Interview with Kimmy Robertson (Lucy Moran) Twin Peaks – July 23rd, 2014

#TBT Interview by Mike Bax CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Media Distribution https://www.facebook.com/TwinPeaksTV https://www.facebook.com/cbshomeentertainment http://andthemissingpieces.tumblr.com https://www.facebook.com/welcometotwinpeaks Next week, Twin Peaks will see its first release on Blu-ray. CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Media Distribution have prepared a ten-disc Blu-ray set dedicated to delivering the best possible Twin Peaks experience to fans of the…

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Faith No More – Sol Invictus review

Reclamation Recordings/Ipecac Recordings Review by Mike Bax Don’t call it a come-back. In the eighteen years between Faith No More’s last commercial release (Album of the Year) and Sol Invictus, it’s become painfully clear that the music of Faith No More continues to be important among fans young and old. Material from the two releases…

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Monolord – Vænir review

Riding Easy Records Review by Mike Bax Soooo fucking good!! Hm. Maybe a little more than that, yes? When guitar player and vocalist Thomas Jäger (Marulk), drummer Esben Willems (Marulk) and bassist Mika Häkki (Rotten Sound) got together in 2013 and unleashed Empress Rising upon unsuspecting masses, the album was universally lauded among doom-metal enthusiasts…

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Interview with Marcos Leal of Shattered Sun – March 26th, 2015

Interview & photo by Mike Bax This week marks the release of Shattered Sun’s debut album Hope Within Hatred. Signed to Victory Records, the album boasts ten original songs and a wonderful Testament cover of ‘Return To Serenity’. It showcases a strong lyrical and musical prowess harkening back to the early days of thrash metal…

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Interview with Steve Zetro Souza of Exodus – March 27th, 2015

Interview by Mike Bax Currently on a four-week run of dates with Testament and Shattered Sun, Exodus is riding on a career high at the moment with the recent release of Blood In, Blood Out, arguably the band’s finest album since the earliest material from the mid-1980s. Thrash historians all know the story of Legacy…

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Electric Wizard – Lee’s Palace, Toronto – April 5th, 2015

Review and Photos by Mike Bax (All iPhone 5S photos) While everyone in Toronto lost their minds over the über-hard-to-access Mumford And Sons concert at Lee’s Palace on Friday night, the REAL music heads were celebrating their Easter Sunday wedged into the very same venue for ANOTHER über-hard-to-get-into concert by UK doomsmith’s Electric Wizard. This…

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Lieutenant w Yukon Blonde – Mod Club Theatre, Toronto April 1st, 2015

Review and Photos by Mike Bax On this April 1st, it was no joke people filled the Mod Club Theatre early to see Canadian five-piece Yukon Blonde opening for Nate Mendel’s solo project Lieutenant. I swear I bumped into more musicians in the crowd walking towards the stage (Sheepdogs and Tokyo Police Club, I’m talking…

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