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Parkway Drive’s Reverence North American 2018 Tour rolled through St. Louis with Pennsylvania’s metalcore band August Burns Red.  Jake Luhrs’ intensity was present from the opening moments and it stood out how he commanded the energy at The Pageant. The band’s latest album Phantom Anthem from 2017 can be streamed on Spotify …

“Yeah, we can hear you.” That’s what Winston McCall said to the crowd after the opening song at The Pageant.  It was the first time I had been to a show at The Pageant where the house was filled for the opening bands and stayed through the entire night (on …

The Slayer World Tour is celebrating one of the big four’s final run as a world travelling phenomenon.  So what better way to celebrate than having another of the big four going on tour with them.  Anthrax is celebrating over 30 years of thrash and having fun and it showed …

Bad Wolves are really turning heads.  Now that people have been introduced to the band with their cover of “Zombie”, people are now finding out that this band is much heavier than said cover would elude.  Bad Wolves’ debut album Disobey came out a few months ago and is now posting …

“We’re all family now.  That means even if we release a bad album in the future, you still have to love it.” That was a line from Jonny Hawkins between songs during Nothing More’s set, who are on tour with Breaking Benjamin and Five Finger Death Punch.    Their set …

It was a special night in St. Louis because on the co-headlining Five Finger Death Punch & Breaking Benjamin Tour, Breaking Benjamin made sure to close out the night to the demand of thousands who came just for Burnley and company.  St. Louis has been a big fanbase for Breaking …

On July 29th, the Arizona-based band Dropout Kings performed as direct support to Otep on her 2018 summer tour. It was a rainy day in St. Louis, MO., but that didn’t keep people from flooding Fubar to see the show. The energy from the moderately sized crowd was high as …

I was introduced to Australian metalcore at Warped Tour, something I hadn’t really thought about having a scene in the land down under.  In Hearts Wake left a good impression on me with the amount of energy they put out, getting the crowd into the show, and looking to be …

Tonight Alive performed on the Journey’s Right Foot Stage on an extremely sweaty afternoon in St. Louis.  The band is promoting their latest album Underworld which came out earlier this year.  The album has received praise and features vocal support from big names including Corey Taylor & Lynn Gunn.  This was …

New Real Friends album Composure coming July 13th. llinois rock-group REAL FRIENDS have released their newest single “Unconditional Love” off of their upcoming third studio album Composure, set to release on July 13 through Fearless Records. The catchy single, which further showcases their sound change, can be checked out here. Pre-orders for Composure are available here. The band is currently on a headlining run on the Vans …