Category Archives: Recaps

Recap: Riot Fest delivers once again

Posted by on September 20, 2017

As Riot Fest wraps up for another year, the Chicago based festival once again provided one of the strongest and most diverse festivals around. With headliners like Nine Inch Nails, Queens of The Stone Age, Jawbreaker, Prophets of Rage, Gogol Bordello, A Day To Remember, At The Drive In, and Bad Brains, Riot Fest had […]

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Photos/recap: Royal Thunder bring ‘Wick’ to Saint Vitus, Brooklyn NY, 3/8/17

Posted by on March 9, 2017

Few bands are simultaneously indescribable and unforgettable, making their live performance a different experience than your average rock or metal show. Atlanta rockers Royal Thunder are one of these bands and once you see them live, you can’t stop. The group decided to celebrate the release of their new album Wick one month early with […]

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Recap: Maryland Deathfest 2016 – Part 2

Posted by on June 3, 2016

The last few days of this year’s Maryland Deathfest were filled by many different emotions expected at the end of such a celebration but the question regarding how the festival is evolving from previous festival remains. You can read the first part of our recap/analysis right here. Day three. After an intense night of partying at […]

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Recap: Maryland Deathfest 2016 – Part 1

Posted by on May 31, 2016

Over the past weekend, the biggest annual gathering of metalheads in the US took place with the latest installment of the Maryland Deathfest. The eagerness for the “America’s biggest metal party of the year” was visible among my list of friends and foes planning to lose their necks and minds over the excellent list of […]

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Photos/Recap: Lamb of God, Clutch, C.O.C. give Portland, ME something to die for

Posted by on May 12, 2016

Richmond, VA’s finest metallers Lamb of God are currently melting faces across the United States with Clutch and Corrosion of Conformity. Metal Insider contributing photographer and writer Nathan Katsiaficas caught up with the tour as it made its way to northernmost New England, at the State Theatre in Portland, Maine on May 9th. The evening’s show […]

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