Subject:

Metal and Hardcore

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Die Antwoord, Jack White and Five Finger Death Punch lead this week's new shows

    Oh, man, just when you think the upcoming concert season couldn't get any more stacked there's even more new shows to look forward to. We've received word that Die Antwoord is finally making its way to Denver on Monday, August 6, along with dates with Jack White, Andrew Bird, Sublime with Rome, Five ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    The stereotypes of violence in metal

    Metal is often stereoptyped as being a violent genre. And while violence is a indeed a common theme in the lyrics of many bands -- and granted, even the concept of mosh pits is violent -- when you combine that with the violence we're all exposed to in movies, TV and video games, it's easy for metal- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Weekend's best live music bets: Overcasters, Glass Hits, T-Pain, Zola Jesus and More

    TGIF! We made it to the weekend! Another fine lineup of live music in store for you in the Mile High City over the next couple days. Tonight, Overcasters play the second night of its three-night stand at City Hall. Dubbed Gathering of the Clouds, the second edition of this three-day festival marks t ... More >>

  • Music

    February 23, 2012

    Motorhead

    Tuesday, February 28, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497. 

  • Music

    February 23, 2012

    Korn

    Monday, February 27, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

  • Music

    February 23, 2012

    Roskopp/No Thought

    Split cassette
    Scab on My Brain/Grind Core/Give Praise Records

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Chris Broderick of Megadeth: "There was definitely a metal scene in Denver back in 1988"

    When Megadeth plays the Fillmore next Tuesday, February 28, it will be a homecoming for guitar prodigy Chris Broderick, a Lakewood native and alumni of the University of Denver, where he studied classical guitar. A onetime member of Jag Panzer, a power-metal outfit from Colorado Springs, Broderick f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom: "Yeah, I broke my shoulder bowling."

    Children of Bodom (due tomorrow night at the Gothic Theater) formed in 1993 in the Finnish town of Espoo. Lead guitarist and singer Alexi Laiho and drummer Jaska Raatikainen formed the band around the age of fourteen under the name Inearthed. By the time the outfit released its debut album, 1997's S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Mastodon, Opeth and Ghost at Fillmore April 23

    Aaron Thackeray​This should be pretty killer: In support of their latest albums, Heritage and The Hunter, Opeth and Mastodon -- two acts that recently headlined the Ogden Theatre and are certainly no strangers to the Mile High City -- are preparing to hit the road together on the aptly named H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    Photos: Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Stone Sour at the Gothic Theatre, 11/19/11

    COREY TAYLOR at the GOTHIC THEATRE | 11/19/11This past Saturday at the Gothic, fans were treated to a softer side of Corey Taylor, the charismatic frontman of Slipknot and Stone Sour. On tour in support of his Seven Deadly Sins book, Taylor returned to Denver, which he considers a second home, and p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Machine Head guitarist Phil Demmel gives track-by-track breakdown of Unto the Locust

    Brandon Marshall​This fall, Machine Head (due at Comfort Dental Amphitheater this Sunday, July 17, as part of Rockstar Mayhem Festival) will release their seventh studio album entitled, Unto The Locust, and judging from the first single, the album's title track, Machine Head appears to have st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Dark Castle's Stevie Floyd on the genius of Death, her band's artwork and Woven Hand

    ​Dark Castle (due tonight at the Larimer Lounge, with Yob and Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire) from St. Augustine, Florida, is often lumped in with doom or death metal -- or whatever heavy music seems to be at least a few steps removed from mainstream metal. But the eclectic blend of so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    J.D. Cronise of The Sword shares advice from Lars Ulrich of Metallica: 'You gotta give it to 'em'

    J.D. Cronise​The last time I got a contact high was in September, when Sleep played the Gothic Theatre. So it was only appropriate that my next contact high came while talking with J.D. Cronise of the Sword, another great metal band, about fifteen minutes after the Austin-based act finished it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2011

    Collapse, Swells, Barnacle, Reproacher and Clinging to the Trees at Blast-O-Mat, 4/30/11

