Author Archives: Nathan Katsiaficas

Trivium Unleashes Their Vengeance Upon Nashville: Review and Photos of Trivium, Devildriver, and After the Burial

Posted by on December 2, 2013

Trivium are currently on leg 2 of a massive co-headlining tour with Devildriver (with direct support from After the Burial)  in support of their latest full-length release, Vengeance Falls.  The co-headliner has been going since early September and now leg 2 of the tour continues on through December 15th, ending in California.  This leg of […]

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Review and Photos: Between The Buried and Me, The Faceless, The Contortionist, The Safety Fire, Nashville, 10/25/13

Posted by on October 30, 2013

Last Friday (25), Between the Buried and Me’s Fall tour rolled in for the last date of its six-week run to play a show at Cannery Ballroom in Nashville, TN.  Lately I’d been disappointed in turnouts for metal shows in Nashville, but this show was an exception to this trend, with the venue filled to […]

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Ride For Dime Nashville with Voodoo Prophet and Sevendust – Photos and Recap

Posted by on October 10, 2013

The 2nd annual Ride for Dime Nashville charity show, which raised money for local animal rescue Proverbs 12:10 and the non-profit Ride For Dime took place on October 5th at Nashville Center Stage.  All of the bands playing were playing for free. The event kicked off with a tribute ride down to the venue.  The show […]

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Stream Ride For Dime Benefit Concert Featuring Sevendust And More on October 5th!

Posted by on September 25, 2013

The Nashville RIDE FOR DIME local benefit show is taking place on October 5th in honor of the mighty Dimebag Darrell Abbott. Proceeds will go toward the nonprofit Ride For Dime, which supports music education for kids and includes a scholarship fund to allow kids to pursue music, as well as tolocal charity Proverbs 12:10 […]

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Warped in Indianapolis Part II: Upon a Burning Body, Bring Me The Horizon, The Black Dahila Murder, Architects, While She Sleeps, and more

Posted by on July 11, 2013

Picking up where I left off on Tuesday’s Part I of our coverage of the Indianapolis stop of the Vans Warped Tour, I headed back to the Kia Soul Stage for pop-punk band, The Wonder Years.  I’ve always heard great things about these guys, even from some of my most “metal” friends, and it was […]

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Warped In Indianapolis Part I: Man Overboard, Letlive, August Burns Red, Attila, and The Chariot

Posted by on July 9, 2013

I was fortunate enough to be able to cover the 2013 Vans Warped Tour as it made it’s way to Noblesville, IN (on the outskirts of Indianapolis).  My day began at 2:15am as I grabbed two friends and made the 5-hour drive north, picking up a third friend on the way.  Although the region had […]

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“Gangnam Style” + Meshuggah = One hilarious mashup

Posted by on June 21, 2013

[youtube]http://youtu.be/PUEHNJir_4Q[/youtube] And today in the realm of all things weird and metal comes a mashup of Meshuggah’s “Bleed” with the song “Gangnam Style” by Korean rapper PSY.  The mashup was put together by YouTube user SuperAria18 and uploaded back in October of 2012, but has only started to go viral this week.  While I am […]

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Scion Rocks Memphis, TN: Review and Photos From Scion Rock Fest, 6/1/13

Posted by on June 7, 2013

Scion Rock Fest took place on June 1st across 5 venues along Beale St. in Memphis, TN.  The full festival lineup included a myriad of bands from different metal subgenres, giving fans a diverse lineup to check out all day long.  To make things even better, tickets were 100% free. The day itself was supposed […]

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Photos And Review: Lamb Of God Gives Nashville Something To Die For! (5/18/13)

Posted by on May 21, 2013

It’s hard to find words to describe how intense and awesome Lamb of God, Decapitated, and Anciients were as they made their way into the Bible Belt to crush Nashville, playing at Marathon Music Works.  I’m not certain if the show fully sold out but the venue was definitely packed to the gills with metalheads […]

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Norwegians Invade Country Music Capital: Kvelertak, Cancer Bats, and Black Tusk in Nashville, TN 5/15/13

Posted by on May 20, 2013

Nashville, TN’s Exit/In played host to Norwegian Black ‘n Rollers Kvelertak with support from the mighty Cancer Bats and Black Tusk.   I was really surprised at the demographic that they drew out that night, ranging from folks in their early 20’s to a 60-year-old couple! The venue started to get pretty full just as sludge […]

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