Amaranthe, The Massive Collision Tour, November 13th and 14th, Flint Michigan, and Green Bay Wisconsin
The Swedish “pop metal” sextet Amaranthe has certainly been showing a lot of love for North America lately. They are currently touring the world in support of their phenomenal third album,...
Delain and The Gentle Storm, Strasbourg and Paris, France, October 28 and 29, 2015
As many times as I’ve seen Delain… and that number is now up in the double digits… the show never gets old. Every time I’ve seen them, Charlotte’s vocals have been stunning and the musical...
Butcher Babies, Fish Head Cantina, October 9, 2015
A Butcher Babies show is always a hell of a party! I’ve seen them perform twice before as an opening act and both shows were a 30+ minutes set of extreme metal mayhem. The music is heavy, the drum...
On the Road with the Metal Warriors of Hysterica: “European Tour, October 2015”
We all have at least one of those bands… a band we’ve totally fallen in love with, but, for one reason or another, have never been able to see them live. For me, the band that topped that list was...
The Epica/Eluveitie North American Tour September/October 2015
By everyone’s predictions, it was going to be epic!… A co-headlining tour with the Dutch symphonic metal powerhouse Epica and the Celtic folk metal legend Eluveitie. With support provided by...
Evergrey, Baltimore Soundstage, Baltimore, Maryland USA, September 5, 2015
The Evergrey show at the Baltimore Soundstage was a bit of an eclectic mini festival. In addition to the headliner, there were four opening bands, each showcasing a different variety of metal. The...
Warriors of the Road Tour, with Saxon, Armored Saint, and Mindmaze, Howard Theatre, Washington DC, USA, September 15, 2015
It was going to be a great night of classic heavy metal! With the American band Armored Saint, and the British band, Saxon sharing the same stage, fans of 70s and 80s classic metal were in for a...
Into the Wild Life with Halestorm, Pier 6 Pavilion, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 2015
It was billed as “A Wild Evening with Halestorm”, as if there could be any other kind! The tour was sponsored by Jagermeister and was billed as a double set of Halestorm songs with no opening...