Concepts such as waiting with bated breath and with hands shaking in anticipation don’t quite capture the excitement that fans were likely feeling over the…
Another week into the uncharted waters of 2021 brings another installment of Sweden’s metallic carnival impresarios Avatar bringing their unique auditory craft to the individually…
Sweden’s prime purveyors of theatrical prowess with a modern metallic edge seem undaunted by the tumultuous time that is the present. Having served up a…
Just over a year since the release of their acclaimed album “Pitfalls,” and not quite a full year since the music industry came grinding to…
Fortune may favor the bold, but in this day and age where live concerts are indefinitely on hold and live streaming is the rule, the…
For the better part of 30 years, many of us in the metal community have been wondering if maybe Jon Oliva had missed his calling…
A question came up on my Facebook feed a few weeks ago: “which opening band blew the headliner away when you saw them?” Immediately, the…
In this day and age of social distancing, lockdowns and governors with god complexes, it seems like an act of pure rebellion to simply invite…
One could say that the best concert experiences are those that draw the audience into another world, but some artists tend to go about accomplishing…
Though perhaps best known as one of the heavy hitters of the American metalcore explosion of the mid-2000s, August Burns Red is a band that…
