Tag Archives: PLINI

Metal By Numbers 12/16: Merry Christmas 2020, ya filthy animal

Posted by on December 16, 2020

  Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   This will in all likelihood be the final edition of Metal By Numbers for 2020. I want to thank you all for reading, putting up with my little soapbox rants, and for […]

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Metal By Numbers 12/9: Hatebreed bear the weight

Posted by on December 9, 2020

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   This is usually the time of year where I’m listening to album after album, searching for any gems from the year that I might have missed (and believe me I miss a few) […]

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Periphery announce second leg of “HAIL STAN US Tour”

Posted by on October 15, 2019

Periphery have announced the second leg of the HAIL STAN US Tour. This routing will kick off in California and finish up across the country in New York. Accompanying them on this trek will be Plini and Covet. Tickets go on sale Friday (18th) at 10am local time. Check out the dates below! 01/30 San Francisco, CA @ […]

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Stellar Circuits’ Top 5 prog metal albums of 2018

Posted by on October 31, 2018

On November 9th, the Winston-Salem, NC prog/experimental metal outfit Stellar Circuits’ new album Ways We Haunt will be released (pre-order here). The record was produced by Jamie King (Between the Buried and Me, Scale the Summit, The Contortionist) as the group promised it will deliver a variety of soundscapes with influences ranging from A Perfect […]

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TesseracT premiere new song “Luminary,” new album arrives in April

Posted by on February 8, 2018

It’s been three years since 2015’s Polaris, and now the time has arrived for TesseracT to release their overall fourth studio album. Sonder is scheduled to arrive on April 20th via Kscope and today (8th), these UK metal warriors have shared the first taste of the record by premiering the first single  “Luminary.” Vocalist Daniel […]

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Download Festival announces over 65 more additional bands to 2018 lineup

Posted by on January 29, 2018

  The UK’s Download Festival has expanded their 2018 line up by adding over 65 more bands to their previously announced headliners. And still even more bands are expected to be announced as well. Download takes place at Donnington Park June 8-10, 2018. Previously Announced Headliners Ozzy Osbourne Guns N’ Roses Avenged Sevenfold Marilyn Manson […]

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Intrumentalists Intervals unleash “Libra” video

Posted by on January 11, 2017

We’ve big fans of Intervals here. The brainchild of Aaron Marshall, instrumental the majority of the time, just wrapped up a tour with Animals as Leaders and Plini (photos here). His complex shredding is catchy, anthemic and heavy at the same time, not an easy trick to pull off. The video for “Libra,” the closing track […]

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Review/photos: Animals As Leaders, Plini, Intervals shred, share lineups at Webster Hall

Posted by on December 5, 2016

  Fresh off of the release of their latest full-length The Madness of Many, Washington DC’s progressive metal face-melters Animals As Leaders are in the midst of a headlining run in North America. They are accompanied on this tour by fellow instrumental metallers Intervals and Plini, both of which are solo-acts—with Intervals being the brainchild […]

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Animals as Leaders show no fear of math with “Arithmophobia”

Posted by on October 18, 2016

For a band who’s complex instrumentals embrace time changes and synchronization so much, it’s safe to say that trio Animals As Leaders have a firm grasp on arithmetic. It’s because of this that we’re surprised the band’s first single from their upcoming album is titled “Arithmophobia.” The song premiered today via Guitar World, and it’s […]

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