Tag: Metal

Kreator 09/27/2024 Chicago

So this Klash of the Titans tour pinned Kreator and Testament as co-headliners and both bands are legends in their own rights. However, I myself love Kreator. Having seen them probably close to ten times, they have never disappointed me to date. Although for a while there it did seem like I was cursed while trying to take photos of them. From the time they used heavy fog and no stage lights for the first three songs to the time that one of their roadies was being less than pleasant and jumped off the stage after picking a fight with a fan thus pushing me out of a good shooting place I always seemed to have bad luck trying to take photos of them. In recent years I’ve had better luck, this show included.

All that aside though, Kreator came out and delivered another phenomenal thrash set included one of my personal favorite songs, “Phobia”. With Mille Petrozza’s commanding vocals and Ventor’s crushing drums Kreator had the crowd flying high with crowd surfers and pit after pit forming in their wake. If you’ve never had the opportunity to catch Kreator live and you like Thrash Metal as much as I do, I highly recommend taking the time to catch one of their shows. And as always “THE KREATOR WILL RETURN!!!

SET LIST
Sergio Corbucci Is Dead (Intro)
Hate Über Alles
Phobia
Enemy Of God
666 – World Divided
Hordes Of Chaos
Hail To The Hordes
Betrayer
Satan Is Real
Mars Mantra (Intro)
Phantom Antichrist
Strongest Of The Strong
Terrible Certainty
The Patriarch (Intro)
Violent Revolution
Pleasure To Kill

Burning Witches – 07/14/2024 at The Forge

This was my first time ever seeing Switzerland’s all female heavy metal act Burning Witches. Truth be told I wasn’t familiar with them until I saw the ad for the show and decided to check them out. I’ll say they really deliver an awesome set full of screaming riffs, crashing drums and powerful vocals. After seeing them live they are definitely getting added to my regular rotation. Recommended for fans of power metal.

Set List

Unleash The Beast
Wings Of Steel
Sea Of Lies
Dance With The Devil
We Stand As One
Lucid Nightmare
Evil Witch
The Dark Tower
Tomorrow
Hexenhammer
World On Fire
Flight Of The Valkyries
The Witch Of The North
Burning Witches

Illumishade – 05/03/2024 at The Forge

Illumishade opened up the night with their own brand of Melodic/Groove/Prog Metal that really got the crowd going. I hadn’t put two and two together that Illumishade featured Fabienne Erni and Jonas Wolf of one of my personal favorite bands Eluveitie. So when I was told they were playing, I was immediately intrigued. And Illumishade definitely delivered. It’s not too often that you attend a show and fully enjoy every band on the line up, but tonight was just one of those nights. If you get a chance to see Illumishade you should definitely get out and see them.

Visions of Atlantis 05/03/2024 at The Forge

So this was my first time seeing Visions of Atlantis in several years. Actually the last time I saw them they had a difference singer, so I wasn’t too familiar with their music or even their style. That being said, I will say they put on a great show. I was thoroughly impressed by their performance and I highly recommend them for fans of folk metal, pirate metal, symphonic metal or melodic metal.

Korpiklaani 05/03/2024 at The Forge

Korpiklaani returns to the states once again bringing with them their unique style of folk metal. As per their usual the band put on a stellar performance rocking out the crowd. Their set list contained a nice mix of both of their older folk ballads and their bouncy folk metal party songs. Regardless of which version of Korpiklaani you enjoy, the show was great. I personally look forward to seeing them and other folk metal acts return to the states after the long cold spell we’ve had post vid.

Black Anvil – Milwaukee, WI 11/12/2022

I admit that I wasn’t too familiar with Black Anvil before this show. However, I was quite impressed by their performance. If you are a fan of Black Metal then they are definitely worth checking out.