Welcome back to Grace and Fury—thanks for clicking in. In this edition we will continue to build on >> View Complete Article

Welcome again to Grace and Fury, where we attempt to synchronize six strings, twenty-odd frets, two >> View Complete Article

So just what is this Grace and Fury business, you may be wondering? The concept of the series is to >> View Complete Article

To say the last year of The Esoteric’s existence was a giant roller coaster ride would be a huge understatement. As one of the Midwest region’s longest running metal bands, their history traces b >> View Complete Article

Jodi Michael Assistant Editor On February 11, 2007, Heavy Frequency Magazine held its fourth annual Heavy Frequency >> View Complete Article

“For 45 minutes, nothing else matters,” bassist Billy Dearing said of playing live in his band, Ghost in the Machine. “Then reality hits you again, but for that 45 minutes, you >> View Complete Article

“It is strange to me, sometimes, because we are just four dudes from Missouri that get together twice a week in a basement, have a few drinks, write songs or play the old songs,” Vam >> View Complete Article

The Replay Lounge is nestled on the corner of 10th and Massachusetts street in beautiful downtown Lawrence, Kan. It is Monday night, ’:00 p.m.: slow for the moment, but people begin to m >> View Complete Article

Scott Alisoglu leads a double life. A Funding Resource Analyst for the city of Topeka by day, he is a full-time heavy metal journalist by night. While it may seem like a strange combination to so >> View Complete Article

Jodi Michael Assistant Editor The music industry is tough regardless of what facet someone may be trying to break into. It can be particularly difficult in a male-d >> View Complete Article

Billy Brimblecom was voted “Best Drummer in Kansas City” by Pitch Weekly readers in 2005. He is touring with his current band, Blackpool Lights, but he is probably best known for his w >> View Complete Article

“I used to come home and lie in bed with my ears ringing and think, ‘Oh God, this is it, this will never stop.’ Then a few days later it was gone,” Faith Upon Fire guitaris >> View Complete Article

A local band walks into KSDB The Wildcat’s studio in Manhattan, KS where Drew Bartlett awaits their arrival. The band is about to be interviewed on Drew and Jake Do Manhattan, a show that a >> View Complete Article

The “Midwest’s Ultimate Battle of the Bands” will advance yet another band to local music celebrity at the Club Wars IX Championship, May 5, at the Beaumont Club in Kansas City, >> View Complete Article

Six fresh faces seemingly attacked out of nowhere, on a hasty path to being one of the top reigning heavy bands in the Missouri-Kansas local music community this year. Sidewise of Lawrence, Kansas >> View Complete Article

Beginning as a “spill-off of Punchline and Overture,” according to vocalist Ryan Leach, Kansas City’s Silence Broken formed in early December 2002. After a brief spell as Beyond >> View Complete Article

In the practice space, a basement level room in Topeka, Kansas with a floral quilt, foam padding and old show posters tacked and duct taped to the wall, Given With Honor jokes about making ̶ >> View Complete Article

Starting out as a studio project in November 2002, vocalist Josh Collichio and guitarist Nathan Alexander joined with two former members of the band Hydr0, Jonny Collichio, vocals, and Dustin McK >> View Complete Article

Prepare to sweat or bleed when attending Blood Red Sun shows, vocalist Jason Graves warns. “You are not going to see any lighters up in the air at our shows,” Graves said. R >> View Complete Article

downthesun - drawing down the energy of the sun to create a circle of magic. “It is the way we feel when we all get together and create,” bassist Lance “KUK” Collie >> View Complete Article

Years ago, my husband Mason was the drummer in a band called Aeturnus. Most people who read this will have no idea who Aeturnus was, and I expect no one will care. I want to take you back to the >> View Complete Article

The connection between the seven members of Human Ritual is not the band, nor the music they play. It is not the potential for the band to be signed, or even the exceptional quantity of people in >> View Complete Article

Are you too punk for the metal crowd, but too metal for the punk crowd? If so, then Apathy may be the band for you. With lyrics addressing rejection, failure, death, injustice, and other hard >> View Complete Article