CONCERT REVIEW: THEORY OF A DEADMAN Bring Arena Rock to Starland Ballroom, NJ (February 28, 2023)
The multi-platinum rock band, Theory of a Deadman have teamed up with Skillet for a co-headlining Rock Resurrection Tour. This 25-date tour of the U.S.…
CONCERT REVIEW: POWERWOLF Unleashed In Times Square For First-Ever US Performance (February 23rd, 2023)
Long-running German metal band Powerwolf have long maintained that they had no plans to tour the United States. It’s a reasonable position to take for…
CONCERT REVIEW: STYX Defies The Odds and Ages and Keeps Rocking In The Paradise – Pikes Peak Center, Colorado Springs (February 25th, 2023)
Some of the bands I go to see live have been part of my life soundtrack for a very long time. Styx falls into that…
CONCERT REVIEW: REO SPEEDWAGON Rocks the Night Away with Electric Performance and Nostalgic Hits in Pompano Beach (February 8th, 2023)
Words by Jonathan Smith Classics have a way of continuing to get better with age, and with more than 50 years now in the rearview…
CONCERT REVIEW: KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD and SAMANTHA FISH Bring Blues Rock Excellence to Fort Lauderdale (February 2nd, 2023)
Words by Samantha Buckman If you have never heard the name Kenny Wayne Shepherd, either you don’t listen to music, or you live as a…
CONCERT REVIEW: ALTER BRIDGE and MAMMOTH WVH Ignite the Wellmont Theater in NJ with a Sold-Out Concert (February 1st, 2023)
Alter Bridge are currently on a North American headlining tour supporting their latest album, “Pawns & Kings,” and just completed a six-week European tour last…
CONCERT REVIEW: Thrash Metal Titans ANTHRAX Celebrate 40 Years in the Garden State, Joined By EXODUS and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY for A True Metal Fest (January 31st, 2023)
Nearing the midway point of their 25-date tour of North America, card-carrying members of heavy metal’s “The Big Four” continued their 40th Anniversary celebration at…
FESTIVAL RECAP: 80s Nostalgia Takes over South Florida During ROKISLAND FEST 2023 (January 19th-21st, 2023)
Words by Jonathan Smith | Photos by Joel Barrios The middle of winter might seem the most ill opportune time to hold an outdoor music…
CONCERT REVIEW: SOEN Imperializes Ybor City (December 3rd, 2022)
Soen has been one of the bright spots in the new generation of progressive metal over the past decade, taking their place alongside contemporary giants…
CONCERT REVIEW: OCEANS OF SLUMBER Cast a Spell in Tampa: ‘This Place is Haunted if You Wanted it To Be’ (December 3rd, 2022)
While attending the Soen concert in Tampa this past weekend, I had the pleasure of being introduced to Texas based prog-metal band Oceans of Slumber.…
CONCERT REVIEW: Swedish Lords of Melancholic Metal KATATONIA Bring Haunting Visual Performance to Denver (November 22nd, 2022)
I saw Katatonia in Denver last Tuesday night. Well, sort of… It might be more accurate to say I caught brief glimpses of them, even…
CONCERT REVIEW: LAUREN MONROE Brings A Testimony to The Power of Music at the City Winery (November 9th, 2022)
Lauren’s show at City Winery in New York City on November 9th was just one of a handful of dates on the East Coast to…
CONCERT REVIEW: New Jersey Faces 40 Years of Lawlessness as W.A.S.P. Performs at the Wellmont Theater (November 17th, 2022)
W.A.S.P.’s long-awaited return came to the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, New Jersey, on November 17th. It’s been 12 years since Blackie Lawless and his band…
CONCERT REVIEW: AUSTIN MEADE Rocks South Florida with Dirty, Multi-Layered Energy-Driven Performance (November 13th, 2022)
I must confess that despite the frequent request from publicist extraordinaire Jon Freeman, I haven’t listen to a single note from Austin Meade’s music until…
CONCERT REVIEW: American Rock Gets Grimy in Nashville with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and BRANTLEY GILBERT (November 16th, 2022)
Words by Jonathan Smith | Photos by Alma Reed If American rock, be it of the country or the metallic persuasion, is known for anything,…
CONCERT REVIEW: Legendary Musical Master of Ceremonies ALAN PARSONS Brings Career Spanning Show to Denver (November 11th, 2022)
Legendary audio engineer, songwriter, musician and record producer Alan Parsons has mostly been inactive on tour due to urgent spinal surgery required this summer, and…
