Jeff Irwin: A Rock And Roll Fables Conversation

7 July 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

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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Will Haven Remind All What Heavy Is With Vicious And Vital VII

28 June 2023 By jesse 1 Comment

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.

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Incoming! 23 for ’23: The Rock And Roll Fables Guide To The Greatest The Next Year Has To Offer… As Of Right Now

27 January 2023 By jesse 1 Comment

Here we go again! Part wishful thinking, part playing detective while piecing together social media updates, and part actual facts! We could only be talking about our latest crystal ball viewing as we look to the year 2023 and hope for the best that those “confirmed” releases actually come out and that maybe our thoughts and prayers are answered when it comes to those with less concrete plans as of this posting. Join us, won’t you?

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18 for ’18: An Exhaustive Look At All The Albums You Should’ve Already Heard In The Year 2018

20 December 2018 By jesse Leave a Comment

It’s here! The moment you’ve all be waiting for! And instead of splitting it in half this year I decided to bombard you with one huge pile of word vomit featuring everything that got our goat in 2018. Enjoy! Because we definitely did (Links to reviews highlighted where applicable):

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Will Haven Deliver Best (And Hopefully Not Last?) Album To Date With Muerte

21 March 2018 By jesse Leave a Comment

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…]

Rock And Roll Fables Presents: 18 for ’18 AKA What We Think You Should Be Spending Your $$$ On In The New Year

3 January 2018 By jesse 1 Comment

In a year that is about to hit us with new and highly anticipated offerings from Arctic Monkeys, Interpol, Guster, Monster Magnet, Butthole Surfers, and…ahem…The Offering (Get it? Because I said “new offerings” then added that The Offering has a new album coming…), we present to you a list of even more albums that we think will be pleasing to the earholes. Won’t you please join us?

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Will Haven Open The Mind To Discomfort On Latest Release (EP Review)

20 May 2015 By jesse Leave a Comment

Quite simply, Will Haven’s latest EP is 23 minutes of metal bliss. Actually, don’t call Will Haven “metal”. They transcend the genre. 23 minutes of pure heavy music bliss is more like it. They’re back, baby! Sacramento’s heaviest sons return with an EP that will have longtime fans gagging for more and newfound friends asking themselves: “Why have I just NOW discovered this gem of a band?” [Read more…]

Will Haven Unleash “The Comet”, Prepare To Drop New EP This May

18 March 2015 By jesse 1 Comment

Any year that produces new music from Sacramento’s Will Haven is a good year in my book so the announcement that the band have signed a new deal with Artery Recordings and that a new EP is imminent means 2015 is going to be a really good year. [Read more…]