*Written by Rob Palumbo (Vocals at Liber Ivonis) When it comes to women and music I have what I like to call “Adult Link Syndrome”. If any of you played The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time you’ll remember playing the first part of the game as “Young Link”, where the hero travels the land … More Album Review: Aspired Infliction – The Undying

Yep, you guessed it. Here comes another new Rochester band I absolutely love. Zane Knight (Gates of Paradox) has been conspiring deep within the confines of his dismal, dark, presumably moist lair, known as “Knight in a High Tower” Studios, for apparently years, to bring us a band called Eternal Crypt. Their debut album is … More Album Review: Eternal Crypt – Loneliness of the Wolf

Rochester’s power metal powerhouse is back with a brand new EP. For those familiar or unfamiliar, Shadowborn are the artists formerly known as Age of Shadows. Under both names, they’ve been representing heavily European influenced power metal in Western New York. This new EP is hardly an exception; in fact, it’s an improvement. After years … More Album Review: Shadowborn- End of an Age

This is an album I’ve been waiting for for a long, long time. Finally, a local band has encompassed all of my melodic death idols with their sound. Halothane of Rochester, NY are releasing their debut album A False Reality on September 8 at Bug Jar. As an album, A False Reality fuses together the styles pioneered by At … More Album Review: Halothane – A False Reality

For fans of – Internationally: Windir, Korpiklaani, Wolves in the Throne Room, Dissection and others of the like. Locally: Ancalagon, Sertaline, Mavradoxa, Enthauptung, Hubris and others of the like. Ferus Din are one of the more powerfully unique bands to emerge from Western New York in the past few years. Between Buffalo and Rochester, various … More Album Review: Ferus Din – The Great Dying