Concert Reviews

MARILYN MANSON IS BACK. SINNERS REJOICE

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3 months ago

August 5, 2024

Ron

Last night at the Fillmore in Silver Spring, MD, Marilyn Manson made his comeback, bringing with him The Funeral Portrait and Slaughter to Prevail.

The Funeral Portrait opened up and woke the crowd up with some fun and entertainment. I got to see TFP a while back when they toured with Davey Suicide, and this band is always fun to see. They have such energy on stage, and I love that they put a spin on pushing the boundaries. The lead singer with his priest outfit is always fun for those who are too uptight with their religious blasphemy (but then again, this is a Manson show).

Slaughter to Prevail from “Mother Russia” wrecked the Fillmore with their brutal music. Alex got the crowd hyped up like he always does with his insanely crazy growls and onstage antics. At one point, he called the crowd “Pussies” and told them to start a pit. The crowd surfers and moshers were loving some Slaughter to Prevail. It was interesting seeing them with a more pro-dominant goth crowd, but the fans of the band were there to support them and got the pits going and did the wall of death.

Marilyn Manson was headlining these sub dates on the tour with Five Finger Death Punch. It’s been a while since I’ve got to see Manson play, but while I was at the show, I realized that I first saw Manson 30 years ago in 1994 with Nine Inch Nails. Manson looked and sounded amazing. It was cool to see Piggy D (formerly of Rob Zombie) on bass and guitarist Reba Meyers of Code Orange as well.

Manson played a great set with songs spanning the band’s multi-decade career. They did not play anything from the band’s 1994 debut album, Portrait of an American Family, but played 3 songs off Antichrist Superstar: “Angel With the Scabbed Wings,” “Tourniquet,” and “Beautiful People.” He also threw in some Mechanical Animals songs like “Coma White,” “Great Big White World,” and “The Dope Show.” Manson opened up with “Cruci-Fiction in Space” off the Holy Wood album. We also got to hear the live debut of the newest single, “As Sick as the Secrets Within,” which sounded amazing.

The stage setup was awesome too, with many LED lights of the Manson logo, and he grabbed his light for “Sweet Dreams” and got to see him wear a few of his hats. I do miss the full crazy stage shows he did back in the day, but then again, those cost him so much money. The show was sold out, and I heard that there were over 100 people who bought the meet n greet.

It’s great to see Marilyn Manson back on stage, and like I said earlier, he looks amazing and sounds great too. I feel that time off for a while did him really solid. I hope that this new music brings Manson back into the main fold again so we can get to see him play many times more. If you get a chance to see him on tour with Five Finger Death Punch or one of his headlining shows, I recommend you go and check him out.

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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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Concert Reviews

STRYPER ON A SUNDAY. YES PLEASE

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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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Concert Reviews

King Diamond brought the Halloween party to Silver Spring MD

Published

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

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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.