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Nocturnal Terror’s “Blasphemous Crushing of Angels”: The fun of early Bathory with heightened extremity

Cason Willman, Staff Writer March 1, 2024

Nocturnal Terror is a black metal project out of Brazil, whose creative core is multi-instrumentalist Evokator of Storms—a name obviously indebted to Blasphemy guitarist Caller of the Storms. An independent...

Extreme metal band Antichrist Siege Machine released their newest single Sisera, which features clean production and creates an aggressive and demonic atmosphere for listeners.

Antichrist Siege Machine’s “Sisera”: A cleaner, more black-metal tinged single from war metal’s best

Cason Willman, Contributing Writer February 23, 2024

For those uninitiated—and I would count nearly everyone in this company save a select few—Richmond, Virginia’s Antichrist Siege Machine (ASM) is one of the absolute best extreme metal bands coming...

Aqua: More than just the maker of “Barbie Girl”

Aambar Agarwal, Social Media Editor January 19, 2024

Everyone has heard of “Barbie Girl.” Created in the ’90s by Danish-Norwegian Europop band Aqua, the song’s bubbly beat, catchy lyrics and iconic music video have cemented it as one of the best-selling...

MaDaCol performance dazzles and inspires students

Zachary Treseler, News Editor December 8, 2023

Last week, the Mather Dance Collective—abbreviated MaDaCol—held its annual performance show at the Mather Dance center, performing an engaging series of three dance numbers. This completely student-run...

A playlist for late fall

Kate Gordon, Life Editor November 17, 2023

The end of the semester can be downright depressing. The deadlines for final exams and papers, which seemed so far in the distance at the beginning of August, are now only weeks away. Plus, the weather’s...

1989 (Taylors Version) has already taken the world with Swifts matured vocals and new From The Vault tracks successfully revitalizing the former Album of The Year.

Has Taylor Swift’s re-recording project started to falter?

Kethan Srinivasan, Staff Writer November 3, 2023

Some will know it as Album of The Year. Others might recognize it as the biggest musical reset of the 2010s. I remember it as the album with the incessantly-played lead single, “Shake It Off.” But...

Frontman of The Happy Fits, Calvin Langman, dazzles Cleveland with his spectacular cello and vocal skills.

In concert, The Happy Fits showcase the beauty of positive and negative emotions alike

Amanda Wu, Staff Writer November 3, 2023

On Sunday, Oct. 22, the indie rock band The Happy Fits performed at the House of Blues in downtown Cleveland. Blasting off with “Do Your Worst” from their newest album, “Under the Shade of Green,”...

Stephen Sanchezs new album Angel Face tells the story of the enamored Troubadour Sanchez and his love interest, Evangeline, with songs reminiscent of 1950s hits.

Stephen Sanchez’s “Angel Face”: An angel’s voice, but does it have an angel’s wings?

Kethan Srinivasan, Staff Writer October 6, 2023

If you would describe yourself as the type to often get stuck in a TikTok death-scroll, then perhaps you need no introduction to Stephen Sanchez. In the last year alone, the up-and-coming singer has experienced...

The musical SIX reinvents the women behind Henry VIIIs six failed marriages, painting them in new, brightly-colored lights.

SIX: The Musical: Feminist Think Piece or Surface-Level Fun?

Srilakshiya Sudhakar, Contributing Writer September 15, 2023

I was somewhat familiar with the story of the infamous King Henry VIII prior to hearing about “SIX: The Musical,” whether it was from a passing mention of the Protestant Reformation in history class...

Laufeys new album features songs that pay tribute to her musical influences while also maintaining a sense of intrigue for younger music lovers.

Can Laufey’s “Bewitched” truly beguile its listeners?

Kethan Srinivasan, Staff Writer September 15, 2023

There’s a certain quality in Laufey Lín Jónsdóttir’s voice that sounds almost supernatural. Taking the musical stage under her first name—pronounced “lay-vay”—the 24 year-old singer, songwriter,...

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