This year, due to noise complaints from non-rocking members of the Louisville community, the Carriage House’s annual metal festival The Carnival of Chaos is scaled back to one day — but great local bands remain on the lineup. Mike Ritchie will be back headlining the concert this year with perennial crowd favorite Candy Coated Jesus, taking his well-earned place on the Carriage House stage. The Carriage House has always been a staple of the Ohio music scene, and Ritchie has always been there, whether it was working at the Carriage House, playing there or owning it (literally). When Ritc...
Homegrown thrash metal is in the cards tonight at Annabell's, when Ichabod Crane takes the stage. Though lead singer Scott Roger looks like the frontman for an indie rock set, those powerful pipes will crush that notion before he's halfway through the first track. 9/2 Annabell's • Akron ...
When the Akron Deathfest rolls through Annabell’s on April 29th and 30th, it will be the third year for the newest incarnation of the concert that defines what extreme music really means. Extreme music fans may remember Akron Deathfest from the early 2000s, when it was organized by Jason Chamberlain - who started the concert because he loved death metal. It was strong in the beginning, even after it bounced from Annabell’s to the old Akron Daily Double, but ended up drying up after a few years, leaving a hole in the Northeast Ohio music scene. In 2009, Dave Burgess decided to bring i...
The Akron deathcore band Ichabod Crane is releasing their second album, “Brimstone”, on April 23 at the Musica in Akron. Brimstone still follows the “Grunt, scream, growl, guitar breakdown, repeat” structure that most deathcore bands follow these days. The difference between them and other deathcore bands is that they actually put some rhythm and complexity into their drumming and guitarwork. Instead of simply being the vocal gap, the breakdowns are enjoyable and they blend well with the song. They also throw in a wicked guitar solo in most of their songs, which is actually pretty r...
