It’s no secret that we love us some Will Haven over in the RNRF offices so it was a no brainer when the opportunity arose recently to chat via phone with one of the founders of WH, guitarist Jeff Irwin, about the longevity of the Sacramento outfit, the blistering new record, upcoming West Coast dates playing Carpe Diem all the way through and more! So won’t you please join us as as we dig deep and learn how this year’s Burning Man is the reason why some lucky fans will see bassist Mike Martin back in the fold for dates this summer and why Irwin is not likely to get recruited into Meshuggah anytime soon:
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Our love for Sacramento Metal mavens Will Haven knows no bounds. We might sport a Carpe Diem-related tattoo and are seriously considering a trek across the country to finally see them live since, as we get older, the likelihood of WH playing the East Coast (Or MA specifically) while we’re still regularly attending Metal shows is getting more and more unlikely with each passing day. They were one of those bands where we bought into the hype from reading deftones articles in Kerrang!, quickly consumed what was available, didn’t get it, then subsequently bashed our head against a wall when Carpe Diem came around and changed our world.
[Read more…]Will Haven Deliver Best (And Hopefully Not Last?) Album To Date With Muerte
Sometimes to get a really accurate/real time feel for an album I’ll type notes in the drafts here as I’m listening through a record for the first time. Then there are other times where I’ll be so transfixed by what’s coming out of my speakers that I just can’t type anything. Sometimes in awe. Sometimes because of fear. A new Will Haven album usually takes up a healthy amount of both within my psyche because, on the one hand, the music they put forth is usually so spot on. So perfect. But on the other hand there’s the fear that whatever I type here won’t be able to properly convey how truly amazing the music Will Haven lay down is. [Read more…]
Black Map enter the heavy fray with …And We Explode
What do you get when you put the singer/guitarist from The Trophy Fire, the drummer from Far, and the bassist for dredg in a room to create some new music? Definitely not what you’d expect. On the debut album from Black Map, this trio blows away all expectations and takes listeners on a sonic journey that’s a little bit prog, a little bit hard rock, and a whole lotta heavy with a healthy dose of space rawk thrown in for good measure. [Read more…]