Concert Reviews

UnEarth/Revocation/Entheos/High Comand Show Review

Published

1 year ago

October 17, 2023

The remnants of an old Pittsburgh church is the home to Preserving Underground, an homage to all things music; from being a record store, to a venue, and even a museum of hardcore history of sorts. From hard to find vinyl, and cds galore, to countless band t shirts for sale, its hard not to walk out with a few favorite pieces. Tonight Preserving Underground was hosts to Unearth, Revocation, and Entheos, the crowd would be in for some relentless thrash, deathcore and metalcore for the nightwith the blend of these bands.

The crowd began packing in as local Pittsburgh band Victims of Contagion kicked things off. The band has a tech death vibe while mixing in bits of melodic prog. Each song came quick and furious, getting members of the crowds nodding approval.

High Command were up next, a blend of thrash, doom and hardcore the band kept the energy up in this nearly packed venue. Army gear, chains and even a broadsword being brandished were all apart of this bands onstage performance. Some of this bands music reminded me of the Schizophrenia days of Sepultura. Pit enticing thrash riffs with a vocal assault to match, High Command definitely are a force to watch live.

Entheos came out like a fury, these tech death veterans kickedthings off with very high energy. This band hits like a truck live with an onslaught of technical proficiency, mixed with raw emotion. The band played through several singles from their latest album This Will Take Us All, including, Absolute Zero and In Purgatory. Vocalist Chaney Crabb stalks the stage while her roaring vocals rip through the crowd like a scalpel.

Up next was the cosmic horror inspired Revocation who has been touring relentlessly over the few years. The band kicked off things with Godforsaken into Of Unworldly Origin. The crowd chanting for vocalist Dave Davidson, as he ripped through the solo on The Other Ones. Moshers really were amped up and running amok as the band played on through other hits from their latest album Netherheaven before finishing out their set.

Keeping the energy high till the end was Unearth. Metal Horns high in the air as the band kicked things off with Dawn of the Militant. The crowd really started throwing down as the band ripped through Giles. Between the duo guitar assault and the furious pace of the drums this crowd was getting a full audio assault. Unearth continued to entertain with The Great Dividers and My Will Be Done before closing things out for the night.

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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

Published

7 days 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.