CONCERT REVIEWS
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AVATAR – Avatar Ages Livestream [Part II – Age Of Illusions] (January 16th, 2021)
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…

Leprous – The Congregation: Live-stream (January 16th, 2021)
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…
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AVATAR – Avatar Ages Livestream [Part I – Age Of Dreams] (January 9th, 2021)
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…

Trans-Siberian Orchestra – Christmas Eve and Other Stories 2020: Live-Stream (December 18th, 2020)
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…

Joyous Wolf – Whisky A Go Go: Live-stream (December 19th, 2020)
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…

Hollywood Undead – House Party 2020: Live-Stream (December 18th, 2020)
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…

Tesseract – Portals: Live-Stream (December 12th, 2020)
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…

August Burn Red – Christmas Burns Red 2020: Live-Stream (December 11th, 2020)
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…

Greg Puciato – Child Soldier; Creator Of God: Live-Stream (December 11th, 2020)
There is swimming against the tide, there are David vs. Goliath scenarios, and then there is the task of mounting an independent campaign against the…

Evanescence – Live at Rock Falcon Studio: Live-Stream (December 4th, 2020)
One lesson that can be taken as 2020 draws to a close is that there is impermanence in what we see as normality. To be…

Dark Tranquility – Live from Stora Theater: Live-Stream (November 21st, 2020)
Dark Tranquillity, one of Gothenburg’s signature melodeath bands, jumped on the live-stream wagon by offering a video stream of the live world premiere of their…

Fozzy – Capturing Judas: Live-stream Event (November 14th, 2020)
There are many labels that could be slapped onto the phenomenon that is Chris Jericho, but for this trustee of latter-day Gen X and metal…

Paradise Lost – Live at The Mill: Live-stream (November 5th, 2020)
The legendary gothic metal masters Paradise Lost performed their very first live stream this past Thursday, November 5th. The social media advertisement for this event…

Steel Panther – Live at The Viper Room: The “Halloweenie Ride” Live-stream (October 31st, 2020)
Since the pandemic started, Steel Panther has done an amazing job at connecting with their fanbase. Not only they put together their daily public announcement…

Puscifer – Existential Reckoning: Live at Arcosanti: Live-stream (October 30th, 2020)
The world has forgone live concerts for upwards of seven months at a conservative count, but live streams have seen a growing embrace as bands…

Mr. Bungle – Live at Eureka Main Library: Live-stream (October 31st, 2020)
Mr. Bungle pulled no punches on their live stream last Saturday, October 31st. Coming out of a twenty-year dormancy with a re-recording of their first…