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Review and Photos by Roc Boyum Disturbed’s 25th Anniversary Tour for Their Debut LP The Sickness Disturbed is currently commemorating the 25th anniversary of their debut album, “The Sickness,” with a world tour in 2025, aptly titled The Sickness Anniversary Tour. The first leg of the tour sees Disturbed lighting up stages across North America, including a sold-out show at […]
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Review and Photos by Roc Boyum Dream Theater’s 40th anniversary tour made its way to the Arizona Financial Theater in Phoenix, AZ, on February 18, 2025, captivating a full house that was buzzing with excitement for the event. Reaching a 40th anniversary is a significant achievement, celebrated by only a few select bands, especially within the prog/metal genre. This tour […]
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Interview by Roc Boyum Position Name00:00:00.00 Intro00:00:24.01 Welcome Alex Skolnick00:00:56.02 Metal Allegiance 2nd Decade Together00:01:54.00 Alex Skolnick New Musician Influencies00:05:01.01 Alex Skolnick Comments on Steve Lukather00:05:58.03 Metal Allegiance New Music00:07:14.17 How Does Metal Allegiance Write New Music00:09:02.02 Eddie Van Halen’s Influence on Alex Skolnick00:12:44.13 The Impact of Eddie Van Halen On The Guitar00:15:14.05 Van Halen’s 1st LP00:16:43.20 Alex Skolnick’s Advice […]
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Concert Review and Photos By Roc Boyum Queensryche brought their “Origins” tour, featuring special guest Jared James Nichols, to the stunning Celebrity Theater in Phoenix, AZ, on November 6, 2024, entertaining a passionate crowd of devoted fans. This second leg of the Queensryche 2024 Fall North American tour is aptly named the “Origins Tour,” as the band highlights their first […]
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Concert Review and Photos By Roc Boyum Testament “graced” the sumptuous Van Buren Theater in Phoenix, AZ, on October 24, 2024, as part of their legendary “Klash Of The Titans” tour, featuring a powerful co-headling tour with Kreator. These two heavyweights delivered an unforgettable performance, leaving the Phoenix audience in a state of exhilarating chaos. Kicking off this night of […]
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Review and Photos By Roc Boyum The Metal Gods, Judas Priest, took the stage at the Arizona Financial Theater on 10-18-24, promoting their latest LP, Invincible Shield, with support from the renowned “Swedish War Machine,” Sabaton. Sabaton delivered an explosive performance to the Phoenix audience, presenting twelve songs that were culled from their extensive catalog across seven LPs. The last […]
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Review and Photos By Roc Boyum Falling In Reverse kicked off their Popular Monster II “World Domination” tour at the Talking Stick Resort Amphitheater in Phoenix, AZ, captivating an audience of over 13,000 dedicated fans. F.I.R. gave the Phoenix audience, all the sound, fire explosions, smoke, big screen videos and lights that you’d expect from a headline act on a […]
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Concert Review and Photos By Roc Boyum Korn Achieves Sell-Out Success with over 20,000 Attendees at the Talking Stick Resort Amphitheater on 10-03-24 in Phoenix, AZ; now that’s how to celebrate a 30th anniversary concert! Korn has long been recognized as a pioneer of nu-metal music since their self-titled debut album in 1994. Never looking back, the band continues to […]
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Concert Review and Photos By Roc Boyum French metal legends Gojira opened for Korn on 10-03-24 in Phoenix, AZ to a capacity crowd of 20,000 plus fans. The band consisting of Vocalist and guitarist-Joe Duplantier, Drummer-Mario Duplantier, Lead and Rhythm Guitar-Christian Andreu and bassist-Jean-Michel Labadie, ignited the stage from the very beginning, unleashing a barrage of fiery explosions, synchronized strobe […]
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Review and Photos By Roc Boyum Sammy Hagar’s “The Best of Both Worlds” tour in 2024 showcases an exceptional lineup with Joe Satriani on guitar, Michael Anthony on bass, Jason Bonham on drums, and, of course, the Redrocker; Sammy Hagar on vocals and guitar.The tour is enhanced by special guest artist, Loverboy, making it one of the standout summer tours […]
