Concert Reviews

LOATHE PITTSBURGH SHOW REVIEW

Published

2 years ago

November 14, 2022

It was a packed crowd at the Spirit Longue for the opening night of the I Let It In, and It Took Everything Us and Canada tour featuring Loathe, Statis Dress, Omerta, and UnityTx. Tonight, the crowd would be in for a blend of nu metal, rock,hardcore, progressive, pop, punk, and in parts the extreme, as these bands have elements that go off the beaten path at times pushing the song sonically to a new plane. With the advancement of pitch shifters, and electronics these bands have a vast array of sounds at their disposal to wield at their will, building heavier creative rhythms to get the crowd moving.

UnityTx was up first, the band is a cross of nu metal, rap, and hardcore. The songs come out hard and heavy, with a beatdown style to them, low tuned and having a bounce. The vocalist was very active throughout the set pacing the stage and even getting into the crowd during the set. The crowd was getting amped and the first of many mosh pits for the night broke out.

Omerta took the stage next, this band falls more on the heavier side of nu metal, adding elements of experimental metal: noise, pitch shifting, and feedback paired with precision time break beats, think Dillinger Escape Plan and Tallah. The music has the bounce while coming fast paced and aggressive. To pair with the audio chaos this band throws down on stage, every member putting maximum effort in to visually grasp everyone in attendance’s attention. By this time in the show crowd members were climbing onto the stage, to stage dive; the energy level of the crowd was a force to witness.

Hailing from the UK, Static Dress was up next delivering a sonic ensemble of post hardcore, punk and emo to the stage. Vocalist Olli Appleyard was very energic: using all the stage for his theatrics, engaging with the crowd, and encouraging sing a longs. A standout, on stage was the masked guitarist Contrast, this night he was wearing what looked like a purge mask blacked out along the mouth and forehead. While adorning a black raincoat, his presence was haunting while keeping the melody going. The crowd at this point was fully locked in, feeding out of Appleyard’s hand as the band played through their set.

Loathe was next, batting clean up to all these heavy hitters tonight. This UK band takes progressive, nu metal, and alternative metal, and blends it with the melodic, while spicing things up with occasional harsh vocals. At this point of the night, people were standing on top of each other to witness the band play through crowd favorite after favorite. Loathe kicked things off with ‘Aggressive Evolution’ and playing through ‘Two-Way Mirror’. On Screaming, the crowd joined in with vocalist Kadeem France’s more somber vocal lines. The band continued through ‘Is it Really You?’ and ‘I let it in and It Took Everything’ before coming back out for an encore of White Hot.

If you are looking to expand your musical horizons, I highly suggest you catch Loathe and Co as they are performing the ‘I let it in and It Took Everything’ album in its entirety. You will be in for a full sonic assault. This is a high energy show, so expect the crowd and the bands to be moving for the night.

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George Archibald

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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.