Concert Reviews

Cannibal Corpse: 2023 Pittsburgh Show Review

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1 year ago

September 28, 2023

Black and death metal heads of Pittsburgh united tonight to see this unholy union of Cannibal Corpse, Mayhem, Gorguts, and Blood Incantation perform at Stage AE in Pittsburgh this night. The smell of leather, and corpse paint was high walking into the venue as the masses packed in. Tonight would be filled with blast beats and buzzsaw guitar riffs galore.

Blood Incantation took the stage first, under the veil of darkness this band brandished its own brand of death metal. A slow burner band, BI was a great warm up for the night engaging the crowd early on with their own cosmic atrocities. Each song was a journey through the abyss, each verse like a wave crashing on to the crowd.

Gorguts whipped this crowd into a frenzy kicking things off with Rottenatomy. The sonic cacophony paired with Luc Lemay’s vocals echoed throughout the venue as crowd surfing and moshing ensued. The band played on, building the energywith Disincarnated. Other standout performances wereInoculated Life, and Nostalgia.

The infamous Mayhem took to the stage next with their black metal asthetic. Vocalist Attila Csihar came out adorned in black and red robes brandishing a makeshift cross of bones, almost casting spells as performing in the darkness. The crowd was eating it up as the band kicked into Crystalized Pain in Deconstruction, crowd surfer after surfer came over the barricades as the bands black parade continued to play on. Other notable performances were Freezing Moon and De MysteriisDom Sathanas before closing out with Pure Fucking Armageddon.

Death metal titans Cannibal Corpse closed out the night. The band just recently released Chaos Horrific on September 22^nd. Kicking things off with The Scourge of Iron, vocalist George Corpsegrinder Fisher’s vocals were heavy and low, coming at a ferocious cadence. CC immediately went into Blood Blind andDisfigured next. The tag team of Rutan and Barrett continued tofuel the chaos as surfers continued to cascade over the front barricade, as the sound of fast paced chainsaw like riffs rang through the venue. CC carved out 14 songs from their vast catalogue for the night including Walking Dead Terror,Summoned for Sacrifice, and Stripped, Raped and Strangled.

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George Archibald

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STRYPER ON A SUNDAY. YES PLEASE

Published

2 days ago

November 13, 2024

Ron

STRYPER was just in Baltimore the other day on the 40 years of Stryper tour. Playing 2 sets spanning those 40 years. I’ve only ever seen Stryper play at M3 so it was amazing to get to see a full on set then another full on set right after.

For the 1st set we got the 1984-1990 set which included songs like “Loud N Clear”, “Soldiers under Command” and “To Hell with the Devil”.

The second set we got 1986, 2004-2024 with songs like “No More Hell to Pay”, “This i Pray” and ending the night with “Sing along Song”.

It was a great night for Music and sadly more then likely the last show at RamsHead Live I’ll be ever to attend as the are closing their doors (hopefully will be open again with a new venture) but the show was amazing to see Stryper play on the stage. Such great guys and a great band. I love that Stryper is fully engaged with the fans and the show is always amazing. I love that they put their religious beliefs 100% on display but the show never feels preachy or judgmental. If you get a chance to see Stryper play in your city I fully recommend it such a great time and a great band to see play live.

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Ron

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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King Diamond brought the Halloween party to Silver Spring MD

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2 weeks 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

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

Published

2 weeks 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.