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Primus/Mastodon Baltimore Show Review

Published

7 years ago

June 4, 2018

Ron

HERE THEY COME…HERE COMES MASTODON AND PRIMUS

On June 2nd 2018 at the newly named MECU Pavillon(formerly Pier Six) Primus and Mastodon rolled into town with a massive summer tour. I haven’t seen Mastodon since 2013 Mayhem Fest and Primus since the Antipop tour in 1999.

Opening up the show was All them Witches who are from Nashville Tennessee. Opening up with Dirt Preachers, All them Witches had a very interesting sound, sort of a mix of stoner rock and blues. I didn’t know much of this band but was surprised by them, they sounded amazing and all blended well with each other. All them Witches is a band to watch out for.

Mastodon was up next, if you haven’t seen Mastodon before you have for sure missed a great live band. Singer/guitarist Brent Hinds, Singer/Bassist Troy Sanders, Singer/drummer Brann Dailor and Guitarist Bill Kelliher are a force to be reckoned with. Mastodon music could be described as Sludge Metal with a little Progressive Metal mixed in. Opening up with Sultan’s Curse, Mastodon would be killing it all night playing 17 songs. Troy was a mad man on stage swinging his bass around and at one time was biting it, and Brent loves to play for the crowd and just shreds on the guitar. Most of the set was comprised from the latest album 2017’s Emperor Of Sand with songs like Steambreather, Show Yourself and Precious Stones. Mastodon also played fan favorites like Megalodon, and Sleeping Giants, they also pulled out the old school track from their first album Mother Puncher. Mastodon killed it and showed why they won the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance. At the end of the set, Brann came to the front of the stage and talked to the audience some and threw out drum sticks, when the show ended he was out by the busses taking photos with the fans.

Primus was up now and just Incase you haven’t heard Primus Sucks(don’t worry this is a saying that Primus has incorporated into meaning that you actually like Primus) opening up with the music from PeeWee Herman’s Big Adventure Clown Dream Scene, just set the tone before the band even hit the stage. Les Claypool came out and the crowd went nuts. Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers was on first and would get the crowd into even more. Primus coming off a new album The Desaturating Seven which is based off the children’s book The Rainbow Goblins. Primus played the full album in its entirety. Les wearing a cloak and rams head, and drummer Tim Alexander dawning a monks robe would play while in the background were illustrations of goblins and all types of fantasy elements. This album being a much different sound had mixed reactions from the crowd, some just sat down and enjoyed the music while others were still up and rocking out. The album is only 7 songs deep and about 35 minutes or so, but at times it did seem a little odd with how the night was, but with Les you know he’s going to be doing that anyway. At the end of those set of songs, Les would frolic off stage.

Primus then would get back to what the crowd wanted more heavier songs and more of Les playing the bass like a crazy man. Primus would go on to play a few of my favorite songs in a row, starting with Welcome to this World, which always makes me think of the movie Brainscan with Edward Furlong. Of course it can’t be a Primus show if the don’t play My Name is Mud, which just makes the crowd go into a frenzy and mosh and bounce around. Then came Jerry was a Race Car Driver which makes me just want to lose all control, probably one of my favorite songs. Primus would leave the stage and then come back on for a short encore of Here Come the Bastards, then just like that Primus and company left the stage and the lights came on.

Overall it was a great night of music, it seemed a little odd having Mastodon and Primus Tour together but somehow it worked and did well. I’m looking forward to seeing what these two bands will bring in the future and hope I’ll be there to witness it.

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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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W.A.S.P. Album One Alive 2024 US Tour

Published

4 months ago

August 21, 2024

Josh Drespling

Hollywood, CA (August 20, 2024) — It is 2024, and W.A.S.P. is celebrating 1984! 40 years ago, the landmark debut album from W.A.S.P. was released on August 17, 1984, and the metal world was knocked on their ass!

The W.A.S.P. “Album ONE Alive” Tour celebrates the debut album by playing the album in its entirety, from start to finish.

To give the fans something every week to celebrate W.A.S.P. is giving away…

• 10 pairs of tickets a week for the length of the US tour.

• Silver Award – Blackie is also giving away each week of the tour two personal meet and greets in his dressing room. In HIS dressing room!

• Gold Award – One lucky fan will win Blackie’s personal certified RIAA award for the debut album.

