Live Reviews

The line outside the House of Blues was wrapping around the corner of the upper level of the Garden Walk. Fans were visibly excited to see Dorothy—a band from Los Angeles usually considered a post-grunge, bluesy rock band.

It was a night of metal at the House of Blues Anaheim on Thursday, October 10. The black metal influenced deathcore band Lorna Shore delivered a powerful 75 minute set proving they were the headliners of this stacked lineup of headliner worthy bands.

Godfathers of death metal, Poland’s Vader just wrapped up a month long tour of North America—their first here in almost three years. As luck would have it, it also happened to fall on big anniversaries of three of their most revered albums—De Profundis (25 years), Litany (20 years), and The Art of War (15 years), giving the band an excuse to bring out some deeper, older cuts on this run.

Tis the season for holiday shows, and we may have caught the biggest and heaviest one this year at Buffalo native’s Every Time I Die’s annual two day show Tid the Season—also known to the most diehard of ETID fans (aka Etidiots) as “Shitmas.”

Usually, even at large stadiums, the venues are not filled until shortly before the headlining band is set to take the stage, with fans trickling in throughout the night. That was not the case on this night. The Belasco was pretty much fully packed right from the start of the night.

The post-hardcore emo supergroup L.S. Dunes brought The Like Magick Tour in support of their latest album release Violet to the Belasco on Friday, May 9.  This stop of the tour featured a powerhouse lineup that spanned multiple genres.