Concert Reviews

The Black Dahlia Murder: Pittsburgh Show Review

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2 years ago

April 18, 2023

Spectators packed into the Roxian this evening to witness the return of The Black Dahlia Murder to Pittsburgh. It’s been a few years since the band has visited the three rivers area. This is the first outing the band has planned since the unfortunate passing of former beloved front man Trevor Strnad. Also joining TBDMthis night is Terror, Frozen Soul, and Phobophilic.

North Dakota’s Phobophilic took the stage first. This band really reminded me of old school Carcass with the buzz saw guitar tones and growl styled vocals. During their set a small circle pit broke out, which was a great warm up to get the crowd into the action.

Dallas TX death metal band Frozen Soul was up next. This band had me reminiscing of Dying Fetus, and Morbid Angel. Slow churning metal with half tempo breakdowns that just hit you like a sonic sledgehammer. A pushup pit formed early in their set as the crowd was really matching the energy of the bands stage performance. A stand out moment during their set was Arsenal of War, vocalist Chad Green announced this was the 2^nd time live this song has been performed, and the song was in honor of his brother who had passed recently.

Terror took the stage with a fury, high energy from start to finish. This Los Angeles hard-core troupe announce security was falling asleep at the show and needed a waking up, so everyone needs to get moving. Vocalist Scott Vogel would frantically pace the stage while ripping through song after song. During the set Vogel could be seen throwing his microphone to audience members to even ramp up the crowd.

The Black Dahlia Murder closed out this night, under a shade of green the band kicked off with Verminous. This was the first time for me seeing Ryan Knight with the band, he was apart of BDM during the Ritual and Deflorate albums. Ryan has returned to guitar duties so that long term guitarist Brian Eschbach could pick up the microphone. Pittsburgh also got to see the return of The Ape. As Statatory Ape began dressed in a tank top and shorts the BDM Ape came out throwing bananas to the crowd. It was nonstop chaos from this point on as the crowd ramped up, to Nightbringers and Miasma.

This was a great show to take in. Some may take this as a toe in the water approach to see what lies next for The Black Dahlia Murder. I for one would love to see the band continue to March forward and am excited to see where they go from here. Supporting acts Terror, Frozen Soul and Phobophilic were interesting and entertaining to watch. If you are looking for a death metal show with high energy, count this show in for a good time.

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George Archibald

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King Diamond brought the Halloween party to Silver Spring MD

Published

3 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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1 week 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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Ron

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LUDACRIS : THE HALL AT LIVE

Published

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.