KITTIE LIVE PHOTOS—Review and photos by Greg Maki—Celebrating 30 years as a band and marking its first full headline tour in more than a decade, Kittie’s stop in Baltimore, Maryland, on its Legacy of Fire tour felt nothing short of triumphant. The show was moved from Baltimore Soundstage to the larger Nevermore Hall to accommodate... Continue Reading →
SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL LIVE PHOTOS—Review and photos by Greg Maki—After a steady rise, gaining momentum with each album release, 2026 is going down as the year that Slaughter to Prevail officially conquered America. The Russian deathcore act is selling out venues across the country on its spring headline tour, leaving a (metaphorical) path of destruction... Continue Reading →
LIVE PHOTOS—Review and photos by Greg Maki—This show felt like a long time coming after the postponement of a fall 2025 U.S. tour due to visa issues, and the five women of Burning Witches ensured it was worth the wait for the faithful who came out to this strange little venue in historic, downtown Annapolis.... Continue Reading →
LIVE PHOTOS: Lamb of God, Kublai Khan TX, Fit for an Autopsy, Sanguisugabogg—Review and photos by Greg Maki—It’s amusing to think that while patrons happily hit the slots and played table games at MGM National Harbor Hotel & Casino, a complete metal massacre took place inside the venue’s concert hall. Lamb of God officially kicked... Continue Reading →
CASTLE RAT PHOTOS—Review and photos by Greg Maki—For one night, the Ottobar was no longer in Baltimore. With the Rat Queen as our guide, the sold-out crowd was taken into a fantastical realm populated by wizards, dragons, unicorns and other mystical beasts. We had to be wary at all times of the evil Rat Repearess,... Continue Reading →
Review and photos by Greg Maki—The humbly named “Greatest of All Tours” did its best to live up to that (tongue-in-cheek) billing on a Saturday night in Hershey, Pennsylvania, with the two featured acts taking very different paths to get there. Headliner Volbeat played a career-spanning set touching on all but its first record, while... Continue Reading →
LIVE PHOTOS: Parkway Drive, Killswitch Engage, Beartooth, I Prevail, The Amity Affliction, The Devil Wears Prada, Alpha Wolf, Dark Divine—Review and photos by Greg Maki—Summer of Loud is the best metalcore tour … ever? No exaggeration there; just look at the bill with its four rotating headliners. While not the first metalcore band, Killswitch Engage... Continue Reading →
By Greg Maki—Spiritbox has officially arrived. The Canadian act that has been one of metal’s biggest buzz bands since the build-up to its 2021 full-length debut “Eternal Blue” has graduated to simply being one of the scene’s biggest bands, as evidenced by a sold-out show at the 4,000-capacity Theater at MGM National Harbor just outside... Continue Reading →
Review by Greg MakiPhotos by Alana Lopez—If 2024 was the year of Poppy, what are we going to call 2025? After last year’s breakthrough collaborations with Bad Omens ("V.A.N.") and Knocked Loose ("Suffocate," scoring her second Grammy nomination), a headline-making performance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (with Knocked Loose) and her superb sixth full-length, “Negative Spaces”... Continue Reading →
LIVE PHOTOS: Steel Panther, Stone Horses—By Greg Maki—I’ve written quite a bit about Steel Panther on this site over the years, and there’s a simple reason for that: Nearly a quarter century since its beginning, Steel Panther continues to be one of the most entertaining live acts around. Its latest tour, celebrating 15 years of... Continue Reading →
