So one of my ex-coworkers just let me know about an upcoming show featuring the band Death Angel with Hell Fire and Charger opening at Slim's in San Francisco on 12/20 (and 12/21). One of our other coworkers...

Any fan of Blind Guardian or Iced Earth should be familiar with Demons and Wizards which is the brainchild of Hansi Kursch and Jon Schaeffer. They were inactive for quite a while after 2005's "Touched by the...

Bandmaid just released their newest album, "Conqueror." Stay tuned for a review! It's a little different from their past albums but they're growing their chops. So far I'm digging the songs "Liberal" and...

It's been a while since DIR EN GREY was in America but they'll be making a tour of it in the usual places come December. The tour kicks off in Los Angeles at the Regent Theater followed by Sacramento's Ace of...

CharaExpo is a bargain at $30 for presale and $40 at the door for the full weekend. Granted since it's two days you'll have to pay twice for parking and that's $18 each but such is life. The main...

Didn't manage to get in on the first show in Chicago? Well, you're in luck! Two more shows have just been announced for the United States. Los Angeles and a second Chicago show will be held in late January....

Japanese female metal band Lovebites has been making waves outside of their home country. They've just announced their next album, "Electric Pentagram," which will be released on 1/29/20. Sadly they still...

Well, this is what I was waiting for.  The win rate for Americans has been fairly high but never say never.  They've changed things again and now the options are much slimmer than both 4th Live which I...

Sabaton is the kind of band that you either love or hate; some say that they're an entry-level babby's first band or full of cheese but others love them to death. I fall into that latter category and I can...

The Palace of Fine Arts is a place in San Francisco where I've been many an occasion bu this is the first time I've come for a concert though. To be honest I didn't even know there was a concert venue here....