Concert Reviews

Asking Alexandria: All My Friends Tour 24

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6 months ago

May 8, 2024

Concerts midweek won’t stop the true fans,especially when it comes to metalcore fans presented with an awesome lineup, which is exactly what Asking Alexandria brought to The Roxian in Mckees Rocks, Pa last Tuesday with their All My Friends North American Tour.

They made it definitely worthwhile bringing along with them all their friends in bands NERV,The Word Alive, and Memphis May Fire.

Opening up the night was the California based band NERV, a 4 piece genre bending rock band fronted by lead vocalist Dillon Jones. Though their setlist was short, the band definitely got the crowd going, playing some of their more well known songs such as Low and Bad Habits. The band just released a new single/collaboration with Awaken I Am titled Upside Down. NERV paved the way and prepared the crowd for our next band, The Word Alive.

The Word Alive picked up the pace from the moment they hit the stage. Again, with a shorter setlist the band played a decent amount of songs off of their latest album, Hard Reset, which was released August of last year. This was also the first album released since changing their label and signed with Thriller Records. While playing well known songs off of the new album such as “One of Us” featuring the ever growing popular band Bad Omens, they did play some older songs as well including but not limited to “Why Am I Like This?” from their 2018 album Violent Noise. Needless to say the crowd was rearing and ready to get rowdy with the next group, Memphis May Fire.

With releasing their last album in 2022, Remade In Misery, Memphis May Fire for sure had a descent list of popular songs from songs such as “Bleed Me Dry”, “Misery” and “Blood & Water” for the crowd to mosh, crowd surf, and all around rock out to. The Texas based band also made sure to play their latest single “Chaotic” which released mid-April. Could we possibly hope for a new album in the near future? I guess only time will tell, but for now let’s get back to the review, as we head into our headliner, Asking Alexandria.

Hoping over the pond, we find our english metal band, as well as our headliner, Asking Alexandria. With lead singer and frontman Danny Worsnop leading stage presence, the crowd surely wasn’t disappointed. The band, now based in York, has had a strong following since being formed in the early 2000’s, and their fans didn’t disappoint. Crowd surfing galore, keeping Security busy throughout the performance, and all out jamming for some of the fan favorites so

much so that they had to come out at the end and give an encore performance of their hit song “Alone In A Room” off their self named title released back in 2017. The Song remained on Sirius XM’s Bigguns list for several weeks when it released. Needless to say, AA definitely brought all their friends, and made a memorable night for their fans..

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King Diamond brought the Halloween party to Silver Spring MD

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3 days ago

November 2, 2024

Ron

King Diamond who’s on tour now with Overkill and Night Demon.

Overkill always puts on a great show and shows that face pace thrash metal is still kick ass. Led by NJ’s Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth Overkill has that distinctive sound with Bobby’s high pitched and raspy vocals. With songs like “Scorched”, “ Rotten to the Core” and “Hello From the Gutter”, Overkill got the crowd into a frenzy and warmed up the stage before the king.

You know it’s gonna be a good night when it’s 3 days before Halloween and you get to see a kick ass set from King Diamond. King Diamond who’s 68 right now still commands that stage and sounds amazing with his insanely falsettos. The stage show at a King Diamond show is always such a great sight to see. With a multilayer setup of stairs and little pieces of elaborate set all over it’s such a great view and perfect setting to watch a King Diamond set.

The set list was amazing too we got to hear songs from such a great career like “A Mansion in the Darkness”, “Halloween “, “Spider Lilly”, “Welcome Home”, and “Eye of the Witch” and of course ending the night with “Abagail”.

If you’re a fan of King Diamond or just a fan of great music that adds that Halloween haunted asylum themed stage performances then you need to go out and check this tour now. King Diamond never disappoints and always puts on one hell of a show.

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Ron has keen eye for new talent, a love for the underground, and a tremendous passion for music of any genera. You’ll probably bump into him at a horror convention or some seedy club checking out the next need-to-know band.

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ITS TIME TO GET YOUR BODY BEAT AND LET THE BLOOD FLOW

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1 week ago

October 29, 2024

Ron

Combichrist came into Lovedrafts in Mechanicsburg with an old school electronic set and the return of PA’s own DeathMaschine.

Combichrist took the dark stage armed with Eric on the synths/sampler and Andy on Vocals and an open stage to rampage on. I got to hear some killer kick ass songs I haven’t heard in a while like “Today I woke to the rain of blood”, “This is My Rifle” and This shit will fuck you up”.

The crowd were super excited to watch the set and everyone was having a good time, dancing to the beats, and singing all the songs and having an amazing time. I’ve been wanting to see Combichrist do these old school sets and have always loved that era of the band. We also got to hear “Like to Thank My Buddies” and “Shut up and Swallow”. We also got a super rare treat for an encore Andy went back even further in his musically roots and pulled out an Icon of Coil song “Dead Enough For Life”, which got the crowd in a frenzy.

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LUDACRIS : THE HALL AT LIVE

Published

2 weeks ago

October 21, 2024

Ron

ATL IS IN THE HOUSE.

Ludacris came into Maryland at the Hall in Live Casino and brought with him the masses that were ready for a good time, good fun and good tunes.

Ludacris said it’s been a long time since he’s been back to Maryland and DC area. I loved that he just came out with his dj and his hype man and himself nothing else was needed when you entertain like Ludacris does. Whether you’re a fan from back in the day or a fan of his movies, Ludacris made everyone happy and made sure they were fully entertained.

Of course Ludacris played some of his hits songs like “Act a Fool”, “Move Bitch”, “What’s your fantasy”, “Get Back” and “Area Codes” but he also played some old school tracks and a few covers like “Holiday Inn” and “Yeah”. The crowd was hitting that good weed as well and threw some blunts up to the stage during “BlueBerry Yum Yum”.

Ludacris made a statement that his first album came out in 2000 and this next year is the 25th anniversary of the album. It was a great night and a great time, Ludacris knows how to keep the fans engaged and entertained all night. He’s very fan friendly and charismatic which makes sense that he’s also a great actor.