Heavy metal Stories

Brenda’s fingers danced along the fingerboard of her cello. Her other hand bowed with lively grace, keeping pace with the violin and piano. She was playing her first concert with the Eversham Trio at Adenak Summer Music. The popular festival featured a range of musical genres and styles from mostly local acts. Brenda was nearing completion of her music degree, and the trio was her first real professional gig. The piece en...

I screamed. I screamed out eighteen months of weariness from endless touring. I screamed out the anguish and grief of losses that ate at my soul day after day. For sixteen long seconds, I screamed as if my life depended on it. Maybe it did. Then it ended. My lungs were out of air; the song ended. I stopped screaming. My bandmates stopped playing. The SoulScars 2023 tour was over. For a second, maybe even just a millisecon...