Concert Reviews

December 9 2016
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Children of Bodom + Abbath + Exmortus + ONI – 12/05/2016 – The Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA

Braving once more the Bay Area traffic after work, today we made it up to the city to catch this very interesting tour featuring very technically proficient bands from different genres. Unluckily for us, the show started super early and thanks to the two and a half hours that traffic made our commute take, we managed to miss ONI and half the set of Exmortus. Only catching a few songs from Exmortus, we still enjoyed a few tracks of their intense Technical Thrash/Melodic Death Metal.
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December 8 2016
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Sonata Arctica + Leaves’ Eyes + Omnium Gatherum – 12/02/2016 – Slim’s, San Francisco, CA

After braving the terrible Bay Area traffic on a Friday, we managed to make it all the way to the city and found a huge line outside Slim’s. With the promise of a quality show, fans crowded the venue to support the bands. Most people had Sonata Arctica t-shirts followed closely by fans of Omnium Gatherum and Leaves’ Eyes.
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October 9 2016
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Fallujah + Between the Buried And Me + Devin Townsend Project - 10/05/2016 – The Regency - San Francisco, CA

Kicking off the post-summer touring cycle in the North America, this week we had a killer tour package with Technical Deathcore Northern California outfit Fallujah, Progressive Metal/Rock outfit Between the Buried and Me (BTBAM) and the legendary Devin Townsend. Having seen BTBAM back in December 2015, we are psyched to hear them play their epic “Coma Ecliptic” album in its entirety during this show. Fallujah delivered a very impressive album this 2016, and we are quite psyched to see if their complex sound translates live.
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August 17 2016
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Prophecy Fest 2016 – Day 2 - 07/29/2016 - Balver Höhle, Balve, Germany

After a fantastic first day, we were pretty excited for the excellent lineup in the closing day. After hitting up the local ReWe for some adult beverages and some food, we made our way to the bat cave again for more music.
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August 16 2016
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Prophecy Fest 2016 – Day 1 - 07/29/2016 - Balver Höhle, Balve, Germany

Having missed attending this very unique festival in 2015, there was no way we will not attend this year with the very impressive lineup. While Balve is a very unique location, it is also a bit of a pain to get there. There is definitely train service, but it is not as frequent as one would expect. This made the decision of renting a car to be able to make our flight back to the states in time on Sunday a no brainer. Another drawback of the remote location is that there are very few housing options, making it a race to book the few hotels or camp.
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May 12 2016
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The Blasfemia Amerika Tour – Behemoth + Myrkur – 5/06/2016 – The Regency, San Francisco, CA

Haven’t seen Behemoth live since 2008 at Tuska Open Air, we were psyched to be able to hear them play their latest release “The Satanist” live for North American audiences. As park part of the package the tour also included newcomer Myrkur and her killer Black Metal onslaughts.
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May 11 2016
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Fear Factory + Soilwork + Spades and Blades + Omnikage - 05/03/2016 - Slim's, San Francisco, CA

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of their historic “Demanufacture” album, Fear Factory returns to the Bay Area with a killer touring line-up featuring Soilwork, Spades and Blades and Omnikage. Braving the Tuesday after work traffic, we made our way up to San Francisco for this killer show.
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December 8 2015
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DragonForce + Kamelot - 12/05/2015 - Rockbar - San Jose, CA

As a new player in the scene, Rockbar has managed to attract pretty good shows in the last few months. Considered a ‘B’ market, San Jose, CA is 30 miles from San Francisco, CA and a completely different world when it comes to Metal shows. Living between the two cities allows us to fully enjoy attending shows in both places.
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December 8 2015
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Intronaut + Enslaved + Between the Buried And Me - 11/28/2015 - The Regency - San Francisco, CA

Being huge fans of Enslaved, we drove all the way back from Las Vegas after Thanksgiving for this show. Fresh of a nine hour drive, the bands did a great job in getting the crowd going and headbanging for the whole show.
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October 29 2015
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Today is the Day + Abigail Williams - 10/16/2015 – DNA Lounge (upstairs room), San Francisco, CA

Slightly disappointed that this show was on the small stage (upstairs room) of the DNA Lounge, we were prepared to witness one of the most innovative USBM bands: Abigail Williams. In the midst of release their latest opus “The Accuser”, the band is set to melt some faces with their music.
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