Concert Reviews

In the beginning, there was Milwaukee Metal Fest. Its initial run from 1987 to 2004 became the stuff of legend. Metalheads travelled from near and […]

Hello fellow heavy metal maniacs! Yours truly has just returned from an absolute whirlwind of a weekend and is feeling every bit of it. While […]

Legions of Metal is a festival I’ve looked forward to annually ever since its 2017 inception from the ashes of Ragnarökkr Metal Apocalypse. Unfortunately, yours […]

Uli Jon Roth has long been my favorite guitarist of all time. His output with Scorpions in the ’70s is nothing short of legendary, influencing […]

Chicago is one of the best towns to be a metalhead in the world. On any given night, somewhere at some venue, an all killer, […]

As I’ve said many times before, the post-COVID era of touring has seen headbangers treated to shows they never thought imaginable beforehand, this past Saturday’s […]

Being that it’s only February, it’s far too early to label any one show the “best” or “worst” of 2024. However, I can safely brand […]

There are few shows these days that, upon being announced, truly blow my mind. I say this because I’ve seen nearly every band that’s interested […]

“Love and marriage, love and marriage. Go together like a horse and carriage. This I tell ya, brother. Ya can’t have one without the other.” […]

When we last caught up with legendary Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre, it was to commemorate the band’s iconic fourth album, Aqualung. The dark, anti-religious […]