CONCERT REVIEWS
EPICA – 20th Anniversary Event [Livestream Review] (September 3rd, 2021)
he European metal scene has come a long way in the past two decades, following a seemingly miraculous rebirth of the melodic strain with a…
CONCERT REVIEW: JORDAN RUDESS Dazzles The Audience in An Spellbinding Display of Talent to Close Solo Tour (August 6th, 2022)
There are two types of rock music aficionados. Those who would immediately know who Jordan Rudess is, and those who would raise an eyebrow when…
CONCERT REVIEW: ACE MONROE Owns the Night at Music Hall Huntsville, AL (July 29th, 2022)
Whenever I am asked about an opening band for a concert, my advice is always to show up on time for the opener. Never intentionally…
CONCERT REVIEW: GLASS ANIMALS Made Giant Waves During Nashville Tour Stop (July 28th, 2022)
English-American based indie rock extraordinaire Glass Animals brought their “Dreamland” tour promoting their third full-length album to Nashville, TN on July 28th. The tour kicked…
CONCERT REVIEW: MACHINE GUN KELLY Gives Minnesota a Rock Spectacle to Remember (July 28th, 2022)
MacMachine Gun Kelly – born Colson Baker, 32 – shut the house down on Thursday, July 28th 2022. The Excel Energy Center, filled with over…
CONCERT REVIEW: A Night of Aristo-Fun with THE ARISTOCRATS (July 23rd, 2022)
On a Saturday night in a dark Tampa-area bar, 3 of the finest musicians out there played their heart (and limbs) out to a thrilled…
CONCERT REVIEW: JOSH GROBAN Dazzles an Ecstatic Audience at Toronto’s Budweiser Stage (June 28th, 2022)
On a night where the wind chill provided a much needed cool off from the first days of summer in Toronto, Josh Groban dazzled and…
CONCERT REVIEW: BLACKBERRY SMOKE Certainly Smokes the Roof Off at the Sand Mt. Amphitheater, AL (June 24th, 2022)
If you think that Southern Rock died with Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers Band, then you obviously have never been introduced to Blackberry Smoke.…
CONCERT REVIEW: PUSCIFER Bring an Existential Reckoning to Brooklyn – Kings Theatre (June 25th, 2022)
After a six year hiatus, Maynard James Keenan’s Puscifer are in the midst of a 22-date stateside tour that brought the performance-art troupe to the…
The Live and UnZoomed Tour: STYX, REO SPEEDWAGON and LOVERBOY Prove That Rockers May Grow Old, But Rock Never Does (June 19th, 2022)
With each passing year the list of icons of rock’s early days still manning the stage and bringing this now vintage sonic expression to the…
CONCERT REVIEW: One Part of HEART Rocks Like the Whole Thing – ANN WILSON Lights Up the Florida Night (June 17th, 2022)
Legends never grow old, they simply watch the world change around them and occasionally change with it, or at least that’s the lesson that the…
CONCERT REVIEW: Metal Veterans CRADLE OF FILTH Bring Blast-Infused Blackened Romps to Michigan (June 3rd, 2022)
England’s finest black metal exports and masters of darkness and love Cradle Of Filth swarmed Michigan this past weekend, bringing with them a theater of…
CONCERT REVIEW: California Legends STRYPER Bring Metallic Verses To South Florida (May 26th, 2022)
With the war to reclaim the live music scene from the years of lockdowns still raging, it is only fitting that one of its champions…
CONCERT REVIEW: BORKNAGAR Serve Up Seamless Combination Of Black, Death and Prog-Metal Anthems (May 14th, 2022)
Words by Sumeet Dandekar My introduction to Borknagar came all the way back in 1997, with their sophomore release, “The Olden Domain.” I was intrigued…
CONCERT REVIEW: NIGHTWISH Take Denver Through a Bombastic Journey of Symphonic Metal Treasures (May 15th, 2022)
The Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish opened its Denver set with “Noise,” and concluded with “The Greatest Show on Earth.” Which one best describes their…
CONCERT REVIEW: An Evening Of GENESIS Music Played with Nothing But Class and Remarkable Gusto (May 10th, 2022)
Though I have never had the pleasure of meeting Steve Hackett, I imagine the man to be a bit of the quintessential English gentleman, because…