus Young only plays three chords, and he makes no apologies for it. Do you think he needs to apologize for playing only three chords? Of course you don’t, because he’s Angus Young of AC/DC. Same thing applies with Zed, whose…

Metal/Hard Rock/Punk

Heart in Hand “Almost There”

Michael Hallisey May 3, 2013

Brit rockers, Heart in Hand, kick-off their second album “Almost There” locally on May 14th. Produced by Pedro Texeira, they blend together melodic, transcendental instrumentals along with barking lyrics that define their hardcore roots.…

Metal/Hard Rock/Punk

Album Review: NERO DI MARTE

Michael Hallisey Mar 14, 2013

Nero di Marte is an experimental metal band based in Bologna, Italy. Formerly known under the name "Murder Therapy" since 2007, the band released their debut album Symmetry of Delirium in 2009 and the EP Molochian in 2011.…

Album Reviews

Album Review: Chariots of the Gods – Tides of War

Michael Hallisey Mar 11, 2013

Touting themselves as “straight up, balls to the wall, in your face Heavy Metal”, Chariots of the Gods have been spreading their melodic death-thrash across Canada since 2008. Though they’ve been around for five years – they have an EP…

Metal/Hard Rock/Punk

Album review: Edge of Attack

Michael Hallisey Mar 8, 2013

Son, we live in a world that has heavy metal, and heavy metal has to be played by men and women with passion. Who's gonna do it? You? I have a greater responsibility (as a reviewer) than you could possibly fathom. You weep over the death…

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