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The Ripple Effect
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The best music you're not listening to.™ Reviews of lost classics and obscure titles. Unheralded bands and songwriters. New bands deserving of greater attention. The site for the music omnivore. It's all here, on the Ripple Effect
LATEST ARTICLES ( 5802 )
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Supastition - The Blackboard EP
I am not superstitious. Yes I have a routine that I follow. Doesn’t everybody? Shortly after forming my routine I found success, or at least what I personally... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Vancouver Prog Rockers FEN To Play Powder Rocket Stage At World Ski & Snowboard...
Top Left to Right = Bass: Jeff Caron | Drums: Nando Polesel Bottom Left to Right = Lead Guitars/Backing Vocals: Sam Levin | Guitars/Vocals: Doug Harrison... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Tee Pee Records Sampler 2012
I have always liked samplers because it's a great way to discover new bands, well new to me. A lot of times these samplers contains bands that has been around... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Ripple Library - Gregg Allman - My Cross To Bear
I had no intention of reading this book, let alone reviewing it, but a copy turned up at my local library. I started flipping through it and saw enough stuff... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Continents – Idle Hands
I was more than a little wary when Racer sent this one my way. Nothing against the label, but I know the types of bands that Victory Records puts out. Read more
Posted on 09 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Kaotoxin Records Now Shipping YEARS OF TYRANTS Debut
Leading the Blind, the debut EP from French s brutal, technical Deathcore band YEARS OF TYRANTS, is now available for purchase directly from Kaotoxin Records.... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Devil to Pay - Fate Is Your Muse
By now you have seen the reviews and press that has been garnered by Indianapolis, Indiana’s Devil To Pay regarding their new album Fate Is Your Muse and for... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Martyrd to Support Yngwie Malsteem on Select N. American Tour Dates
Brooklyn Metal Merchants MARTYRD will support guitar god YNGWIE MALMSTEEN on select North American tour dates beginning April 26th in Toronto, ON. Read more
Posted on 07 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
A Sunday Conversation with Doro Pesch
Years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Doro Pesch at the New Jersey Metal Meltdown. She rocked that stage, sandwiched in between a host of death and new age... Read more
Posted on 07 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
THE RETICENT Announces New Members, Free EP and New Full-Length
A lot is brewing in the world of THE RETICENT, including new members added to the live line-up, a free EP and the next full-length. Details can be found below. Read more
Posted on 06 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Coma Wall/Undersmile - Wood and Wire Split
Doom…yet another genre that, over the past 20 years has been dragged into the mire of mediocrity as new and ever improbable branches of it spring forth and... Read more
Posted on 06 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Miles Davis - Live In Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol 2
In 2011 Sony issued Volume 1 in the Miles Davis bootleg series - three audio CD's and a DVD of his famous quintet with Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Wayne... Read more
Posted on 05 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Black Cowgirl - S/T
Even when you have seen a band live and witnessed their greatness on stage, to hear that same greatness transfered to a studio album is truly mesmerizing. Read more
Posted on 04 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
BIGELF Returns and Signs New Deal with InsideOut Music; Mike Portnoy to Play...
InsideOut Music is immensely pleased to announce the signing of progressive-rock powerhouse BIGELF for the release of their forthcoming new album later this... Read more
Posted on 03 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
DELAIN - Interlude
Maybe it's just me, but I find the rise of female fronted symphonic metal to be a welcome breath of fresh air. The passion and the angst of the female... Read more
Posted on 03 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Mahnhammer – Above The New Frontier
Ah, Mahnhammer. I know these guys personally. We live in the same town. I've interviewed them on a radio show. I've introduced them on stage. And thanks to... Read more
Posted on 02 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Baleful Creed - III
Why aren't more people talking about Baleful Creed? That's a question I ask myself over and over as their third EP, III, decimates my speakers. And the only... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
PSYCHOSOMATIC Gearing Up For Spring 2013 Tour
Sacramento, California-based crossover punk thrashers PSYCHOSOMATIC are gearing up for their Spring 2013 US tour. The tour will see PSYCHOSOMATIC playing... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Freedoms Reign - S/T
Years ago someone told me that the best New England based metal bands always have a graveyard, October night, type of feel. This band has captured that sound an... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Kaotoxin Records To Release YEARS OF TYRANTS Debut EP On April 2nd
Kaotoxin Records, in cooperation with Total Deathcore and Clawhammer PR, is proud to unleash the debut EP of France's brutal and technical Deathcore band YEARS... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC