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Concert Review and Photos By Roc Boyum Canadian hard rock band Striker are currently shredding stages throughout North America on their 2024 North American tour. Since this is a club tour, it could be one of the rare opportunities to see them perform in an intimate standing room only (SRO) venue, surrounded by a few hundred closest friends. The club […]
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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 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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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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Review and Photos by Maxwell Williamson On a typical Thursday night in Arizona, I had the opportunity to catch the not so-typical “More Than Meats The Eye” tour (no, meats is not misspelled) at Arizona’s best underground rock venue, the Nile Theater in beautiful downtown Mesa, AZ. This tour is headlined by a parody band like no other – who […]
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Review by Roc Boyum A long awaited new release by Phoenix, Arizona’s rock group Color of Chaos has just dropped. COC recently released their latest single; “Edge of Night” as well as a video that will whet the palates of all the raving COC fans with a video that will have them anxiously waiting for the band’s return to the […]
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Concert Review and Photos by Roc Boyum Dream Theater kicked off their“Dreamsonic“ tour in June of 2023 with special guests, Devin Townsend and Animals as Leaders and this was the prog/metal extravaganza of the year that every Phoenix, AZ prog rocker had been waiting all year to see live; and this show did not disappoint! On a Wednesday night at […]
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Concert Review and Cell Photos By Maxwell Williamson The Sonic Temple Festival 2023 (formally known as Rock on the Range) is a 4 day musical festival held in Columbus, Ohio each year featuring a multitude of rock and music heavyweights, as well as some great new up and coming artists. Consisting mostly of rock and metal acts along with a […]
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Review and Photos by Roc Boyum Arizona Rock Radio station 98 KUPD hosted their annual UFEST rock concert festival at the newly renamed Talking Stick Resort Amphitheater (formally Ak-Chin Pavilion). This year’s lineup featured some of the greatest names in rock music today with Godsmack, I Prevail, Nothing More, Fozzy, The Warning, Grey Daze and The Black Moods. The festival […]
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Review and Photos by Roc Boyum L.A. Rockers Classless Act hit the road for a short headline tour dubbed, West Side Fun Run 23, with a stop at Valley Bar in Phoenix AZ on 05-07-23, with special guests Color Of Chaos and Dead West. The last time LA Metal Media Magazine caught up with Classless Act live, they were on […]
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Concert Review and Photos By Roc Boyum Friday Night exploded in Phoenix, Arizona on April 7, 2023, as Hollywood heroes Stonebreed landed at the Starlight Lounge and hosted a full night of kick-ass Hard Rock with support from two great bands; Ten Cent Revenge and American Headtrip. Stonebreed‘s kick ass hard rock, blend a little bit of Guns N Roses […]
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Review and photos by Roc Boyum Alter Bridge graced The Marquee Theater in Tempe, Arizona with a sold out show before a packed house of ravenous fans who showed up to support this great band. Giving the fans a treat just for this tour, AB also brought with them two very special support acts; Mammoth WVH (featuring Wolfgang Van Halen) […]
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Concert Review and Photos by Maxwell Williamson The Nile Theater in Mesa, Arizona was hit hard on March 22, 2023 with a double punch of brutal deathcore music from the co-headline match-up of Fit For An Autopsy and The Arcacia Strain, this is probably the heaviest tour of 2023 thus far! The sold out crowd flooded the sidewalks of downtown […]
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