CONCERT REVIEWS
David Lee Roth is alive, well, and running with the devil on his 2026 Don’t Love Me, Rent Me Worldwide Tour, a 27‑date run that…
Words by Jenn Broich-Smith There are concerts… and then there are nights that remind you who you are. Thursday night at Frost Bank Center wasn’t…
At Borgata Event Center in Atlantic City on May 9th, a powerful reunion took place between Alter Bridge and their devoted New Jersey fans, eager…
When the night was over, everyone who walked out of The Steelhouse in Omaha knew the score. Avatar had delivered. Vocalist Johannes Eckerström and company…
Words by Brennan Richie The anticipation surrounding the day of this show was so intense that it felt like electricity in the air. Neither of…
One of the cool things about being active in the festival circuit is comparing how bands handle performing under such divergent circumstances. The ongoing Scandinavian…
Though power metal grandaddies Helloween have no shortage of Texas fans, their April 8 appearance at San Antonio’s historic Aztec Theater was only their third…
Blood Incantation and Emperor recently embarked on the “Imperial Wrath” tour, with very limited dates in North America. Their show at the Concert Hall in…
There was some sort of electricity vibrating in the air at Fort Lauderdale’s Culture Room, way before Close Enemies even hit the stage. People were…
With a history this rich and expansive, trying to pinpoint the single moment when heavy metal hit its absolute apex is, frankly, a fool’s errand.…
In between selling out arenas when touring with the Bret Michaels Band, Pete Evick [vocals/guitar], Dean Cramer [vocals/guitar], along with Chad Stewart [percussion/ vocals] of…
Tool returned to Japan after nearly nineteen years, performing a long-awaited headline show at K-Arena Yokohama on Thursday, December 11, 2025. Opened in 2023, the arena is known…
The word protégé gets thrown around any time an artist breaks through early, usually before some arbitrary cutoff age. But in the rare cases where…
On Friday, November 28, 2025, Swedish progressive metal masters Opeth returned to Tokyo for the first time since 2019, ending a six-year absence that had only intensified anticipation…
The evening of Ne Obliviscaris began as an eve of Near Obliviousness, as my cohort and I would have accidentally attended the GWAR show next…
Classic rock fans face a growing wave of uncertainty when it comes to supporting some of their favorite bands out on tour. For starters, most…
