Live Review: Corrosion of Conformity at The Regent Theater, Los Angeles (2026)
Twenty years a fan and I finally saw COC live. I don’t know why I waited.
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Dirk Verbeuren — Free Hollywood Drum Clinic
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LIVE
Live Review: Corrosion of Conformity at The Regent Theater, Los Angeles (2026)
Twenty years a fan and I finally saw COC live. I don’t know why I waited.
Tour Roundup: June 29, 2026
Pallbearer close their Foundations of Burden tour in Santa Ana, and Russian Circles bring Nine to the Belasco.
ALBUM REVIEWS
Album Review: Loneshore – Nothing Left to Deconstruct
Loneshore's doom-soaked second album starts slow but builds into something genuinely unique.
Album Review: Goreworm – Miasmic Solitude
A death metal record I'd never heard of a week ago that I can't stop playing.
Album Review: Devin Townsend – The Moth
Devin Townsend’s magnum opus is an orchestral masterclass — and almost never the heavy record you came for.
Album Review: The Scalar Process – Agnomysticism
France’s The Scalar Process made me sit up straight — Agnomysticism is the real thing.
FEATURES
The Friday Five: July 10, 2026
DevilDriver anchor a thin week, but the underground death metal underneath is where it gets interesting.
Scene Report: Mortal Dissolution & Whiplash
Mortal Dissolution at First Street Pool and Whiplash at 1720 and the Constellation Room, the SoCal thrash nobody had covered.
The Friday Five: June 26, 2026
Amberian Dawn, Nunslaughter, a Danish speed-metal ripper, and two debuts. Five drops, ranked.
House of Blues Anaheim: A Metalhead’s Guide to the Room
Everything you actually need to know before a metal show at House of Blues Anaheim: how to find it, where to stand, where to park, when to show up, and why it's one of the best mid-size rooms in Orange County.