• Platinum Award – And the Grand Prize, one fan and a guest will be provided airfare and a luxury Hollywood hotel to the final show in Los Angeles, meet the band and stay for the after show, end of tour party.

W.A.S.P. can only celebrate 1984 once and they want to do it big!

To enter all you have to do is visit and enter your email address:
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It was recently announced that Armored Saint will be replacing Death Angel on the tour. W.A.S.P. issued the following statement: “W.A.S.P. is pleased to announce that Armored Saint will now be joining the “Album One Alive” Fall 2024 U.S. Tour. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Death Angel will no longer be able to be a part of this tour. We all wish them the best going forward.”

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THE ALBUM ONE ALIVE WORLD TOUR 2024 DATES:

10/26/24 San Luis Obispo, CA @ Fremont Theater*

10/28/24 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater

10/29/24 Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre

10/30/24 Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre

11/01/24 Calgary, AB The Palace Theatre

11/02/24 Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory

11/03/24 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory

11/04/24 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot

11/05/24 Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre

11/07/24 Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore

11/08/24 St Charles, IL @ The Arcada Theatre

11/09/24 St Charles, IL @ The Arcada Theatre

11/10/24 Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre

11/11/24 Toronto, ON @ History

11/13/24 Montreal, QC @ MTELUS

11/14/24 Quebec City, QC @ Theatre Capitole

11/15/24 Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre

11/16/24 New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom At Manhattan Center

11/17/24 Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall

11/19/24 Cleveland, OH @ The Agora Theater

11/20/24 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE

11/21/24 Stroudsburg, PA @ The Sherman Theater

11/22/24 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore

11/23/24 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore

11/24/24 Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Live

11/26/24 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium

11/27/24 Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern

11/29/24 Houston, TX @ House Of Blues

11/30/24 San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theatre

12/01/24 Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum

12/03/24 Little Rock, AR @ The Hall

12/04/24 Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion

12/06/24 Albuquerque, NM @ REVEL

12/07/24 Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee Theatre

12/09/24 Tucson, AZ @ The Rialto Theatre

12/10/24 San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues

12/11/24 Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort and Casino

12/12/24 Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl

12/13/24 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield

12/14/24 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium

* No support acts.

About W.A.S.P.

Few bands in the history of rock n roll have ever incited the love, the hate, and the raw emotional effect this band has had on the world. From the very beginning, in the small venues of Los Angeles, California, and later to the numerous countries worldwide that banned these Winged Assassins from performing live, the band’s unique style of shock and rock caused religious organizations, local city councils, parliaments, and the Washington D.C. Senate to hold hearings in an effort to bar this group from selling records and trashing stages everywhere they played.

The band’s founding member, frontman Blackie Lawless, has led the group as its lead vocalist and primary songwriter since its beginning. His unique brand of visual, social, and political comment took the group to worldwide heights and sold millions of records alongside a legacy of sold-out shows across the globe for 4 decades.

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Josh Drespling

Josh is the Publisher and creator of Empire Extreme and it’s sister publication Kingdom Extreme Magazine. He is an accomplished writer, photographer and graphic designer. He is always conjuring up new ideas and has a amazing passion for the music industry and all the things that surround it.

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CD Reviews

Them Damn Kings “Shown With A Fist”

Published

7 months ago

May 20, 2024

Ron

Them Damn Kings from NJ just released a new single “Shown With a Fist”.
If you like your music in your face with a touch of old school rock and roll this is the band for you. It’s got gritty vocals and pounding drums adding in some killer guitar shreds.
It’s a song that you listen to when you want to get into a bar fight or want to drive your car really fast down the highway.
It’s worth a listen, check out the lyric video below with a little bonus guitar mortal kombat shred off.

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CD Reviews

Ashes to Omens “Feed Me More”

Published

8 months ago

May 8, 2024

Ron

Ashes To Omens are a band from Georgia who’s latest single “Feed Me More” has a great sound to it. It reminds me of bands around the mid to late 2000s. They have a good mixture of sound. The song is a perfect blend of hard rock and metal with the vocals very crisp and delivered with passion.

The song “Feed Me More” has a great melody and works well with the bands style and genre of music. It also is a great title to a song because after listening to it I wanted more of the band.

Some will say that it’s very radio rock/metal and sometimes I do have issues with that but I felt that this song even though it does have that feel to it, isn’t just a radio rock song for the sake of being a radio rock song. I think this single is worth a listen to and could possibly be a track that might make your playlist.

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