We’re covering the 2011 Halifax Pop Explosion!


Once again we’re hitting you hard and making an impression just like Eminem’s Slim Shady LP. Another life changing week from The Halifax Pop Explosion  kicks off tomorrow and we’re covering the whole week! We’re teaming up with Eric Matheson Photography and Oakridge Productions bringing you videos, pictures and interviews from The Motorleague, Skratch Bastid, … Continue reading

Some footage from Diminished Fifth Records 5 Year Anniversary Party!


The warm welcoming from old friends, chill of a fresh beer combined with the sweat dripping down your back and the sweet sounds of metal tickling your ears. Welcome to the best anniversary party the worlds ever seen! Happy 5 years D5R! Halifax’s metal record label diminished Fifth Records celebrates five years of supporting the … Continue reading

Hero’s Last Rite’s Tim Gorman talks about the bands origins, their writing process and what frightened him as a kid!


Fredericton, New Brunswick based Thrash metal act Hero’s Last Rite have slapped fans in the face with publicity from their debut album, Inevitable Is The End. The album was released just under a year ago, with many great reviews and kind words such as these BraveWords and Metal-Rules articles. Being a fan of bands with … Continue reading

It gives us great pleasure to tell you of the 5 year anniversary of the most influential and predominent label to ever grace VisiONtheNet, D5R: The Little Label That Could


Diminished Fifth Records is pleased to announce they will be celebrating their 5 Year Anniversary with an incredible live show as well as specials on their entire catalog. To kick off the celebrations the label will be making their entire catalog available for $5.00/CD from the D5R Online Store for the entire month of September. … Continue reading

Children of Bodom in Halifax, July 21, 2011


July 21st has been the date I’ve looked forward to for the past… I dunno, 3 months or so… The reason? Because Children of Bodom was set to come to Halifax and play at the Forum on July 21st. Now, I’ve never been a big Bodom guy, I think they’re totally overrated because Alexi Laiho … Continue reading

Chelsea Grin hit the nail on the head with “My Damnation”


Yesterday I picked up Chelsea Grin’s latest release, “My Damnation”. I have been anticipating this release since I found out it was coming on June 4th, almost 2 months ago. Chelsea Grin are easily one of the best deathcore bands in the world right now in my opinion. The sextet from Salt Lake City, Utah … Continue reading

Workin’ for the Weekend-The Sunday Recap!


It turns out that the difference between youth and adulthood can actually be summed up in a fairly simple, and musical fashion. You have your Rebecca Blacks, and you have your Loverboys. For the youthful Rebeccas, you’ve had a hard week of going to school and making difficult decisions such as whether to sit in … Continue reading

LAST CHANCE TO REASON’S “UPLOAD COMPLETE” has uploaded completely…I made a funny!


The awesome list: Last Chance To Reason The song, Upload Complete They have their own videogame featured The quality and energy This album comes VisiONtheNet approved The characters eyes remind me of my roommates after hours of gaming The drummer plays barefoot, just like me! Last Chance to Reason are currently on tour with Animals … Continue reading

We shot The Human Abstract’s Travis Richter an email to ask him a bit about how awesome he is… he really want’s you to know!


I had scheduled a sit-down with one of the original members, drummer, Brett Powell. I was actually talking about the video released a couple months ago. Turns out, Travis wanted to do it, so here’s questions that I thought Brett was answering and Travis did! Both of their latest videos are mixed in with the … Continue reading

News and recaps for this celebratory day…


Some say it’s like Christmas, some say it’s a disgrace. I say; it’s just as mysterious and exciting as the creepy old man that walks up and down the street with his cigar (I’m assuming it’s full of Cannabis). This cat is seriously creepy though, like the old man with the shovel in Home Alone. … Continue reading