Black Label Society & Corrosion of Conformity // Live @ The Starland Ballroom // 8.11.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Steven Principato - August 16, 2018 Article and Photos by: Steven Principato Sayreville, NJ -- A massive army of headbangers descended upon The Starland Ballroom on this rainy night, bracing for the oncoming riff-driven sonic apocalypse featuring Eyehategod, Corrosion of Conformity, and Black Label Society (featuring legendary guitar warrior Zakk Wylde). Unleashing the sonic terror through a cacophony of deafening
Melvins // LIVE @ Warsaw // 5.11.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Steven Principato - May 16, 2018May 16, 2018 Article and Photos by: Steven Principato Brooklyn, NY -- Rapidly selling out one of Brooklyn's largest halls, Warsaw - as they do every time they are in town, The Melvins stood ready to fulfill their annual obligation to the rapidly growing parade of devout disciples wrapping around the block. Currently on
Corrosion of Conformity // Live @ The Wellmont Theater // 9.9.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Steven Principato - September 16, 2017September 16, 2017 Article and Photos by: Steven Principato Montclair, NJ - Standing tall as North Jersey’s most notable venue for larger acts, The historic Wellmont Theater, located in swanky downtown Montclair once again opened it's doors to accommodate a blackened parade of metal-heads, lining the streets as they waited, gleefully yet inadvertently frightening the local
The Melvins // Live @ The Stone Pony // 8.5.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Steven Principato - August 10, 2017August 10, 2017 Article and Photos by: Steven Principato Asbury Park, NJ - Upon the legendary stage within the house the “Boss” built, a venue small in size yet massive in music history, the Stone Pony once again geared up for a double feature where the headliner may very well be recognized in similar
Red Fang // Live @ Music Hall of Williamsburg // 12.3.16 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Steven Principato - December 9, 2016 Article and Photos by: Steven Principato Brooklyn, NYC - Effortlessly selling out one of Brooklyn's largest and most significant venues, The music Hall of Williamsburg, a triple threat line-up of stoner-sludge contemporaries comprised of Whores, Torche, and the highly revered Red Fang easily justified the crowd. Drawing out the genre's most ardent disciples, which
EYEHATEGOD // Live @ Saint Vitus, Brooklyn // 4.24.16 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Steven Principato - April 30, 2016April 30, 2016 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
Crowbar @ Saint Vitus // Brooklyn, NY // 3.30.16 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Steven Principato - April 2, 2016April 3, 2016 Photos and article by Steven Principato Brooklyn, NY - Anonymously hidden among the shops, bodegas, and occasional hipster nightspot of the traditionally ethnic but rapidly transitioning neighborhood of Greenpoint, exists a bastion of evil darkness, vice, and other awesome things. Upon entering the inconspicuous and unmarked St. Vitus, one would expect to enter by