Reviews

Vampires Everywhere:The Awakening Tour 2021

Published

3 years ago

November 12, 2021

There was no better way to kick off the spooky season than with a show that has a headliner who literally has vampires in the name. That’s right, i’m talking about The Awakening Tour, featuring Vampires Everywhere with Assuming We Survive, The Bunny The Bear, Fate DeStroyed and featured local artist, Mighty Vices. The lineup was truly fully packed for the night, and not a moment was worth missing.

To kick off the show, the tour welcomed a local band with open arms, and in this case, we’re talking about Mighty Vices. A band with members from Ohio, New York, and Indiana, the band surely had their work cut out for them getting ready for this show. Forming back in 2020, the band has surely had their work cut out for them, and within the short span of a year has already released a handful of singles, including “Lost Kids (Looking For An Exit)”, “All The Rage”, and their most recent release which was performed as a sneak peek at the show, “Dossier”, which features Mason Musso of Metro Station and Social Order. The band is definitely making their debut into the punk rock scene memorable, and I for one cannot wait to see what they bring to the table into the future, but for now let’s move onto the next band in the lineup, Fate DeStroyed.

The Los Angeles metal band Fate DeStroyed is most definitely Destroying the status quo of the Metal music genre of this generation. Fronted and founded by Franccesca De Struct in 2018, the band is certainly reaching new heights with every stride, from landing a spot on the Blue Ridge Rock Festival earlier on in 2021, to just releasing their latest EP Two Toned Hearts, which includes their latest single “Death Signs” featuring Jason Alessi. When taking the stage, De Struct made it a point to state that being from LA, the band was not used to the cold that Youngstown Ohio had to offer, but their set most definitely didn’t keep the audience cold for long, keeping them alive and moving for the follow up band, The Bunny The Bear.

The Bunny The Bear is one of those bands who have fans asking the question, “whatever happened to those guys?” Well, I’m here to tell you that they are very much still here and kicking. Despite their set getting cut short, the duo formed by Matthew Tybor (The Bunny) most definitely brought their very best to the show. With their latest album Afterglow releasing in 2020, the band had some of their newer material to play, including fan favorites like “Visions” and “At the Top”, along with their well known cover of “Everytime We Touch” (originally performed by Cascada) and so many more. Next up on the docket, Assuming We Survive.

Assuming We Survive approaches the stage, and with them the audience gathers up close and personal. Playing excerpts from some of their more recent EP’s such as “Too Close” off of their 2019 EP The Enemy Within, as well as “Make It Out Alive” from their 2018 EP Chapters. The Band formed in 2007, with frontman and lead vocalist Adrian Estrella leading the way, the band has definitely held their own over the years. Estrella made sure to make the audience feel included, going out into the crowd and starting up mosh pits, as well as getting up close and personal with them during breakdowns. Needless to say, you couldn’t have asked for a better lineup of bands to lead up to the headliner and main event, Vampires Everywhere.

After a 6 year hiatus, Vampires Everywhere takes the stage once again. Formed back in 2009 by frontman Michael Orlando, or Michael Vampire, the band has been dormant since 2016, until earlier this year, when the band released its most recent single, “Witch”, which was also featured on their most recent EP, and name of the tour, The Awakening. Other songs performed off of the album included fan favorites “The Hills” and “Timebomb”. Another highlight for the night included the bands cover of “Teenage Dream” which was originally performed by Katy Perry, but was featured of their 2010 album Kiss The Sun Goodbye. To say the least, there couldn’t have been a better title for this EP, because Vampires Everywhere are truly awakening, and coming back stronger than ever.

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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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