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Website: Evanescence Oh, how our radios were assaulted in 2003 with Fallen and the obsessively-played “Bring Me To Life.” And oh, how our metal ears were insulted when suddenly everyone began to refer to Lacuna Coil as sounding “like Evanescence.” Perhaps a better description of the Amy Lee-fronted outfit would be Linkin Park With Chanteuse [...]

Karaoke party is beginning quite shortly. Matt’s been here since Friday evening, when we went to the MC Chris show. I don’t know why I haven’t mentioned once in my LJ that I was going to see MC Chris, but that’s what we did, and I was happy because he played “Robot Dog” even though [...]

Website: Mahavatar The Inside Pulse: What do you get when you combine an Israeli vocalist and a Jamaican guitarist? Why, metal, of course. Oh yeah, and they’re both female. If nothing else, Mahavatar is intriguing because of this unlikely combination. From the Sun, the Rain, the Wind, the Soil isn’t really any easily classifiable brand [...]

It all started with Climie Fisher. Whether or not the name is recognizable to you, it doesn’t matter. I have their one US hit, “Love Changes (Everything)” on an ’80s mix that I made for my car. I recently grabbed the song for karaoke. I saw it was listed as “Fisher, Climie” but I was [...]

The new Evanescence disc doesn’t totally suck. It’s not great and their first single is TERRIBLE but it’s miles above Fallen. Why hello there, Pestilence! When are your three brothers going to show up?

I’ve had Metallica’s “Hero of the Day” stuck in my head ever since I heard it at work yesterday. I hate that song. I’ve always hated that song. The video is even worse, but luckily, videos are not on the radio. Yet somehow I think that if it was by anyone other than Metallica, I’d [...]

For those who missed it, Mr. Britney Spears released his first official video this past week. I, for one, was never more excited to watch this thing. And in the past month, the music world has seen new albums from Christina Aguilera, Paris Hilton, and Jessica Simpson. Upon the realization that these albums would be [...]

Website: Ima Robot The Inside Pulse: The second release from this eclectic, electric pop collaboration, Monument To the Masses is without the Beck sidemen who were featured on the debut, but it’s clear that they weren’t the meat of the project. With a little bit from today’s popular garage rock acts and a little bit [...]