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The Black Dahlia Murder Pittsburgh Show Review

Published

3 years ago

October 6, 2021

George Archibald

Up From the Sewer Tour 2021

Review and photos by George Archibald

What better way to kick off the month of October than with some of the heaviest band in the land converging on The RoxianTheater in Pittsburgh Pa. The Black Dahlia Murder, After the Burial, Carnifex, Rivers of Nihil, and Undeath all joined forces to bring the Up From the Sewer Tour 2021 to western Pennsylvania. Concert goers came out in masses for a great night of metal, many of them extremely elated to be able to attend as many of the dates of this tour have been sold out across the nation.

Up first was Rochester New York natives Undeath, even though this is the band’s first official tour they did not seem like rookies onstage. The band churned out several tunes emblazon with their own signature sound of death metal; their set was very energetic,and the pit started to show movement early in the night. This Prosthetics Record’s artist sounds like early Cannibal Corpse meets Morbid Angel; I am hoping to see more from them in the future.

Rivers of Nihil took the stage next, fresh off the debut of their new album The Work which released on September 24^th. The band has been touring nonstop since their last album Where Owls Know My Name snowballed in popularity. The band seems very seasoned and at home on stage. The band played through several hits including the single Clean from their newest album.

Carnifex took the crowd by shock and awe with lit Pentagrams and red lighting as they began their set. World War X kicked off the set for the band, as they worked their way through their extensive catalogue. Slit Wrist Savior was a crowd favorite, which got the crowd really moving. The band even played Graveside Confessions off their newest album by the same name for the night. Scott Lewis vocalist even proclaimed that we are taking back to the early 2000’s tonight. Indeed, it did for the line-up to follow was very reminiscent of the old school Myspace days of deathcore.

After The Burial came out blazing hot from the start kicking things off with Lost in The Static. The highly energetic set seen many concert goers surfing the crowd at this point to get as close to the stage as possible. The band even brought in additional lights for their stage set which really brought another element to the atmosphere of The Roxian Theatre. Closing the set vocalist Anthony Notarmaso asked attendees if they brought a friend or loved one out to the venue that night, and to put an arm around them to make this a memorable moment as they broke out into Berzerker in memory of former guitarist Justin Lowe, before closing out with A Wolf Amongst Ravens.

I Will Return kicked off The Black Dahlia Murder’s set, before breaking into Verminous off their latest album by the same name. Vocalist Trevor Strnad was out in full force, casting spells and pumping fists throughout the set. A crowd favorite The Black Dahlia Murder has made Pittsburgh a touring staple for many years. The band broke into Nightbringers next which is one of my personal favorite songs written under guitarist Brandon Ellis. The band’s set consisted of many songs throughout the different evolutions of the band before concluding with Deathmask Devine and Miasma. Overall if you are looking for a night of nostalgia or to headbang your neck off make sure to catch the Up From The Sewer Tour 2021, you will not be disappointed. Everyband brought their A game out and performed their asses off.

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Announcement/News

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.”

Tickets and VIP packages available at WASPnati on.com/tour

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 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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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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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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