Author Archives: Andrew Fiero

Photos/Review: Tekkno Train: last stop NYC’s Palladium for Electric Callboy’s electrifying tour closeout performance w/ Solence & Conquer Divide on 9/15/2023

Posted by on September 25, 2023

    2022 was looking to be a huge year for Electric Callboy. They had begun releasing singles for their then-upcoming album Tekkno, and the momentum continued to build into the new year. Blue Ridge Rock Festival announced in February of that year that Electric Callboy would make their way back to the States for the first time in […]

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Photos/Review: Steel Panther return for an encore party in Huntington, NY on 7/13/2023

Posted by on July 19, 2023

  For Steel Panther fans, their audition on America’s Got Talent has felt like a fever dream. The seemingly out-of-nowhere appearance at the end of May had fans of both the show and the band asking many questions. The hugely popular show isn’t generally known for inviting well-established, well-known talent. So well known, in fact, […]

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Inaugural Sick New World festival to see the return of Coal Chamber and Lacey Strum in Flyleaf in Las Vegas 2023

Posted by on November 8, 2022

  Fresh off the most successful debut of Las Vegas’s When We Were Young festival, it seems it’s time for metal fans to get the same treatment. While October’s festival focused mainly on mid-2000s emo-centric bands coming together in a star-studded affair, May 13th, 2023, will give rise to what has been dubbed as Sick […]

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Daily lineup for 2022 Blue Ridge Rock Festival revealed; more TBA

Posted by on June 13, 2022

  Virginia’s Blue Ridge Rock Festival’s journey this year has been exciting. The festival revealed its change in management after last year’s show. Soon after came the announcement of an upgrade in the venue, moving to the Virginia International Raceway, which are very familiar with dealing with the high volume of fans expected for a […]

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Photos/Review: Sevendust celebrate Twenty years of ‘Animosity’ at the Paramount in Huntington, NY – 5/06/2022

Posted by on May 16, 2022

  After the pandemic forced Sevendust to hold off celebrating 20 years of Animosity, the Atlanta, Georgia natives decided to celebrate one year later with fans. Now of legal drinking age, the 2001 album was Sevendust’s third entry and helped solidify the group as a rock mainstay. Singles including “Praise” and “Angel’s Son” received a good amount […]

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Photos/Review: Trinity of Terror Tour spooked The Paramount in NY w/ Black Veil Brides, Motionless In White, Ice Nine Kills, Lilith Czar

Posted by on April 28, 2022

  Christmas lights were shining bright in the night sky when Black Veil Brides, Motionless in White, and Ice Nine Kills announced their 2022 Trinity of Terror tour in early December of last year. The announcement marked the first time the three bands would be sharing the same stage for a tour. Incredibly surprising, Trinity of Terror was set […]

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Saliva, Kittie, God Forbid, Union Underground among reunited must see performances at Blue Ridge Rock Fest 2022

Posted by on April 5, 2022

    Over ten reunions are among the many promises Blue Ridge Rock Fest has made its fans for the festival’s showing in September. It didn’t take long for fans to find out the first one as Kittie became the first announced band on February 18th. Other reunion announcements have included Union Underground, and God […]

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Guns N’ Roses close-out day three of inaugural Exit 111 festival

Posted by on December 12, 2019

With two days in the bag, Exit 111 had one last day to deliver the goods as the sun rose on Sunday, October 13th. Aside from an early morning chill, Mother Nature was willing to be a little easy on the Manchester, Tennessee crowd. Sunday also brought NFL coverage to the Mega Sports Bar, garnering large crowds […]

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Photos/Review Exit 111 Day 2: Def Leppard poured some warmth into the crowd

Posted by on November 19, 2019

  After the first day of the inaugural Exit 111 festival provided fans with an amazing showing, Saturday (10/12/2019) had a lot to live up. The longest day of the festival, doors opened at noon with headliner Def Leppard’s time on the stage set to go well past midnight to 1:15 AM. With over twelve […]

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In This Moment smoked out the Paramount with ‘Mother’s House of Horror’ on 10/22/19

Posted by on November 5, 2019

Very few, if any, holidays pair up with a genre of music better than Halloween and metal. The two revel in the sick and twisted. Both are about presentation and atmosphere, just as much as the talent bringing everything to life. In recent music, few bands have understood that more than In This Moment. The […]

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