Concert Reviews

The Warning: Baltimore Show Review

Published

1 year ago

May 24, 2023

Ron

The ladies rocked the house in Baltimore on a Monday night.

The Warning on tour with Plush and Holy Wars, brought the fans, brought the rock and just brought the roof down.

Holy Wars opened up the night. I had never had the opportunity to see them play before so I checked them out prior to going to the show and I was blown away by them. They bring all the elements that I love about music to the stage: banging music that’s in your face, great stage performances, and that little flair of naughtiness. This is a definitely a band to keep your eyes on.

Plush was next, we haven’t seen them since the tour last year with Sevendust and as usual Plush did not disappoint the crowd. They put on such a great show, they kick major ass and had really great set of songs. They all play phenomenally. Moriah’s voice is amazing and beyond that they are all just really super sweet people. Not only did they do a cover of Heart’s “Barracuda” they also preformed their version the Kiss song “Heavens on Fire”.

The Warning were the headliners for the night and this was my first time getting to experience them live. Hailing from Mexico, this trio of sisters not only sang and played exceptional, but they did it beautifully. And.. WOW.. can these women rock! Thye had such great energy and it was extremely fun to just watch play. You could tell form their expressions and body language that they truly enjoy playing on stage with each other, interacting with the crowd, and us photographers down in the pit. The Warning played a blistering 17 song set, with most of the songs coming off their latest album Evolve.

Those of us in Baltimore also got to have a golden ticket song picked out of a jar. The song that was pulled from the jar was “XXI Century Blood” which the band said was a song they haven’t played in a very long time. We also got to hear their version of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” which is the song that helped The Warning build there huge and loyal fan base. Their version of “Sandman” was very atmospheric with chilling , yet beautiful vocals.

Overall this was a great night for live music, the crowd was made of young and old alike and was great to see rock being played from the new generation.

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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

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

Published

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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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.