CONCERT REVIEWS
PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS – A Vulgar Display Of PANTERA [Livestream Review] (April 9th, 2021)
With most of the civilized world still living in a proverbial prison yard for more than a year, not to mention all of the additional…
THE OCEAN – Phanerozoic I, Live From Club 100 [Livestream Review] (March 25th, 2021)
Just as Robin Staps told us last September during our interview, The Ocean intended to perform a live stream to present their massive paleontology concept work known as the Phanerozoic journey,…
ANGELUS APATRIDA – Madrid Live Pandemic! [Livestream Review] (March 20th, 2021)
Discontent has been the order of the day for the past year; to the point where penned up frustration has led to a number of…
FLOGGING MOLLY – St. Patrick’s Day Live Stream [Presented By Bushmills®] (March 17th, 2021)
It might seem counter-intuitive, but there is a common heritage between the various forms of folk music that have blossomed forth throughout history and the…
AVATAR – Avatar Ages Livestream [Part IV – Age Of Memories] (January 30th, 2021)
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…
AVATAR – Avatar Ages Livestream [Part III – Age Of Madness] (January 16th, 2021)
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…
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…
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…
TRAN-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…