Concert Reviews

Rock Resurrection Tour: Reading PA show review

Published

2 years ago

February 27, 2023

Despite the chilly Pennsylvania day outside, fans lined up early outside Reading’s Santander Arena for another sold out date on the Rock Resurrection Tour. The energy and anticipation leading up and everyone lined up tight were enough to keep everyone in attendance warm.
Saint Asonia took the stage first for an excited crowd. Screams echoed to frontman Adam Gontier about how much they loved him, and he showed that love right back through an impeccable vocal performance. The band even treated listeners to a few Gontier project throwbacks in the setlist (Three Days Grace’s “Never Too Late” and “I Hate Everything About You” and Apocalyptica’s “I Don’t Care”), brewing up everyone’s nostalgia. The great thing about their set is there was no reliance on nostalgia; Saint Asonia’s original music is also great and draws people in on its own.

Christian rock quartet Skillet came out next for a bombastic live performance with smoke machines galore, ever-changing LCD panels, moving risers, and more. Vocalist John Cooper blew the roof off the arena between his great vocal demonstration and the anticipation and hype he drew out of every single audience member. Guitarist/pianist Korey Cooper and drummer Jen Ledger also deserve applause for the showmanship they displayed throughout the night. Their setlist also did not disappoint with numerous hits including 2019’s “Legendary”, 2009’s “Awake and Alive” and “Hero”, and “Finish Line” with Adam Gontier.

Theory of a Deadman were the final group to take the stage, and the arena was already buzzing before their set started thanks to a little “Sweet Caroline”. Once their set started, their musical performance proved why the group have lasted as long as they have. Their setlist kept fans of just about every era of the band’s history happy. (It was a good mix of well-known older hits like 2008’s “Not Meant to Be”, “Hate My Life”, and “Bad Girlfriend”, newer tracks like “Dinosaur”, and even amazingly done covers of “Wicked Game” and “Friends in Low Places”.) Their stage presence was more reserved than Skillet’s, but the crowd had fun jamming to the tunes, nonetheless.
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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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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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Concert Reviews

King Diamond brought the Halloween party to Silver Spring MD

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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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Ron

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Concert Reviews

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.