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Review and Photos By Roc Boyum Hard rock legends Halestorm delivered a thrilling performance at the Arizona Financial Theater in Phoenix on 8-16-24. Halestorm and I Prevail set off on an exciting co-headlining summer tour that matched the scorching heat of an Arizona summer day. On this, their second-to-last show of the tour, they exceeded all anticipated expectations. The lineup […]
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Concert Review and Photos by Roc Boyum The highly anticipated return of MEGADETH finally arrived in Phoenix, AZ, supported by All That Remains and Mudvayne. Here’s how the unforgettable night unfolded: Megadeth performances are truly legendary, and this particular show was one for the history books. Held at the Talking Stick Resort Amphitheater, a remarkable 20,000-seat venue featuring a vast […]
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Scorching Hot Summer Concerts Are Coming To Arizona: The Summer Slaughter Tour. The Marquee Theater Tempe, AZ 7-30-24The Summer Slaughter Tour-7/30/24, Marquee Theater: As I lay Dying: Van Buren Theater_8-7-24 Megadeth: Talking Stick Resort Phoenix_8-8-24 MEGADETH RETURN TO NORTH AMERICA FOR HEADLINING SUMMER TOUR Halestorm: Arizona Financial Theater_8-16-24 Lamb Of God – Mastodon: Arizona Financial Theater_8-23-24 Sammy Hagar: Talking Stick […]
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DIRTY HONEY ANNOUNCES THE FINAL LEG OF ITS “CAN’T FIND THE BRAKES WORLD TOUR”33-Date North American Finale Launches on September 13Ticket Pre-Sales Begin Tomorrow“Blending classic rock riffs with Marc LaBelle’s searing vocals,Dirty Honey have established themselves as one of the most exciting bands of the past few years.” – Nick Wells, Bass Player Magazine TUESDAY, July 16, 2024 — With all […]
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Concert Review and Photos By Roc Boyum Perennial rocker Chris Barron, best known as the singer for the 90’s rock group, The Spin Doctors, brought his solo tour, Chris Barron-A Pocket Full of Chris Tonite 2024 Spring Tour To the MIM (Musicians Instrument Museum) in Scottsdale, AZ on 05-23-24 Upon his entrance, Barron walked out by himself with just his […]
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Concert Review and Photos By Roc Boyum Tom Keifer, one of the heaviest rock voices and dynamic front-men in the business, blazed into the Celebrity Theater in beautiful downtown Phoenix, AZ and shook up the Phoenix audience with an explosive rock n roll show that this Phoenix crowd will always remember. Vocally, Keifer kicked ass throughout this night, despite the […]
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Concert Review and Photos By Roc Boyum Disturbed brought the full force of their Take Back Your Life Tour on 03-02-24 to a sold out audience at the Talking Stick Resort Amphitheater in Phoenix, Arizona with two special guests, Falling In Reverse and Plush. This show was a bit special for Phoenix, AZ since this was a “make-up” show for […]
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Concert Review and Photos by Roc Boyum Not one night, but two sold out nights at the Footprint Center, in Phoenix AZ. On this, night number two, Tool, hit the Phoenix AZ Footprint Center with a night of their mesmerizing brand of prog/rock/metal in front of a capacity audience that experienced a sonic and visual show like no other. On […]
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Article and Photos By Roc Boyum Mike Portnoy, one of the founding members of Dream Theater makes his triumphant return to the band in 2024 to join in creating new music, tour the world and bring back the sound of some of the band’s most iconic material as only Mike Portnoy can!!! When Mike Portnoy made his departure from Dream […]
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SONATA ARCTICA Unveils New Single/Lyric Video, “A Monster Only You Can’t See;” Clear Cold Beyond Preorders Available Photo by Jaakko Manninen Watch SONATA ARCTICA’s “A Monster Only You Can’t See” video HERE. Finnish melodic metal titans SONATA ARCTICA deliver the perfect soundtrack for the cold season with their stormy new opus Clear Cold Beyond, set for release on March […]
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