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Hypocrisy Concert Review NileTheater Mesa AZ 05-17-22 By Roc Boyum Swedish death metal masters Hypocrisy hit the Nile Theater on May 17, 2022 with their headline tour in support of their latest 2021 LP, “Worship”. The opening three support bands were “Hideous Divinity”, “The Agonist” and “Carach Angren” who all put on a stellar show which made for an incredible […]
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Color Of Chaos Concert Review Marquee Theater 05-01-22 by Roc Boyum Color of Chaos returned to The Marquee Theater on May 1st 2022 for another brilliant show in support of their full length LP “Hollywood” and their latest single release , “Cynical.” On this night, the band opened for the famed 80’s hard rock band Quiet Riot, featuring Rudy Sarzo […]
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DragonForce Concert Review Nile Theater Mesa AZ 4-19-22 By Roc Boyum DragonForce made their long awaited return to a sold out ravenous audience at the Nile Theater in Mesa, AZ on April 19, 2022; with special guest Firewind, featuring shred guitarist Gus G. This tour also has two additional great metal bands, Seven Spires and Visions of Atlantis which means; […]
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Beast In Black Concert Review Nile Theater 4-14-22 by Roc Boyum Beast In Black are a Finnish-Greek-Hungarian metal band formed in 2015 by lead guitarist and song writer-Anton Kabanen. Beast In Black have been headlining sold out venues across Europe and have also previously opened for the symphonic metal giants, Nightwish. Now for the first time in the USA, North […]
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Striker Concert Review Nile Theater April 14, 2022 by Roc Boyum Striker, Canadian heavy metal masters, brought their neo/classic 80’s style metal to a ravenous Nile Theater audience on April 14, 2022. The band is Dan Cleary-vocals, John Simon Fallon and Tim Brown– rhythm/lead guitars, backing vocals, Pete Klassen-Bass, backing vocals and Jono Webster-drums and backing vocals. Striker hit the […]
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MONUMENTS– UK Metal Band Set To Release New LP, “In Stasis” on April 15, 2022 Transatlantic Progressive Metal titans MONUMENTS are back with their fourth full-length studio album, “In Stasis” , set for release on April 15, 2022. In Stasis is the first studio LP to feature their new vocalist Andy Cizek, and the first LP to have the return of drummer […]
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Dream Theater Wins “Best Metal Performance” For The Alien Dream Theater was honored at the 64th annual Grammy awards held last night April 3, 2022 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and received the award as the winner in the “Best Metal Performance” category for the song, “The Alien” from the band’s “A View From The Top […]
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Judas Priest Concert Review from the Arizona Federal Theater 03/16/22 by Roc Boyum The long awaited return of the Metal Gods aka Judas Priest was finally here! The band descended upon the capacity filled Arizona Federal Theater in Phoenix, AZ on 03-16-22 with their “50 Metal Years” tour. The show began under darkness with an eerie voice over the PA […]
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Queensryche Concert Review Arizona Federal Theater Phoenix AZ 03/16/22 By Roc Boyum Queensryche have finally returned to the world stage in 2022 as direct support for the Metal Gods aka, Judas Priest. Originally, they had planned to return in 2022 with the Scorpions for a Las Vegas residency tour but when the opportunity to open for Judas Priest came up, […]
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Dream Theater Concert Review, Mesa Arts Center Mesa Arizona 02-02-22 By Roc Boyum Dream Theater honored Mesa Arizona by kicking off their 2022 “Top Of The World” tour at the sumptuous Mesa Arts Center on 02-02-22. Considering that this was their first live show in almost two years, one might anticipate that their first show might have some minor bugs […]
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EVANESCENCE-HALESTORM CONCERT REVIEW AZ FEDERAL THEATER 11-15-21 Evanescence and Halestorm brought the female powerhouse concert of the year to the Arizona Federal Theatre on November 15, 2021 with special guest Plush who are an exciting new all female rock group. Kicking off the night was Plush, an impressive new four piece all female band with a core sound that is […]
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KNOTFEST ROADSHOW CONCERT REVIEW AK-CHIN PAVILION 11-02-2021 Written by Roc Boyum The Knotfest Roadshow made their final stop of this tour at the outdoor AK-Chin Pavilion in Phoenix Arizona on 11-02-2021. This may have been the final stop of this tour, but for the sold out AK-Chin Pavilion crowd in Phoenix Arizona, this evening was the beginning of an awesome […]
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DREAM THEATER CANCEL 2021 TOUR Dream Theater has been weighing the decision of whether to continue with their scheduled 2021 tour or to postpone the tour due to the ongoing uncertainty of touring with the COVID-19 pandemic effecting so many tours. Dream Theater has made the difficult decision to move their October-December 2021 North American tour dates to early 2022; […]
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AVATAR CONCERT REVIEW VAN BUREN THEATER PHOENIX AZ 10-5-21 Avatar, descended on the Van Buren Theater in Phoenix, AZ; in support of their Going Hunting Tour, to a near capacity audience with their most elaborate stage show to date. Avatar recently commented in Loudwire Magazine; “We have announced many tours over the years, and every time we say that we […]
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Color Of Chaos Concert Review from the Marquee Theater Tempe AZ 9-28-21 Color Of Chaos, Phoenix hometown heroes opened up for Buckcherry at the famed Marquee Theater in Tempe, AZ to a near capacity crowd on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. The band came out of the gate with two great new songs, Eva Destruction and Crucified, brilliant rockers with a […]
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Lamb of God Metal Tour of the Year AZ Federal Theater 2021 Metal shows have finally returned and Lamb of God are back with one the most explosive and heaviest shows out there, complete with pyrotechnics! The show begins with a black curtain drawn down in front of the stage and total darkness throughout the entire venue, you could hear and feel […]
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Arch Enemy Concert Review Hollywood Palladium 10/26/19 Arch Enemy Dominated The Hollywood Palladium With Their Shredding, “Will To Power” Arch Enemy returned to Southern California in support of their highly acclaimed LP “Will To Power” to unleash their special brand of melodic death metal. For this show, the band was in direct support of Amon Amarth, so their show was […]
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Judas Priest Microsoft Theater Concert Review_6-27-19 The Metal Gods, Judas Priest returned to the Microsoft Theater with another leg of their Firepower tour but for this outing, they changed things up a bit. For this trek, they’ve chosen not to rest on their fame with a night of their greatest hits; which they could easily do. Instead, they’ve chosen to […]
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Special Thanks To Kobra Paige and Jasio Kulakowski for this interview with Allie Jorgen and LA Metal Media Magazine. Jasio talks about the songwriting and making of Prevail I and II
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It was a Special Night in Los Angeles when Guitarist Glenn Tipton rejoined his JUDAS PRIEST band mates on stage Sunday night (April 22) at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California to perform the concert’s three-song encore: “Metal Gods”, “Breaking The Law” and “Living After Midnight.” The night began with BLACK STAR RIDERS, made up of vocalist Ricky Warwick (THIN LIZZY), guitarist Scott Gorham (THIN LIZZY), guitarist Damon Johnson (BROTHER CANE, ALICE COOPER, THIN LIZZY), bassist Robert Crane (RATT) and […]
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