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Joey Eppard: Live in Concert

by Jeff Nixon

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Joey Eppard, frontman and founder of the band 3 recently released his first live solo performance DVD. This project was fan-supported from the start by earning over $9,000 through Kickstarter. The DVD features 29 songs clocking in at just about 2 and a half hours, and features tons of guests (including fellow 3 members Billy Riker and Chris ‘Gartdrumm’ Gartmann).

Joey’s slap acoustic style is very unique and paired with brilliant songwriting and a soulful voice, creates a performance that is like no other.

You can purchase Joey’s DVD at joeyeppard.com. The DVD comes with a free download of … Read more

Oceans of Night – Domain (2011)

by Dæv Tremblay

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I would have expected more from this project. Ambient music mixed with heavy metal made me hope for a metal Pink Floyd… something like a Dark Floyd!

But reality isn’t always giving you what you want, and Oceans of Night isn’t Dark Floyd.

It is a good album with a lot of cool moments, but with more meh moments.

Guitarist and composer Scott Mosher drives the album with his guitar riffs and leads, while Scott Oliva reminds me of Nils Rue of Pagan’s Mind, which isn’t a bad thing in … Read more

Coheed and Cambria – The Afterman trailer

by Dæv Tremblay

OH. MY. FUCKING. VOID.

What? God doesn’t exist!

If there is a band that I theoretically should not like, it’s Coheed and Cambria. Pop-rock with a tiny touch of prog. What’s more to hate than this?

But man, what drives me here is the story. In this case, it has gone by the name The Bag.On.Line Adventures, before eventually changing to The Amory Wars. And I’ve been buying every single comic that has been done by Claudio (lead singer and guitarist), and even the novel for The Year of the Black Rainbow.

I’ve been dying to know what would … Read more