Seven Season Deep CD release preview interview -- catch them June 27 at the Red Zone (formerly Annex) in Madison.
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AskMetalMax.Com Presents: DELINQUENTS 'Quest For Truth' @The Frequency
Delinquents released their new full length album, "Quest for Truth," at The Frequency in downtown Madison, WI on March 30, 2018 to a packed house of family, friends and fans alike.
Delinquents is a Madison area Hardcore band, blending a mix of heavy metal, aggressive rap, and meaningful lyrics, the likes of which have been seldom seen since the days Biohazard.
The new album is currently available at delinquentshardcore.bandcamp.com
https://delinquentshardcore.bandcamp.com
https://www.madisonfrequency.com
Until next time, Metal Max, OUT! \m/
*Editor's note: Our apologies for the static. The Frequency's sound system is INSANE!
An interview with Ty Christian lead singer of LORDS OF THE TRIDENT, and creator of the Mad with Power Fest. The show takes place at The Red Zone (formerly The Annex) in Madison, WI. I was able to schedule an interview with Ty, to discuss what it means to promote a show, lead a band, and plans for the future of both.
On the evening of September 1st, 2017, the Madison metal scene was kicked into high gear with the first annual Mad With Power Fest at the iconic campus venue, The Red Zone.
A stage that has been shared by the likes of Superjoint Ritual, Rest In Piss, and, of course, Lords Of The Trident, and a staple of Madison metal (formerly known as The Annex).
It was the perfect setting for the brutal balance of heavy and power metal. With such metal power houses bands, like Inner Siege, Conniption, and Droids Attack, it is no wonder that Ty Christian, lead singer for Lords of the Trident, was able to pull off producing such an amazing extravaganza of heavy music, all of which set the perfect tone for his own band's performance as the exciting headliner.
Our only regret is that we were unable to collect and show you all the incredible live music that spilled into the ears of Madison's metal fans on this night.
2017 Bands:
Lords of the Trident
Droids Attack
Automaton
Conniption
InnerSiege
Steel Iron
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Just a TASTE of the "Black Tooth Grin" you'll be getting when you see the full scope of what's to come...
This show--the Sixth Annual PANTERA TRIBUTE SHOW--is one of the most badass representations of the standard-setting, 90s ruling, pioneers of heavy metal, PANTERA, in the midwest! Check it out!!!
Metal Max and Patera recently attended the 6th Annual Pantera Tribute Show.
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This is just a brief look at some of the amazing metal talent to touch the stage at this, the 6th Annual Pantera Tribute Show, which took place at Badger Park in Watertown, August 21st, 2017.
Regularly showcased in Madison, WI., the show's success was passed on to the capable hands of Jake Schultz of Squidhammer, just one of the brilliantly brutal bands to raise their metal guns in the name of Pantera, drawing strength from the forsaken hearts of every fallen Cowboy From Hell.
Proceeds for this show went to the Ride For Dime, and to help the performing bands continue reinventing the steel for many more metal shows to come.
To find out more about the bands, use the links below.
Keeping it metal, Patera
ANGRBODA www.facebook.com/Angrbodaband
ALL KINGS FALL www.facebook.com/allkingsfall
20 WATT TOMBSTONE www.facebook.com/thegoddamns
CAST IN FIRE www.facebook.com/CastInFire
DEVILUTION www.facebook.com/DEVILUTION815
SQUIDHAMMER METAL www.facebook.com/squidhammermetal
Hello all you metal heads out there ! We've got an awesome new band for you guys to check out that we've been in contact with called Aephanemer from Toulouse, France. They've got a new album "Memento Mori" and you bet we will have a review for you guys when it comes out ! But in the mean time, go and like them on Facebook Right Here and definitely go check out the album single, its awesome -> Right Here
Look at this awesome picture Metal Max snagged with Kings X !!!
