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Album Review: Attila ‘Rage’

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‘Rage’ is the Artery/Razor & Tie debut album by Atlanta, GA so-called ‘’party death metal’’ band Attila. From this description I came into reviewing this album hoping to hear some music that made me want to head bang a bit, grab a few beers, etc… Y’know, get into the mood to party and rock out, right? Well, I’ll say this: I bobbed my head along for a few sections, but… Well, read on. 

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Let’s start with the production, shall we? It sounds good; I’ll easily give it that. The guitars sound thick yet articulate. The vocals just enough in the front to pop out but not enough to sound like a completely separate entity. There is a lot of low end should you want to shake your walls, so no worries there. The drums sound solid but some of the cymbals have a very trashy sound to them (as in they sound like garbage can lids).
The songs definitely are high energy and you can tell that Attila recorded this song with gusto. However, EVERY song has at least one breakdown that sounds exactly like the breakdown in the next song. Seriously, you could interchange them and never know the difference. The lyrical content is also completely laughable. It’s hard to go at the lyrics when the band defines themselves as party death metal but some of these lyrics are just completely juvenile. Hearing ‘’I don’t give a fuck’’ in two different songs doesn’t really drive the point home so much as make me wonder if, just like the breakdowns, the lyrics could be interchanged with no one being the wiser.
Musically, these guys can definitely play. There are some interesting tempo changes that are very sudden and some intricate dueling guitar harmonies coupled with fast and intricate riffage. There are some moments that made me wonder if I was listening to another band, however: In ‘Cheyenne 420’, there is a section near the end that sounds like the end of Opeth’s ‘Deliverance’. Also, in ‘Temper’ there is a small part in the middle that sounds like it was influenced by the old school Castlevania games. 
Overall, this album can easily fall under the guilty pleasure category. Attila has solid musicianship and shows the ability to write some interesting music. Given some time, they could easily put out material that will really want to make people party and rock out. I’m excited for that day to come. 
3 out of 5 skulls. 
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‘The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only Live’ Concert Event to Make Streaming Debut Next Month

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July 14, 2026

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The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only Live

AMC has announced that The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE, the standing-room-only performance celebrating AMC’s premiere of its newly-released The Vampire Lestat at New York City’s iconic Beacon Theatre last month, will debut on streaming.

The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE begins streaming on AMC+ on August 23.

Ahead of its streaming premiere, fans can preview the concert event, featuring original songs from series composer Daniel Hart and performed by Sam Reid, in Hall H at Comic Con International on July 24. 

Our own Daniel Kurland attended the special event, highlighting how electric the Immortal Vampire is on stage: “It’s clear in this season of television that Reid was born to be a rock star, but it’s surreal to see him effortlessly command the stage — and the audience — at every step of the concert. He recites Shakespeare monologues and bitches out Armand between songs, all while the audience screams in support. For the duration of this concert, Reid is Lestat, and he’s given thousands of fans a memory that’s as immortal as any vampire.”

Based on Anne Rice‘s The Vampire Chronicles book series, The Vampire Lestat is the rock and roll-centric third season of AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” created by showrunner Rolin Jones.

The Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by “muses” from his wild and rebellious past. As his band’s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat’s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat’s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.

Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle star with Reid. Executive producers include Jones, Mark Johnson, Hannah Moscovitch, the late Anne Rice, and her son Christopher Rice.

The series finale airs this Sunday, July 19, on AMC and AMC+.

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