Concert Reviews

Polyphia Pittsburgh Show Review

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2 years ago

April 4, 2023

As I pulled up to the venue I was met with a huge line outside the Roxian Theatre as fans came out in the masses for Polyphia tonight in the Burgh. The attendance for tonight seen the crowd line up several blocks down from the venue then wrap around to the back lot and back towards the backside of the venue. Such a great turn out for Polyphia. Polyphia have been taking the music world by storm with each new song comes a new innovation or technique introduced to instrumental music. Known for thesongs Playing God, Goat, and 40 Oz. ; the band continues to push the ability of their instruments.

First on the bill is Unprocessed, a German instrumental band.They use a blend of clean and harsh vocals, with fingerstyle guitar, and technical prog metal, and a load of shred to create very textured songs. The bands performance is very relaxed with points of high energy scattered throughout. For a band who has been with Polyphia for 2 months on the road, there is so much potential. I’d love to see where there a year from now, after refining and developing their music further.

Polyphia took the stage next, and the crowd erupted with energy. Crowd surfers began coming over the barricade as the band played on encouraging a party atmosphere as they worked through their set. Hit songs like 40 Oz, Champagne, and Playing God were huge hits. The band took a moment before an encore of G.O.A.T., and finishing out with their set with Euphoria.

Overall the show had a very relaxed feel while allowing everyone to have a good time. Great music from some of the best musicians on the planet provided the soundtrack to the party at the Rox this night. This is definitely a tour not to sleep on when it comes to your town.

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George Archibald

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King Diamond brought the Halloween party to Silver Spring MD

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2 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

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6 days 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

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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.