This week we've got the review done for you guys from the show at The Frequency with Once Around, Fistful of Pistol, and Twichard ! Make sure you guys check that out its got some exclusive footage from the show ! As well as get ready for another Shreds From The Tomb coming up here very shortly !!!! Stay METAL !!!!
We’ve got another review coming at you guys from the Slayer show on March 9, 2017. It was an awesome show put on by the all mighty Slayer along with Testament and Carcass. Make sure you guys check it out ! But in other news, Once Around, Fistful of Pistol, and Twichard are going to put on an amazing show at The Frequency tomorrow night April 13th and we’ve got an interview with the headliner Once Around as well as we’re going to get some exclusive footage for you guys ! Make sure to say tuned for more !
We've got a heady new Shreds From The Tomb this week excerpt. We were also able to snag an interview with Disgunt and Birth Defect, we'll have those ready for you guys at the beginning of next week so be sure to keep an eye out for that ! Have a spectacular week my metal minions.
Fat City Emporium and Stone Room Interview
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Metal Max and Stan Halen's Creepy Graveyard Video
'Found In Far Away Places' August Burns Red
Image from: (http://www.fearlessrecords.com/releases/view/217)
By: Nicholas ‘Claws’ Bargren
Solid. ‘Found in Far Away Places’ continues a pretty linear progression in August Burns Red’s composition, which means sticking with what works, and that’s this album. This album is solid and the deluxe edition includes a “midi” version of the album’s third track – “Identity”, which is 8-bit instrumental version. The “midi” version is an interesting addition, to what I will reiterate as being another solid addition to their discography.
The album incorporates a lot of what was heard in ABR’s last album ‘Rescue & Restore’ while staying faithful to the sound they cemented with their albums ‘Messengers’ and then ‘Constellations’. The first song off this album, “The Wake”, is my favorite song so far and redisplays ABR’s method of incorporating political, ethical, and philosophical messages into metalcore. The lyrics to most of the other songs are more personal, in the sense they deal with an unnamed protagonist’s emotions and actions outside of political connotation.
In summation, ‘Found in Far Away Places’ will continue to be found, in my music library.
I give this album: 615/666
'Pull The Thorns From Your Heart' Senses Fail
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By: Nicholas ‘Claws’ Bargren
Senses Fail’s newest release ‘Pull the Thorns From Your Heart’, released by Pure Noise Records, continues to showcase the band’s trend away from booze addled, nihilistic and suicide note ridden lyrics by focusing on largely positive and inspirational lyrics. Their actual sound continues its transgression from a solid post-hardcore into more of a thrashcore, removing some of their polish, now sounding grittier than ever. I think this album is the first time I’ve heard blast beats used in one of their songs. There are a few slow songs ‘Surrender’, ‘Wounds’ and ‘My Fear of an Unlived Life’ that still sound reminiscent of ‘Glass’ off of their previous album ‘Renacer’ and even ‘Fireworks at Dawn’ of off their album ‘Life is Not a Waiting Room’.
My liver has sat hours marinating in a liquor medley, while I have sat hours being serenaded by their preceding melodies. Senses Fail’s two newer albums have increasingly gone over my head. I would hardly say I was in the same state of mind that I was several years ago, but I still like being able to tap into that side of me. ‘Pull the Thorns From Your Heart’ just doesn’t tap into me the same way that Senses Fail did for their first four albums. Maybe someday I’ll learn to love it for what it is, but today is not that day.
I give this album: 499/666
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Saturday, September 5th
2:10 - Acidic
3:00 - Starset
3:50 - Islander
4:40 - Adelita's Way
5:30 - Avatar
6:20 - Wayland
7:20 - Thousand Foot Krutch
Sunday, September 6th
11:30 - Versus Me
12:20 - Divyded
1:10 - Fit For Rivals
2:00 - We Came As Romans
2:50 - Trapt
3:40 - Bobaflex
5:00 - Aranda
Alice in Chains Book Review
Max's Exciting Announcement
Trixter's New Album "Human Era" Review
Congrats and keep the good music coming!
