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GIRL ON FIRE releases tour dates

NYS Music Staff Dec 28, 2011

Fresh off a string of dates with REV THEORY, GIRL ON FIRE has wasted no time getting their show back on the road. Starting on January 12th, GIRL ON FIRE will head out with Burn Halo (featuring former members of 18 Visions) and Hell or…

THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT Box Set is now available

NYS Music Staff Dec 28, 2011

THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT "Contain Us" box-set for their epic quadrology ( Ki, Addicted, Deconstruction, and Ghost) is now available for purchase at CM Distro here ! The creator of this special tribute box-set, Man Alive's Tom Bejgrowicz…

VAN HALEN to tour in 2012

NYS Music Staff Dec 28, 2011

Van Halen diehards just received a belated Christmas gift: the 80s rock icons are roaring back with a 2012 tour, which was announced through a series of video messages on the group's official web site on Monday (Dec. 26).The collection of…

Metal/Hard Rock/Punk

THEY WERE ALL GOLIATHS’ EP is energetic

NYS Music Staff Dec 28, 2011

They Were all Goliaths is an experimental progressive metal band from Bald Knob, Arkansas. They are a group of friends who strive to make original music that has deep tones and riveting breakdowns. They draw inspiration from such bands as…

Metal/Hard Rock/Punk

FEATURED BAND: Sadgiqacea (sad-juh-kay-sha)

NYS Music Staff Dec 28, 2011

Being in a power duo can be a tough task when yearning for the addition of constructive and creational depth. The great ones all share some pretty common traits. When listening to bands like The White Stripes, No Age, and The Black Keys;…

Metal/Hard Rock/Punk

Local Limelight: Elmira’s Divot

NYS Music Staff Dec 28, 2011

Golly, I miss the over abundance of melodically great alternative metal bands that used to fill the airwaves. Over the last ten years, most of that scene has morphed into the forsaken ground of emulated mathematics. Often at times, the…

Metal/Hard Rock/Punk

HEAL THESE WOUNDS self titled release is determined

NYS Music Staff Dec 24, 2011

Albany, NY based hardcore band Heal These Wounds (Innerstrength Records) play it like they mean it. Their self-titled 8 song release (12 songs if you ask my iTunes library…what the fuck?) is 33 minutes of crunchy riffs, heavy breakdowns,…

Profiles

FEATURED BAND: Dead Superstar

NYS Music Staff Dec 23, 2011

Eclecticism is a mother fucker. It can be one of two things to bands that bask in it’s glow. Sometimes, a band can be musically strangled by having to prove that they are so many different things in one package. On the other hand, if done…

News

WHERE THE OCEAN MEETS THE SKY calls it quits

NYS Music Staff Dec 23, 2011

There was sad news announced yesterday in the world of underground metal. The New Jersey based phenomenon, Where the Ocean Meets The sky, has decided to part ways as a band. In a post made on Facebook, the band made the following…

UpstateLIVE Archives

Featured Band: The Harteck

NYS Music Staff Dec 23, 2011

Hooray for somewhat new bands that kick ass out of the gate. That is the story that is becoming a reality in the southern tier city of Elmira. In a short period of just about six months, The Harteck has achieved success that few of their…

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