Concert Reviews

The Nothing That Is Tour

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November 18, 2024

Another fall evening in the Burgh, the air was crisp and cool setting the mood for a great night for metal. The Roxian in McKees Rock, Pa hosted The Nothing That is Tour tonight featuring Fit For An Autopsy. Bodysnatcher, Distant, Sylosisand Judiciary. Fit For An Autopsy brought some of the heaviest and nastiest together to throw down for all of you. An ecclecticbanding of hardcore and deathcore acts that are making waves in the metal community.

Judiciary kicked things off, their music a blend of hardcore, thrash and punk. Their songs had thrash riffs with hardcore rhythms and breakdowns, with an occasional solo thrown in. With horns raised in the air, the crowd gave these Texas natives a well received welcome. This band was a great start to night, bringing the energy in the room up quickly.

Sylosis came out to a fury. Their vocalist ripped at the crowd from the start, asking for a circle pit as they kicked off. This band had moshers and crowd surfers amped up as waves of bodies started coming over the front barricade. Throughout the set the energy never let up, as this band kept pushing the crowd. This energy came to a high when their newest single The Pathwas performed. High paced hardcore mayhem throughout the set, this band had a vast amount of tricks in their bag from solos to even groove to bring to the party.

At the midpoint of the show, Distant took the stage. This band is over the top heavy, riding low tuned grooves into devastatingbreakdowns. The vocalist has a wide range from high pitch screams and growls, to bottom of the barrel gutturals. Distant announced their newest album Tsukuyomi: The Origin, is a week away from coming out. Which kicked off the singleTorturous Symphony. At this point no one was standing still on the floor as moshers were on the move. Bodies colliding into each other until the band finally stopped, at this point the crowd was completely warmed up.

Deathcore veterans Bodysnatcher took the stage next to show Pittsburgh how to throw down. This band rides a low groove while keeping the energy high, accompanied by the unrelentless low growls of vocalist Kyle Medina. The band kicked off withKing of Rats and went right into Dead Rabbit. The floor was swimming with bodies as the band raged on. Other stand out songs were Take Me to Hell, and Black of My Eyes before closing out on Murder8.

Headliners Fit For An Autopsy took the stage with a fury, kicking off with Lower Purpose into A Higher Level of Hate; for a nasty one two punch out of the gate. Seasoned veterans now in their career the band looked very polished and primed. FFAA just released their newest album The Nothing That Is. The band played through several hits, Black Mammoth, The Sea of Tragic Beasts, and Hellions before diving back into their latest album with Hostage. The crowd stayed up and moving through the set as Fit For an Autopsy is a Pittsburgh favorite having visited the city several times during their tenure.

The Nothing That Is tour showcases some of heaviest bands touring right now. Fit For An Autopsy have updated their live show and look ready to take the world fresh off the new album. If you are looking to release some steam or to hear some new music The Nothing That Is tour will not disappoint.

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George Archibald

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STRYPER ON A SUNDAY. YES PLEASE

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5 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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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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ITS TIME TO GET YOUR BODY BEAT AND LET THE BLOOD FLOW

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3 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.