Review of the Armored Saint’s newest album “Win Hands Down”
This weeks video is a review from the Marilyn Manson recent phenomenal performance on May 12th 2015 at the Orpheum Theater in Madison, WI!
Kamelot- Haven Review
Kamelot has always been an ambitious band. It always seems that whenever they undergo a lineup change they change their style instead of going through an awkward transition like most other bands, and the last two albums are a testament to their versatility. When Roy Khan announced his departure, fans wept. While there are still some that see Tommy Karevik’s voice as an inadequate replacement, most have been able to accept that the band has moved on. While Roy let flow ethereal passages from his mouth, Tommy fills up a chamber with his assertive tone and focuses more on melodic, technically demanding vocal lines designed to amplify the lyrics. Fans of Sonata Arctica who stopped supporting the band after The Days of Grays will see Kamelot as an adequate replacement.
Another one of Kamelot’s defining tributes is the heavy use of guest musicians to diversify their sound, a tactic used by almost all symphonic metal bands. In the past, Simone Simons has been their go-to female vocalist, which makes sense seeing as her band, Epica, is named after Kamelot’s sixth album and the fact the she is married to Oliver Palotai, Kamelot’s keyboardist. Everything changed when Silverthorn was released and Elize Ryd (Amaranthe) and screamer Alyssa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy, ex- The Agonist) were introduced. Haven still features Alyssa, but the clean vocalist of choice was Delain’s Charlotte Wessels doing a duet on Under Gray Skies, an interesting decision as Charlotte has a very catchy pop vocal style as opposed to the heavily operatic style used by almost everyone else in the genre. Nightwish’s Troy Donockley also plays woodwinds in the same ballad, although he was an unsurprising pick seeing as there aren’t too many options in metal.
The album starts out with a gentle yet assertive song, which is new territory for the band that is accustomed to composing long intro tracks before plunging the listener into the album. The two singles, Insomnia and Veil of Elysium occur very early on the album, presumably to set the stage for the rest of the album and to make it sound stronger in the first half, which is a standard the band has set for themselves, most notably in Ghost Opera. Once the listener has felt the energy of the first half, including the ballad Under Grey Skies and the riff-centered melodic song My Therapy, a short instrumental filler calms the listener down before another series of energetic tracks that set the zenith for the album before the beauty fades slowly with the instrumental title track.
Overall, I’d give this album an 8/10. While it isn’t their strongest album, it was beautifully produced and will satisfy all Kamelot fans of their thirst for new material.
Review of Metallica's Book Review "Into the Black: The Inside Story of Metallica"
Romero's "Take The Potion" Review
Review of AC/DC's Recent Album "Rock or Bust"
White Empress Pre-Concert Feature Video
Helmet "Betty 20th Anniversary" Concert Review
Metal Max and Stan Halen's Helmet Concert Review
Helmet Concert Fan Reviews
Keep rocking even if no one is watching!
Cannibal Corpse Review Video
Smashing Pumpkins new album "Monuments To An Elegy"
New Sound Garden Review by Metal Max and Stan Halen
Our newest video is a review for Romero's recent music video "Compliments and Cocktails" featuring Metal Max and Stan Halen! Together they're something along the lines of if Beavis and Butthead doing a review. We have many more new videos coming soon so stay tuned and don't change that dial!
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Metal Max and Stan Halen review for Romero's Music Video "Compliments and Cocktails"
We are going to be posting a lot of new video in the next few weeks so make sure to check for new review and band interviews videos! We have a new review video from the Cannibal Corpse and Behemoth with Aeon and Tribulation show on February 18th and many more album reviews from not just me but we will also be introducing a few of my team members and they will be doing reviews as well! Stan and I will be attending the Helmet "Betty" 20th anniversary show on March 12th at High Noon Saloon. Hope to see you there!
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