by Chris Colgan | Feb 5, 2016 | Interviews
When we last talked to Mike Semesky, he spoke at length about the debut of his project Rest Among Ruins and his love for concept albums. Now, the Maryland native is back with another concept piece, the sophomore album The Ides of March for his band Ordinance....
by Chris Colgan | Jan 21, 2016 | New Music, Premieres
I learned one very important thing in 2015: if you want to make a concept album, just call Mike Semesky. The singer of Raunchy and Rest Among Ruins is some sort of concept album prodigy, as evidenced by Rest Among Ruins’ full-length debut last year. Not taking...
by Chris Colgan | Jun 5, 2015 | Interviews
Mike Semesky is no stranger to the life of a career musician. The frontman of Danish titans Raunchy has a musical resume that would inspire shock and awe in seasoned veterans twice his age. Semesky has recently added to that impressive resume with Fugue, the debut...
by Chris Colgan | May 19, 2015 | New Music, Premieres
The past few years have been very good to Mike Semesky (ex-The HAARP Machine). In 2013, he joined Danish metal juggernauts Raunchy to fill the vocal position vacated by Kasper Thomsen, and last year, Raunchy released their sixth album Vices.Virtues.Visions. to massive...
by Matt Brown | Mar 26, 2014 | New Music, News, WTF?!
[youtube]http://youtu.be/08aHl-AaFCo[/youtube] Here’s a random but cool idea; it appears that Sumerian Records has gathered a bunch of bands on the label together to cover Florence + the Machine. The album has been dubbed Sumerian Ceremonials: Florence + the...