Concert Reviews

Currents: Pittsburgh Show Review

Published

1 year ago

May 20, 2023

It’s been a few days since Currents graced the Enclave Stage in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania’s infamous South Side. They shared the stage with tour mates Like Moths to Flames and Foreign Hands. I am still coming down from the excitement high that the show brought to myself and the audience. I don’t know if it was technically considered a sellout, but it was certainly filled wall to wall, and it certainly was a night to be remembered.

Kicking off the show were Delaware based metalcore revivalists Foreign Hands, who have slowly been building a name for themselves and have recently inked a new deal with SharpTones Records. They certainly began the show on a high note with the song “Tearing Down Your Reality”. They keep the energy up and moving throughout their set with tracks including a “Laceration Wings”, “Chlorine Tears”, and an untitled new song. Frontman Tyler Norris guiding the entire spectacle with his killer vocals and stage presence. They closed out there set with “Separation Souvenir” from their 2022 release Bleed The Dream.

Another fan favorite, Like Moths to Flames, took the stage next. Keeping their set pretty even amongst a variety of their albums from the last few years despite their firing of bassist Aaron Evans earlier this year. Like Moths to Flames came to please and tore through variety of tracks featured on their latest album Pure Like Porcelain which was released in 2021, and No Eternity in Gold, released in 2020. As always, the stage presence for their set was absolutely incredible, and the involvement with the crowd went beyond measure. I can’t express enough if you haven’t seen LMTF, please for your sake get to the next show in your area.

After releasing their latest album, The Death We Seek, at the beginning of May, Currents came to prove they are not playing around. Playing a total of six songs off the new album, including the title track “The Death We Seek”, “So Alone”, “Living In Tragedy” and the single “Remember Me”. Not to leave long-time fans in the dark the band preformed some more seasoned tracks including closing out with one of the fan favorites, “Apnea”. Currents is already off to a great start with just two weeks of the tour under their belt, and it can most certainly only go up from here as the tour continues through mid June.

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Shelby Tyce

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King Diamond brought the Halloween party to Silver Spring MD

Published

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

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

Published

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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Ron

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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.