Live Reviews

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.  

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.

On Sunday, April 10th, Australian metalcore band The Amity Affliction brought their headlining tour to the Webster Underground in Hartford, Connecticut. The event sold out weeks in advance, allowing fans to build their excitement for an exceptional show.

From Ashes to New brought The Blackout Tour Pt. 2 to The Observatory in Santa Ana, CA with an electrifying lineup, featuring Point North, Ekoh, Phix and Elijah, with the bands blending all the bases from rap rock to nu metal seamlessly.

Saturday’s stream focused on two more of Avatar’s lengthy catalog of albums, this time around being a set that moved fluidly back and forth between Black Waltz and Hail the Apocalypse. Both records explored everything from groove metal to death metal.

Supporting her just released debut album, Love Made Me Do It, the one and only Kat Von D recently embarked on a four date mini West Coast tour, wrapping it all up at San Francisco’s August Hall on a Saturday evening.

Memorial Day weekend began on a heavy note, as the Back from the Gulag Tour featuring Brand of Sacrifice, Currents, Thy Art is Murder, and After the Burial made its way to The Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts.

When Oldham, Kentucky’s (it’s on the merch) Knocked Loose took the stage, it was mayhem. Their blistering sound bounced between hardcore and metalcore. While Drain’s show was almost equally physical, Knocked Loose pummels with its music.

LACUNA COIL & ALL THAT REMAINS October 1, 2019 Regent Theater Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles welcomed quite a tour to its city—Disease of the Anima Tour featuring co-headlining sets from Lacuna Coil and All That Remains.