“It’s going to happen,” Joseph Bursey says. “We’re going to be playing shows again.”
Bryan C. Reed
Bio: Bryan Reed lives in Raleigh, where he nerds out about punk rock and comic books. He's written about music for INDY Week since 2008.Twitter: http://twitter.com/BryanCReed
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The Maywood’s Heavy Metal Residents Band Together to Save the Local Linchpin
With “Maywood Mayhem, Vol. 11,” 25 bands fight tooth and nail to save the venue that’s held the local metal scene together.
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Quarantine Can’t Contain New Albums from the Local Metal Scene
Æther Realm, Wailin Storms, Grohg, and Kult Ikon provide a fitting soundtrack for a time that feels both stagnant and volatile.
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A Tribute to Corrosion of Conformity’s Reed Mullin, Who Built a Raleigh Punk Scene and a Southern Metal Sound
How do you eulogize someone whose spirit lives in every show at The Pour House and Slim’s and the un-advertised basements that keep Raleigh’s punk and metal scenes thriving?
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Outliar’s Second Chance to Make a Good First Impression
The revitalized Apex-based metal band re-recorded tracks from its debut for its new EP, “Thrashing the Vault.”
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Resurgent Rockers Minor Stars Defy Disillusionment on “Through Pinholes in the Sky”
Nine years after its first release, the Chapel Hill psych-rock band bounces back with a new album that fulfills its early promise.
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With Hardcore Band Regional Justice Center, Ian Shelton Makes the Political Personal
Multidisciplinary artist Ian uses the Regional Justice Center to tell the story of his brother, Max, who is incarcerated.
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Triangle Music Issue: Four Lightning Rods for Heavy Music
These are a few of the major places and players who have kept the volume cranked up for years and are keeping the Triangle heavy now.
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For Torche, a Setback Ignited Inspiration on Emotional New Album “Admission”
Long embraced by a heavy metal scene in which it’s something of an awkward fit, Miami’s Torche bucks against staid notions of what metal or hard rock can be and represent.
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Lightning Born Flouts the Conventional Wisdom that Heavy Metal Means Heavy Touring
The Raleigh band featuring members of Crystal Spiders, Mega Colossus, Demon Eye, and Corrosion of Conformity recently released its debut album.