What Fuels the Fire for Sweden’s Largest Heavy Metal Export?!? There is no strategic complexity to the inner cache of IN FLAMES – although the five-piece Swedish band are responsible for blueprinting an entire genre of dark, melodic, twisted death metal…& powerhousing a non-stop impact for the Gothenburg heavy metal scene. Since 1990, they’ve been captivating the world with fierce… (Continue Reading)
August 27th – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – St. Louis, MO – it started off just like every other concert night……full parking lot, long lines, & excited fans talking about the last time they’d seen “The Band” on tour. But, this is where the similarities stopped. There was a burning anticipation & feel of excitement buzzing around the venue…&, I admit, I… (Continue Reading)
On November 26th of last year, I decided to cruise down to the Mohegan Sun Convention Center (in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania) to witness the blistering “Share The Welt Tour”. With a heavy-hitting lineup that included Rains, Hatebreed, All That Remains…& last, but defiantly not least, Five Finger Death Punch – we were all expecting to get more body pounding than… (Continue Reading)
November 16th, 2011 – Thin Lizzy, Black Label Society, & metal icons JUDAS PRIEST overtook the Rochester area with the only non-arena stop on their current “EPITAPH WORLD TOUR”. I knew, immediately, that we were all in for a real treat! The East Main Street Armory has been used by various divisions of the “National Guard” (& other reserve forces)… (Continue Reading)
HINDER – an Oklahoma City powerhouse full of hardrock heat, risqué rhythm, & tantalizing stage swagger who have cemented their trademark throughout the mainstream charts since a 2001 inception. A band for which the girls scream, & the young men dare to personify…living a true-life story of what rock‘n’roll imagery is based on. Thirteen radio singles, eight of them hitting… (Continue Reading)
The Brandt Centre may have been a little bit chilly last Wednesday night in Regina, but the wild & furious ROCK EXHIBITION was enough to keep everybody warm! Jagermeister has done it again, by bringing the Canadian leg of the 2011 “JAGER MUSIC TOUR” to The Queen City…in the province that every band hates to pronounce – Saskatchewan. This year’s powerful… (Continue Reading)
Pandemonium broke out on the prairies, Tuesday night, when heavy metal beasts IRON MAIDEN returned to ravage the stage with epic brutality. Charging into force with their enterprising hit “The Wicker Man” from the 2000 studio album Brave New World, it was a chance for fans to visit the second chapter in Maiden’s anthology of hits…& still catch some “classics”… (Continue Reading)
Bridging the generations between music is never an easy task, but it seems as though rock legends MOTLEY CRUE have it down to an exact science. The attitude they bring to the stage is insatiable, & they set no limits on giving spectators THE BEST possible performance, regardless of any undermining circumstances involved. Crue’s loud & gritty musical strength is… (Continue Reading)
The Stone Temple Pilots commanded the Brandt Centre with unbridled enthusiasm & “psychedelic flair” just a couple weeks ago, in Regina. Although it was only a half-arena show (3,000 to 4,000 in attendance), the crowd response was POWERFUL beyond belief, as was the music on stage. These California rockers were highly criticized, during the nineties, for their “copy-cat” grunge style…grumblings… (Continue Reading)
AC/DC, the legendary rockers from “Down Under”, charged center stage at Mosaic Stadium with force & fury on Monday night, August 24th. The spectacle was enjoyed by over 40,000 fans…that waited for HOURS in line, paid almost ANYTHING just to get tickets, & sang until they SHOOK all night long. Although new material, from the band’s latest release “Black Ice”,… (Continue Reading)