    Tom MurphySwells COLLAPSE AND SWELLS With Barnacle, Reproacher and Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire 04.30.11 | Blast-O-Mat The pedigree of Barnacle is fairly impressive (former members of Elucidarius and Ascaris and Nick from Cephalic Carnage), but the music stands on its own. If guys with ... More >>

  • Music

    April 28, 2011

    Swedish trio Junip brings a hardcore pedigree to the Larimer Lounge

    Tom MurphySwells COLLAPSE AND SWELLS With Barnacle, Reproacher and Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire 04.30.11 | Blast-O-Mat The pedigree of Barnacle is fairly impressive (former members of Elucidarius and Ascaris and Nick from Cephalic Carnage), but the music stands on its own. If guys with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Tonight: Between The Buried And Me at Summit

    ​Between The Buried And Me (playing tonight at Summit Music Hall with Job For A Cowboy, Cephalic Carnage and The Ocean) are seasoned veterans of the metalcore genre. Forming in 2000, the post-hardcore leaning band's prog-rock tendencies are what really sets it apart from a scene now saturated ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Dave Chandler of St. Vitus on the band's early days at SST and what inspired the reunion

    Tina-Korhonen​St. Vitus (due tonight at Summit Music Hall) were one of the pioneers of a style of music that took its direct inspiration from the first four, maybe even the first six, Black Sabbath albums. The band's aggressive guitar work flirted with psychedelia but was too heavy to ever be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Tonight: Danzig at the Ogden Theatre

    Glenn beckons you.​Everyday is Halloween for Danzig. Tonight, you can see Glenn in all of his dark, shirtless, wavy black-haired glory at the Ogden theatre for just 35 bucks -- or enter to win tickets by telling us five souls more evil than Danzig. Danzig has made an admirable , forty-plus y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    Mastodon, the Deftones and Alice In Chains at Red Rocks - 10/04/10

    Aaron ThackerayChino Moreno of the Deftones​Last night at Red Rocks, Mastodon, the Deftones and Alice In Chains got it on for a one-of-a-kind mountain metal sandwich, the kind of awesome threesome you usually only hear about, rarely experience and talk about for years to come. We sent our resi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Cephalic Carnage announces upcoming LP

    ​ It's been a few years, and we've missed this band. Sure, Cephalic Carnage has held to a fairly steady formula in its now-eighteen-year career, but oh, what a formula it is: Coupling punishing metal jabs that hit like a fat man swinging a blunt object with breakdowns of insane technical mast ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Drake/Hanson NYC riot? You call that a riot? Pffth! Here's ten real concert riots.

    Perhaps you've heard by now about the "riot" that happened a few days ago in New York surrounding a free concert featuring Drake and Hanson. Weird that there was a riot at a concert featuring two of maybe the blandest performers ever to exist. Weirder still is that Hanson and Drake were even perform ... More >>

  • Music

    May 27, 2010

    Identity Pusher conveys its sarcastic outlook though melodic, progressive death metal

    Perhaps you've heard by now about the "riot" that happened a few days ago in New York surrounding a free concert featuring Drake and Hanson. Weird that there was a riot at a concert featuring two of maybe the blandest performers ever to exist. Weirder still is that Hanson and Drake were even perform ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Freaky Friday: Kids' dinosaur metal

    ​In the U.S., we've got Barney, a big, purple weenie of a dinosaur who sings saccharine platitudes about loving everybody. In Finland, they get Hevisaurus, a band of dinosaurs that perform heavy metal for kids. Finland 1, USA 0.

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    This Just In: Slayer, John Mayer, Cheech & Chong shows announced

    ​Slayer and Megadeth team up for KBPI's Midwinter Melee on Monday, January 25 at DU's Magness Arena. It's the first time the two bands have co-headlined in two decades, and as a bonus for diehard metal heads, Testament gets things started. General admission floor seats are $49.50, while reserved s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Avett Brothers top seller at Bart's CD Cellar

    ​The Avett Brothers' I and Love and You, released last week on American Recordings, grabbed the top spot at Bart's CD Cellar for the week ending October 4. Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 and Alice in Chains' Black Gives Way to Blue nabbed the second and third slots while Mariah Carey's Memoirs of an Impe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    And the winners of the Tauntaun tickets are...

