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Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats Live at Thalia Hall in Chicago

Finally Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats return to North America for an extensive tour destined to conquer a wider audience. In fact a large enthusiast crowd packed Thalia Hall in Chicago to join the intense psychedelic live experience offered by Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats as they performed an hypnotizing & groovy collection of songs including “Shockwave City”, “Mind Crawler”, “I’ll Cut you Down” and “No Return” enhanced by the colorful super trippy background projections.

Prong – Live at The Forge

Prong returned to The Forge in Joliet, IL (near Chicago) as direct support for Overkill on their US Tour. Fresh out of a pandemic, Prong went on and put on an awesome set that the crowd absolutely loved.

Overkill – Live at The Forge (Joliet, IL)

The mighty thrash legend Overkill returned to The Forge in Joliet, IL (near Chicago) on March 10, 2022 and put on an amazing hour and 45 minute set. The band still delivers the goods even after 40 years. If you’ve never checked out Overkill, and like bands like “old” Metallica, Megadeth, Exodus and Slayer give them a listen. I’ll admit, that I recently got into them, so some of my favorite songs are from more recent albums, but definitely give “Mean Green Killing Machine” and “Ironbound” a listen.

Dark Tranquillity Live at Metro in Chicago

Finally Swedish melodic death metal icons Dark Tranquillity are back in North America on a massive tour with Kataklysm and Nailed To Obscurity proving that live music is back in full force. During a memorable show at the Metro in Chicago, Dark Tranquillity performed a diverse setlist including the evocative classic “Therein”, “Phantom Days”, “Transient” and “Identical To None” from the latest acclaimed release “Moment” and paid an emotional tribute to former guitarist Fredrik Johansson with the unforgettable track “Punish My Heaven”.

Kataklysm Live at Metro in Chicago

Canadian death metal titans Kataklysm return to perform live in full force on the current ‘North America Moments’ tour with Dark Tranquillity and Nailed To Obscurity. As true stage veterans Kataklysm proudly unleashed a heavy hitter setlist during their show at the Metro in Chicago including “Underneath The Scars”, “Focused To Destroy You” and “The Killshot” from the crushing latest record “Unconquered” and of course favorite songs like “Taking The World By Storm” and “The Black Sheep” instantly triggered a moshpit.

Nailed To Obscurity Live at Metro in Chicago

German melodic death/doom metallers Nailed To Obscurity recently released the brand new dark & melancholic single “Liquid Mourning” via Nuclear Blast Records and for the first time embarked on a massive North American tour supporting labelmates Kataklysm and Swedish titans Dark Tranquillity. During their live performance at the Metro in Chicago Nailed To Obscurity definitely conquered new acolytes delivering a captivating blend of aggressive grooves and sorrowful melodic grandeur with a memorable setlist that included the latest full length title track “Black Frost”, the new single “Liquid Mourning”, “The Aberrant Host” and “Desolate Ruin”.

Porispere 2021, Pori (Fin)

The celebration of Porispere’s 10th anniversary took place this year after the postponement occurred in 2020. The last weekend of July the festival was held in Kirjurinluoto, recording a sold out on Saturday. Like every edition, the festival has hosted artists of genres ranging from pop to metal; Ensiferum, Beast in Black, The 69 eyes, Stam1na and Apulanta are few of the most noted names.
We were there to capture the moments of this edition with our cameras.
Photos by Cristina Gregori & Miika Riikonen.




The Iron Maidens – Live In Joliet, IL

Rock in the city, Pori(Finland)

Rock In The City tour was supposed to take place to several Finnish cities during the summer of 2020 but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was possible to organize the festival in only two cities; Joensuu and Pori.
We were present with our cameras in Pori on August 21st and 22nd.
The event was held at Kirjurinluoto, a park on an island in the center of the city already known for important music events such as Pori Jazz and Porispere, the age limit was 18, allowing alcohol to be consumed throughout the area. The organization did a great job of maintaining state-imposed restrictions, hand sanitizers were everywhere, there was enough room to keep distance, and security men were always on when needed.
Talking about music, the festival features only Finnish rock and metal bands, this year in Pori performed Amorphis, Battle Beast, Beast in Black, Andy McCoy, Michael Monroe, Sami Yaffa & Costello, Brother Firetribe, Stam1na, Mokoma, Turmion Kätilöt, Viikate, Kotiteollisuus and Klamydia.

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