Article and Photos by: Linda Carlson Indianapolis, IN – You can’t get much more intensely metal than Cannibal Corpse’s current tour, now winding down, with Hate Eternal and Harm’s Way. The combined darkness and raw power of these bands make for an evening of collective release. Chicago’s industrial hardcore Harm’s Way was
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Ghost // Live @ The Taft Theatre // 5.11.18
Article and Photos by: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – It was early in Ghost’s 2018 Rats! On The Road Tour, which started on May 5, and the Taft Theatre was quickly sold-out to experience the theatrics of this Swedish heavy/doom metal band. The concert was a two-act show with a 15-minute intermission,
Electric Wizard // Live @ PlayStation Theater // 5.4.18
Article and Photos by: Steven Principato New York, NY -- Wrapping up a brief tour in the states that began last week at Austin’s Levitation fest, Electric Wizard with special guests, Cough, brought crushing doom upon the spacious halls of Time Square’s premiere venue, The PlayStation Theater. Infrequently touring the Americas, Electric Wizard
Acid King // Live @ Saint Vitus // 10.28.17
Article and Photos by Steven Principato Brooklyn, NY - Revered as a pioneering force in contemporary Doom/Stoner metal, San Francisco’s Acid King took the stage of the packed and sparsely illuminated halls of Greenpoint’s well-traveled den of magnificent malevolence known as Saint Vitus. The band was formed in 1993 by guitarist/vocalist
The Obsessed // Live @ Saint Vitus // 5.18.17
Article and Photos by: Steven Principato Just another typical night at Brooklyn’s own sanctuary for all that is deemed unholy, the depraved denizens of Saint Vitus were once again treated to a spectacular yet eclectic triple-threat performance that easily rivaled the massive rock star guitar god performing just across the river,
Meshuggah // Live @ Starland Ballroom // 11.5.16
Article and Photos by: Steven Principato Sayreville, NJ As the loyal hordes of anxious metal fans filed into The Starland Ballroom, New Jersey’s largest and more frequented venue, one might easily conclude the nature of this gathering. Under an Epic line-up featuring High on Fire and Meshuggah, two bands boasting extreme levels of
EYEHATEGOD // Live @ Saint Vitus, Brooklyn // 4.24.16
Photos and Article by: Steven Principato Returning once again to my distant but preferred den of unholy metal ritual on this sold out Sunday night among the blackend and covenesque cavern of depravity, I had elected to indulge in a bygone obsession of my youth, that being headliner EYEHATEGOD, while at the same time, feast