    ​All right, the Tauntaun contest is over. Today's Friday, and we've picked the winners as promised. Thanks to everyone who entered. It was genuinely surprising to see how much everyone knows about Tauntaun, about the members past history, ie., what bands they've all played in (Sleeper Horse, Grace ... More >>

  • Music

    August 6, 2009

    Judas Priest

    Tuesday, August 11, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497.

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Rocky Mountain Low top seller at Wax Trax again

    Rocky Mountain Low, a compilation of Colorado underground bands from the late-'70s, grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax for the week ending June 7. The album, which was the top seller a few weeks ago, beat last week's top seller, Sunn O)))'s Monoliths & Dimensions and Rancid's new album, Let the Do ... More >>

  • Film

    June 4, 2009

    Anvil! The Story of Anvil

    Rocky Mountain Low, a compilation of Colorado underground bands from the late-'70s, grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax for the week ending June 7. The album, which was the top seller a few weeks ago, beat last week's top seller, Sunn O)))'s Monoliths & Dimensions and Rancid's new album, Let the Do ... More >>

  • Music

    May 14, 2009

    The young men of Havok prove their metal

    Rocky Mountain Low, a compilation of Colorado underground bands from the late-'70s, grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax for the week ending June 7. The album, which was the top seller a few weeks ago, beat last week's top seller, Sunn O)))'s Monoliths & Dimensions and Rancid's new album, Let the Do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    Last night: Gojira at the Marquis

    Krallice as seen through the lens of Tom MurphyGojira, Krallice and Wolves in the Throne Room Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Marquis Theater, Denver Better Than: A nationalist rather than socially conscious black metal show. Krallice opened the show. A four-piece whose membership includes Mick Barr, one o ... More >>

  • Music

    May 7, 2009

    Meet Napalm Death, grindcore's progenitors

    Krallice as seen through the lens of Tom MurphyGojira, Krallice and Wolves in the Throne Room Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Marquis Theater, Denver Better Than: A nationalist rather than socially conscious black metal show. Krallice opened the show. A four-piece whose membership includes Mick Barr, one o ... More >>

  • Music

    April 30, 2009

    Let your hair down at Eck's

    Krallice as seen through the lens of Tom MurphyGojira, Krallice and Wolves in the Throne Room Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Marquis Theater, Denver Better Than: A nationalist rather than socially conscious black metal show. Krallice opened the show. A four-piece whose membership includes Mick Barr, one o ... More >>

  • Music

    April 2, 2009

    Irepress

    Saturday, April 4, 3 Kings Tavern, 303-777-7352.

  • Music

    August 28, 2008

    Car Bomb

    Friday, August 29, Oriental Theater, 1-866-455-2263.

  • Calendar

    July 17, 2008

    Mastodon

    Friday, August 29, Oriental Theater, 1-866-455-2263.

  • Calendar

    June 12, 2008

    Sudden Dethklok

    Brendon Small brings a cartoon band to life.

  • Calendar

    May 1, 2008

    Harping on It

    Harptallica enters like a sandman.

  • Music

    April 24, 2008

    Mini Reviews

    Harptallica enters like a sandman.

  • Music

    April 10, 2008

    In Flames

    Saturday, April 12, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-837-0360.

  • Music

    November 22, 2007

    Vader

    Wednesday, November 28, Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 1-866-455-2263.

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2005

    Best Tribute Band

    Rocket Queen

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2005

    Best Frontman

    Brian Hagman
    Black Lamb

  • Music

    August 5, 2004

    Shadows Fall

    Wednesday, August 11, Bluebird Theater, 303-322-2308.

  • Music

    June 3, 2004

    The Beatdown

    Corruption's new CD displays metal moxie of the best kind.

  • Music

    May 27, 2004

    ZAO

    Tuesday, June 1, Rock Island, 303-572-7625

  • Music

    April 29, 2004

    Mushroomhead

    Friday, April 30, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-2525.

  • Music

    February 12, 2004

    Probot

    Probot (Southern Lord)

  • Calendar

    April 4, 2002

    Best Web Site With Bite

    www.maristhegreat.com

  • Music

    July 13, 2000

    Backwash

    Mötley Crüe...WOO...still rules, dammit!

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