Posted by Mark Smitty Neal on October 14, 2022
On September 24th, bay area thrash legends Testament, Exodus, and Death Angel’s second leg of the Bay Strikes back tour attacked Times Square’s Palladium. When I was in high school during the late 80s into the early 90s, this was a tour I would have wished for, and now fast forward thirty-five years […]
Posted by Mark Smitty Neal on August 8, 2022
After two years of postponement, The Stadium Tour featuring rock icons Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Poison, and Joan Jett finally made its way to Hersheypark Stadium on July 12th in Hershey, Pa. As new and old fans, bearing the remanence of an 80’s closet collection consisting of fishnets and stone-washed denim, flocked to the […]
Posted by Mark Smitty Neal on December 30, 2021
Here are my picks for 2021. Top Ten Albums of the Year: 10) Carcass, Torn Arteries (Nuclear Blast) Key Track: “Kelly’s Meat Emporium” 09) The Bronx, VI (Cooking Vinyl) Key Track: “Breaking News” 08) Evile, Hell Unleashed (Napalm Records) Key Track: “Disorder” […]
Posted by Mark Smitty Neal on December 1, 2021
On Tuesday, November 16th, fans flooded to the Warsaw concert venue in Brooklyn, NY, for an evening of friendly thrashing. With a stacked bill that saw Dead Heat, Skeletal Remains, Crowbar, and Municipal Waste all under the same roof, the certainty for chaos was imminent. All the elements were present that night. The evening […]
Posted by Mark Smitty Neal on November 19, 2021
On November 13th, a frigid Saturday evening, Overkill returned home to New Jersey along with Demolition Hammer and Sworn Enemy to play a nearly sold-out crowd at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair. Overkill’s first hometown show in quite some time, over ten years to be exact. These thrashers have played close by in New York […]
Posted by Mark Smitty Neal on November 15, 2021
With Halloween right around the corner, New York City was alive and full of energy, with people all set for their weekend of ghoulish shenanigans. On Friday, October 29th, Hammerstein Ballroom was undoubtedly filled with energy, a different type of energy, one with a packhouse of fans ready to go wild for veteran, So […]
Posted by Mark Smitty Neal on September 13, 2021
On September 1st, as the entire Tri-State area braced itself for the remnants of Hurricane Ida, Soulfly fans braved their way to New York City’s Gramercy Theatre. Unfortunately, Mother Nature got her show started early, with heavy rainfall coming before doors opening. Luckily the building next to Gramercy Theatre, where the line forms, was […]
