I initially heard about Agent Cooper’s album, Far From Sleep, during my first interview for Better B# over two years ago. During what turned out to be an incredibly long, but fun, talk with Cooper guitarist, Mike Martin, he told me about the ...
Book Review: “Heavy Metal Movies”
"Heavy Metal Movies” catalogues a surprising collection of lost gems and campy stinkers, all lovingly curated by McPadden. Review by David Feltman Mike “McBeardo” McPadden likes his music as extreme as his movies. It’s a passion that shows in his w ...
CD Review: “One By One” by Walking With Giants
Notes ring off the strings, echoing as if from reverberating bells. Thus is the beginning of Baltimore-based Walking With Giants' new EP, One By One, set for release on June 21. This promising hard-rock act blew me out of the water last year with it ...
CD Review: Into The True Country – David Benedict
I expect that most of you have never heard of David Benedict. It's not your fault! He's the new guy in town, hailing from the Southeast, and he's just getting settled. That being said, I'd like to introduce you to him. Since 2009, he has bee ...
Edgar Meyer and Mike Marshall at The Barns at Wolf Trap – March 6
Stepping within this quiet sanctum, I could almost hear a pin drop. We weren't alone, my girlfriend and I, as we walked into The Barns at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Va., but it certainly felt that way due to the atmosphere these walls evoked. I'm ...
CD Review: “Inward:Outward” by Mire
Slaving and working to serve the Hive... It's been some time since I listened to a truly progressive record. The last may have been Dream Theater's Train Of Thought, but even that was mainly a metal album from an artist considered to be prog ...
CD Review: “Nobody Likes Neville” by Nobody Likes Neville
Hey there, Harry Potter aficionados! New Baltimore-based rock band, Nobody Likes Neville, is calling your out on the lack of love shown for their namesake: Neville Longbottom. Its self-titled seven song EP, released digitally on January 28 (a ...
CD Review: ‘Far Enough Into The Void’ by Brian Larkin
Emotionally driven, from start to finish, is the debut Brian Larkin album, Far Enough Into The Void. To many the name might not ring a bell, but I've had my ear to this man's musical grindstone for quite some time and have been anticipating ...
CD Review: ‘Devil In The Lake’ by Emperors and Elephants
Chicago's Emperors and Elephants, a band that formed in 2010, has been gathering momentum through the years. It's already achieved some radio support for the single, “Your Will,” and has opened for larger acts like SOiL and Pop Evil during tours. ...
CD Review: ‘The Shiver’ EP by Metameric
I'm going to do this one backwards. Stop what you're doing right now and go purchase The Shiver, the new EP by Seattle's very own Metameric. Never have I been so captured and engrossed by such a new band's release. Composed of elements of pr ...