Images and Words by Johnnie Crow Killswitch Engage and Anthrax returned to the House of Blues in San Diego, California on February 13, 2018 as part of their co-headlining Killthrax tour. The venue was sold out and completely full of passionate metal fans. Havok opened the show, the perfect aggressive band to kickstart the crowd...
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Ded at Louisville Palace
Images and Words by Sandy Beitler Ded is a fairly new metal band hailing from Tempe, Arizona consisting of lead singer Joe Cotela, guitarist David Ludow, bassist Kyle Koelsch, and drummer Matt Reinhard. Right now they are touring with New Years Day, P.O.D. and In This Moment. An amazing foursome who put on a show...
LAS RAGEOUS Music Festival Announces Updated Performance Lineup
LAS RAGEOUS Music Festival Announces Updated Performance Lineup Otherwise & New Years Day Join A Perfect Circle, Five Finger Death Punch, Ghost, Judas Priest & more Friday, April 20 & Saturday, April 21 At The Downtown Las Vegas Events Center KOMP-FM & Smash Magazine Launch ‘Battle Of The Fans’ Contest For Opening Performance Slot Deadline...
ShipRocked Family Reunion – A Decade Of Vacationing Harder
FIRST SHIPROCKED CRUISE The very first ShipRocked was a five day floating rock festival on the MSC Poesia that departed from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on November 15, 2009 and featured onboard performances by Queensryche, Tesla, Ratt, Skid Row, Broken Teeth, EndeverafteR, Lynam, Niki Barr Band, Stereoside and StoneRider. The original ShipRockers controlled half of the...
Hollywood Undead and Butcher Babies at House of Blues San Diego
Images by Johnnie Crow Words by Melissa Butterfly Butcher Babies first played San Diego in 2010 at the House of Blues with Hollywood Undead, so it was a special show to be back at it almost 8 years later. At that time, Hollywood Undead played downstairs and Butcher Babies upstairs. Now, they played same main...
Adelitas Way and Joyous Wolf Deliver Holiday Gift to San Diego
Images by Johnnie Crow Words by Melissa Butterfly Adelitas Way brought a musical gift to the Brick By Brick in San Diego, California on December 15, 2018. The show was a very soulful experience, with performances by Down North, Of Limbo, and Joyous Wolf. All of these bands played their hearts out and gave San...





