LONDON – Musicians love to play in Camden Town’s Electric Ballroom, even when their commercial success has taken them beyond the capacity of this 1100-person venue. Muse gigged here before their recent arena level Drone World Tour. Prince did a surprise concert on its stage one night in February 2014. The Clash, Red Hot Chili […]

PHILADELPHIA – Not many Metalcore bands take their names from a fantasy novel written by a children’s writer. But defying expectation seems to come naturally to Atreyu, which began their career as “Retribution,” before renaming themselves after a character in German author Michael Ende’s The Neverending Story. Going beyond the usual snarling metal sounds of […]