Audriana Gates, Author at The Metal Review

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King Parrot Takes on Pub Rock Live (Scottsdale, Arizona)

By Audriana Gates There are those days everyone dreams about; Christmas morning, their birthday, perhaps their wedding? Well, the day I have been dreaming about FINALLY came true on Wednesday March 25th at the Pub Rock Live (Sc...

THE MURDERING EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIER (NSFW)

What do you get when you take a bunch of Australian-metalheads, give them instruments and an affinity for the grotesque? You get a NSFW music video sure to make you squirm. Debuting EXCLUSIVELY on The Metal Review, has delivere...

NEUROSIS TO HEADLINE SOUTHWEST TERROR FEST 2014

Southwest Terror Fest has done it once again. Following up the success of 2013’s festival featuring Kylesa, Sacred Reich, Red Fang, and Early Graves over four days of various genres of metal and rock, SWTF is bringing exp...

Black Label Society and Phil Anselmo Cover “I’m Broken”

Ever wonder what a Pantera reunion reinvigorated would sound like with Zakk Wylde at the helm? Well, this happened in Worcester, Massachusetts as BLS invited Phil on-stage to perform on of the best tracks off of the 1994 releas...

Geoff Tate Announces Farewell Tour as Queensryche

Legendary frontman Geoff Tate, who founded Queensryche and drove the band to unfathomable success, has announced the “Queensryche Starring Geoff Tate- The Farewell Tour.” The platinum selling band has been embroiled i...

ANTiSEEN Guitarist Joe Young Has Died

By Audriana Gates Charlotte, North Carolina punk-rock band ANTiSEEN and its legion of fans are mourning a huge loss this morning. News of the passing of founding member and guitarist Joe Young hit the internet early today. Face...

King Parrot Set to Invade North America

By Audriana Gates Australian punk, grind, metal, crazy thrashers King Parrot, released their finalized tour dates for their trek around North America. The Metal Review will be catching up with King Parrot on March 10th in Phoen...

KING PARROT DEBUT NEW MUSIC VIDEO “DEAD END”

By Audriana Gates Melbourne, Australia metallers debuted a new music video for the track “Dead End” off of their 2012 LP . Here are some of my favorite quotes from this hilariously-metal video: 1) “I’m not h...

Charles Manson Keeps the Creep Factor High with NEW interview

…and then there was that one time Charles Manson was interviewed by a Croatian journalist. A multitude of high-profile bands from Guns-N-Roses, White Zombie, EYEHATEGOD, and lest we not forgot Marilyn Manson have drawn in...

KING PARROT TO OPEN FOR HEADLINER’S CATTLE DECAPITATION. FIRST U.S SHOW.

Australian thrash/grind kings, , are getting ready to obliterate North America. Released today was the tour poster for King Parrot’s first stop in the US on March 8th, with a gig at the infamous Whiskey A Go-Go in Hollywo...

Thrown into Exile Call it Quits…for now

By Audriana Gates Not since the Yellow Dogs incident (too soon?), has an ENTIRE BAND been dismantled over night. Los Angeles based band Thrown into Exile was feeling the sting of this departure yesterday when guitarist (and ban...

Dream Come True: Cancer-stricken patient plays “Walk” on stage with Phil Anselmo

By Audriana Gates The Make-A-Wish Foundation and Phil Anselmo teamed up to give the gift of a lifetime to Peyton, a young fan stricken with cancer. His dream? To play guitar on stage with legendary frontman Phil Anselmo and wai...

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Rolling Stone and Tsarnaev: Where Did the Music Go?

By Audriana Gates In an age where the print-magazine is a dying industry, did Rolling Stone Magazine sink to new lows to boost readership by featuring suspected Boston Bombing suspect Dzhokhar “Jahar” Tsarnaev on th...

Rob Zombie to appear on Counting Cars

By Abby Keane The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival headliner visited the Count’s Kustoms crew from the HISTORY® series “Counting Cars” just hours before heading out on one of the largest festivals in met...

Mayhem Festival Phoenix Set Times

If you are headed out to the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival July 5th in Phoenix, Arizona, below is a *list of event times, allowed items into the pavilion, and most importantly stage times. STAY HYDRATED!! *All informati...

Vivicide CD Release LIVE REVIEW

It was a highly anticipated night that had been waited for by friends, fans, and hopefuls that had triumphed behind Vivicide since their inception. The CD Release show had fallen upon the Havana Cabana and all who were there ca...

Vivicide CD Release Show to Take over Tempe

When I first saw Vivicide perform in June 2012, I was completely taken aback and utterly amazed at the performance of this trio. These young, Arizona metaller’s were the supporting act for the Six Feet Under event that rol...