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Recap by The Metal Wulf;If you tuned in at 9 p.m. Friday night to find...well, not sure what exactly would have been heard at that time, to be honest...anyhoo, you may have been a little disappointed. Or not? Suffice to say, the show had been pre-empted by an hour due to circumstances beyond our control... Okay, so we went live at 10:00 instead, it was all good. It was actually a relatively calm night, with a bigger focus on the music, which, as I've said before, is never a bad thing! Kinda nice to push the silliness in the Stupid Room (as we've affectionately come to call it) off to the sides every now and then. Besides, quiet nights like these usually result in twice the craziness when things go back to "normal" on the following week.

So, as far as music goes, we were featuring new material from Flotsam And Jetsam, which is actually REALLY, REALLY good, more than worth a listen or two! Triptykon has a new EP coming out soon, and we were more than happy to feature "Shatter", the discs title track. I'll be gettin' my paws on that one, without a doubt. We also threw some High On Fire and Torche into the mix, as we anticipated seeing both bands (along with Kylesa) at Waterstreet Music Hall the following night. Yep, the entire Onslaught crew were in attendance, and I'll tell ya, that was one crazy damned crowd! Personally, the best club show I've ever attended, and High On Fire are officially the heaviest band on the frickin' planet. Okay, maybe with the exception of Behemoth, but I personally haven't seen them perform yet...

Also featured some tracks from "Bitten By The Beast", which is the new solo disc from David "Rock" Feinstein of The Rods. We'd been treated to some of these tracks at a couple of shows in recent months, but there was one track in particular that I badly wanted to hear the studio version of. "Metal Will Never Die" features vocals by David's cousin, now departed metal legend, Ronnie James Dio himself. It was great hearing David performing the song live with The Rods, back in June in Ithaca, as well as last month in Auburn, but to hear the actual song off the disc, knowing it was among Ronnie's last recordings, well that's something pretty damned special in my book!

No Jeffie last week, which probably contributed greatly to the feel of "normalcy", but he'll be back this week, I'm sure. On top of that, Halloween is fast approaching, so I can only imagine how that night's going to go! Hell, last year I totally missed out on Halloween on The Metallic Onslaught as I was recovering from my foot surgery, so this year I get to make up for lost time! Heh, heh, somethin' to look forward to!