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Bleeding Through - The Great FireRise RecordsThe Great Fire is the seventh studio album by Orange County, California metal core band Bleeding Through, distributed by Rise Records, it was recorded throughout the majority of the second half of 2011 and features 14 new tracks. The album opens up with the tracks "The March" and "Faith In Fire" which do an incredible job of setting the tone for the album, which can be described as the calm before the storm. The heavy guitar, drum beat and the keyboard mesh together in the track "Goodbye To Death", it's the sort of song that sounds like it will be a great song to have the crowd opening pits up. More… |
TriviumJanuary 14th - Ramshead Live!We kicked off 2012 with Trivium. Not only did we see them at Ramshead Live! but we also were lucky to catch them for their acoustic set earlier in the day at Angel's Rock Bar. They along with Kyng, who are the opener on the tour, treated fans to three songs each. Trivium performed "Built to Fail", "Dying in Your Arms" and a cover of Iron Maiden's "Iron Maiden". Trivium is not a band that you would imagine doing anything acoustic but if you get a chance to see them perform that way, go see them! Having seen Trivium a few times now, but mostly in the festival scene, I was definitely looking forward to the longer set as the direct support this tour. More… |
Ice Jam 2012We kicked off 2012 with a couple of really good shows. Trivium on January 14th and Ice Jam on the 15th. A two day event at Sonar, Ice Jam is made up of hardcore and post hardcore bands for the most part. Starting at 1pm each day, the two stages were filled throughout the day as kids moved to and fro the two rooms in the club. It's really a day to familiarize yourself with who is who is the scene and introduce yourself to new bands on the horizon. Day 2 had the show competing with a football game as the Ravens were in town but you couldn't tell that as the line was wrapped around the building in the freezing cold waiting for the doors to open. More… |
2011 - The Year in ReviewWhat a year for us here at earplugsrequired.com as well as unitingthrumusic.com as one could not mention them separately as they have been very intertwined this year. As this new year begins we are looking at moving unitingthrumusic.com to it's "real" url of musiciansopposedtobullying.com and also revamping earplugsrequired.com - so look for those two things shortly! The year kicked off with the Nightmare After Christmas tour featuring Avenged Sevenfold whom we have to admit is a favorite of ours but really it wasn't until this past summer on the Uproar tour that they seemed to have finally gotten their mojo back and looked like they did prior to the death of their drummer, Jimmy Sullivan. It was great to see that happen. More… |
Foo Fighters - Philadelphia/Washington DCNovember 10th/11th 2011There are always those concert experiences that stand out in our minds over the years. This current Foo Fighters tour has definitely logged it's place in our memories as two of the best concerts we have seen. Playing in Philadelphia on a Thursday and Washington DC on a Friday, two sold out nights filled with sold rock and roll. Kicking off their set with "Bridge Burning" and "Rope" off their most current release Wasting Light, the Foo Fighters started a set that would last over two and a half hours. The set flowed through their seventeen year career, never dragging as sometimes long sets can.More… |
Filter - Fillmore Silver SpringOctober 17th 2011A packed house at the Fillmore in Silver Spring for Bush/Chevelle/Filter on the 17th of October. Three bands that have each had large fanbases on their own and combining them here on this tour lent credence for a night of pure rock and roll. Starting off the night was Filter lead by Richard Patrick. Having seen this band over the years, through many lineup changes, one never knows what will happen during a set of theirs. They kicked off with "Welcome to the Fold", such an appropriate song to begin the night. More… |
Uh Huh Her - Keep A Breast TourOctober 12th 2011October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and Uh Huh Her are doing their part to spread the word. On tour under the moniker of Keep A Breast, the tour touched down in Washington DC at the 9:30 Club on October 12th and we were lucky to brave the rainy night and catch their set. Do have to admit that the fact that Bobby Alt was on drums for them on this tours as definitely a plus as it's been so long since I have seen him! The early doors for this show proved to be a bit of a hindrance as rush hour traffic combined with the rain made for a slow travel, but the floor of the club filled in just prior to their set. More… |
The Rockstar Mayhem Tour 2011 - Carrying the Torch of Metal OnwardJuly 30th 2011If you haven't figured it out by now, the summer festivals are a great way to see many bands in just one day. Pick your poison. For the major ones you have Vans Warped Tour, Rockstar Mayhem Tour,Rockstar Uproar Tour and this summer they launched a country tour! We at earplugsrequired.com after spending a week on the Vans Warped Tour, decided to spend a day at the Rockstar Mayhem Tour in Bristow, Va catching sets by those at the top of their game in the genre of metal. More… |
Vans Warped Tour 2011 - Rock n' Roll Summer CampJuly 2011Long known as "punk rock summer camp", the Vans Warped Tour should really be known as "band camp" or just plain "music summer camp" as they have branched out and aren't just known for punk music anymore. On any given day, you will have sets of punk, punk pop, metalcore, scream, pop, electronica, dance, etc. at the same time across 9 stages giving concert goers a chance to experience something that they might otherwise miss in a concert that is genre specific.. More… |
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