Gig Reviews
Submitted by scott on Dec 21, 2015
Sons Of Texas and Audiotopsy are fairly new with the first forming this year and the latter in 2013. Neither disappointed as they each played fantastic sets that brought the crowd to an early frenzy, mosh pit and all. Both bands appear to have the chops to become successful as their fan bases… Read More
Submitted by rockavlon on Dec 15, 2015
Soldiering on tirelessly for almost twenty years and producing some nine albums and a couple of “live” DVDs along the way, the Swedes were destined to visit our shores once more, this time as headliners. While I remember their 97 club performance fondly, a couple of later encounters on festival… Read More
Submitted by rockavlon on Dec 5, 2015
The event did start an hour later than originally planned, which caused a bit of huffing a puffing to some of the few people that had arrived early on to be there at the start of the gig.
First on came a Greek band called Heart Attack that has recently released their debut through the… Read More
Submitted by scott on Nov 11, 2015
Although Belphegor wasn’t scheduled to take the stage until 9:30 pm, the show was slated to begin at 5:30 pm as seven metal bands from the Maryland and Virginia areas were on the bill. Each band performed for approximately 30 minutes, giving the audience a full evening of metal madness.
Once… Read More
Submitted by scott on Oct 14, 2015
Music festivals can be a logistical nightmare for organizers, especially one as large as Rock Allegiance. One thing was certain as the day progressed and that was this was one well oiled, fine-tuned machine that ran smoothly. The festival was laid out perfectly. Two main stages stood side by… Read More
Submitted by scott on Sep 2, 2015
The band is currently touring in support of their new record and on August 30th, 2015 they played the Baltimore Soundstage in Baltimore, Maryland. They opened with their hit song, “Better Place” and continued with songs from the July release, including “Blow Me Wide Open” and “Fairy Tale”. Mixed in… Read More
Submitted by scott on Aug 23, 2015
The show opened with Houston, Texas heavy metal band Venomous Maximus. The group has been around since 2010 and released their studio record, “Firewalker”, earlier this year. Christian Larson provided a riff heavy backdrop for Greg Higgins’ vocals. The music provided by Venomous Maximus was new… Read More
Submitted by Admin on Jul 31, 2015
Kataklysm went on the stage around 21:00, pretty much spot on the updated schedule. Maurizio Iacono was in perfect touch with the crowd... They opened the show with the song “Reign Again” and they kept rocking performing songs as “Black Ship”, “Push the Venom”, “As Like Slither”, “Like Animals… Read More
Submitted by scott on Jul 20, 2015
I entered the Susquehanna Bank Center when the gates opened at 1pm. There were several hundred fans waiting to clear security, but not nearly as many as I expected for a major music festival. When I entered the venue, I took time to walk around to check out the merchandise tents that were lined… Read More
Submitted by scott on Jul 11, 2015
Sebastian Bach and his band took the stage promptly at 9:45 pm and to the crowds delight, they tore into a great rendition of the hard rocking, “Slave to the Grind”. Bach had the full attention of the audience as he paced the stage, whipping his hair about in true head banging fashion and… Read More
Submitted by joe on Apr 1, 2015
Through years of his performances, Roth has offered a stage entrance that includes spinning a chrome microphone stand at critical speed along with a series of martial arts moves, a field Roth is well adept in performing. Never in history has his precision offered any form of personal injury on… Read More
Submitted by Admin on Mar 19, 2015
Acid Death went on stage at about 9 o clock presenting us some songs of their new album called “Hall of Mirrors” including a few of their oldies like “Apathy’s Murder’s Hope”. I can really report from what I’ve heard that night, that their new album is probably gonna be pretty amazing! They… Read More