Concert Reviews

Monday, April 16th was an extremely cold Spring day for Louisville, KY. In fact, waiting in line at the Mercury Ballroom for the Kamelot, Delain, and Battle Beast tour, meant waiting in cold, wet, snow. It was rumored that a band was late arriving to the [...]

I started off this show thinking only two bands were playing, obviously Cradle of Filth but also Uncured to open. To my amazement when I came in early they were already on stage warming the crowd up and doing it fast. This 4-piece progressive death metal [...]

Playing to three-quarters of an eventually packed house, King Woman’s ambient and hypnotically intense set more than adequately warmed up an engaged crowd. Captivating vocalist Kristina Esfandiari, complimented her reverb-drenched, ethereal whiskey and [...]

Dublin, Ireland played its part in what was to be a week of momentous milestones for Symphonic Metal legends, Epica. The current front-runners of the sub-genre have been gearing up to celebrate 1000 shows together on Saturday, April 14th in the same venue [...]

Evanescence made their way to London on a sold out date of the UK tour in support of their fourth studio album “Synthesis” on 31st March 2018. An evening many fans old and new had been waiting for finally arrived at London’s Royal Festival Hall to [...]

Currently touring in support of their recent self-titled release, Pop Evil checked in to the Town Ballroom looking to take no prisoners.  Joining them in the opening slots were Palaye Royale out of Las Vegas and Black Map out of San Francisco.  I was [...]

Iced Earth drew in a rowdy crowd of ravenous metal fans to The Shelter at Saint Andrews in Detroit. The band has been steam rolling across North America as part of their “Incorruptible” World Tour. To say that audience was excited, would be an [...]

Co-headlining shows are always an interesting concept. Most fans either think that one band should be the headliner or that the other band is missing out because they have to play first, causing this somewhat rift between local fan bases that is [...]