CHAD GRAY, frontman for Mudvayne and Hellyeah, launched his 30 Years of Madness solo tour at the Fremont Country Club in Las Vegas, a highly anticipated sold out show in Vegas, and I was more than ready to see Vegas wayward son, Chad being near and dear to the Las Vegas fans from his Hellyeah history. In a recent interview with Loudwire, he said this tour came about because Mudvayne decided to take off all of 2026, but he is a worker and his happy place is performing live ons

The legendary Robby Krieger brought his new band Robby Krieger and The Soul Savages to a sold-out crowd at the Copa Room at The Tuscany Suites & Casino in Las Vegas, NV this month. Krieger is best known as the lone guitarist, and the only active of the two surviving members of the well-known late 1960's band The Doors. Drummer John Densmore is retired, and singer Jim Morrison & keyboardist Ray Manzarek being deceased. Krieger is known for his unique style of finger picking a

WHO'S HAVING FUN??? DRAIN crashed into the House of Blues like a tidal wave, with a surf lesson for us all. Watch out for that shark. The show got started with Secret World, hardcore from down under, with members of post Speed, Downside, and Hand of Mercy, with a melodic take on Aussie punk with their 2024 debut EP Guilt Is Good and their second EP Tomorrow Is A Mystery To Me in late 2025. Secret World came in hot with "The Way It Goes" and the crowd got rowdy from the firs

I was very disappointed when I saw that LACUNA COIL was not playing my hometown Vegas on this new SLEEPLESS EMPIRE tour, so I immediately started looking for a city nearby, and decided to head to Phoenix and check out the Van Buren , a nationally historic venue that for the last ten years has hosted an array of music and performances. For this show ESCAPE THE FATE and VOWWS joined the lineup, for a truly metal experience. Australian death-pop duo VOWWS was first on stage,

I had been anxiously awaiting this tour since the day it was announced, and the show quickly SOLD OUT, and fans started arriving nearly two hours before doors opened. It’s no surprise, with three monster metal bands all performing on the same stage, in one of the best venues for metal shows in Vegas. ATTILA hail from Atlanta and have been around since 2005, and their sound is heavy, aggressive with a touch of hip hop. They opened with the new single “Concrete Throne”. They

Once again one of the best thrash bands in the world returned to Vegas and this time headlined at the fantastic Brooklyn Bowl! OVERKILL brought the heat to Las Vegas with he Scorching the Earth World Tour and the Brooklyn Bowl was a fire pit of mosh and metal. Opening up the show were two local bands, MADZILLA & SILENT THORNE , who lit the fuse to get the party started. SILENT THRONE is a very solid metalcore/ rock band that brings great energy and a loyal fan base with th

Hardcore punk hit Area15 like a meteor this month witha co-headlining tour with Drug Church and White Reaper, and support from Spy and Death Lens blowing up the small WALL venue inside the entertainment compound, turning the room into a rotating mass of bands, flailing body parts and perpetual chaos. The show was set for the larger Portal Room, but was moved to The Wall , a decision that halfway through the show hindsight showed it may have been a bit optimistic in the G

Crowbar and EyeHateGod returned to Vegas, with a packed show at the Fremont Country Club and support from Vegas' Papsmear . This show was originally going to be held at the rebranded Bizarre Bar (old Swan Dive) but due to larger than expected ticket sales this show was moved to the larger Fremont Country Club in Downtown Las Vegas for a mobbed venue ready for a metal night of music. Kicking off the show was local legendary hardcore boys PAPSMEAR , a 4 piece heavy thrash b

The Devil Wears Prada kicked the shit out of Las Vegas this week, bringing their Flowers Tour to the House of Blues with guests Four Year Strong, Split Chain , and I Promised the World. The venue was packed early, and the energy already off the charts as the first band took the stage. I Promised the World came out the gate with "Proud" from their 2026 self titled EP and immediately set the crowd on fire. These Texans played a short but power packed set of pure metalcore an

Opeth brought their Last Will And Testament Tour to Las Vegas with guests Katatonia, for a mind blowing show - a visual and auditory masterpiece from the Swedish prog metal gods at the magnificent Pearl Theater at the Palms - not to mention a lot of fun too! Katatonia opened the show with "Thrice" from their new 2025 release Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State, amid smoke and a darkened medieval stage, that reflected the brooding atmosphere of their prog doom metal t

Getting approved to shoot Nothing More's The Carnal Nature Tour flipped the switch immediately; calendar locked, batteries charged, lenses cleaned. Naturally, the day refused to cooperate. A Teams meeting ran long, the kind that steals five minutes at a time until you’re suddenly doing Strip traffic math in your head. I parked at Caesars, slung the camera bag over my shoulder, and hustled across Las Vegas Boulevard through a crowd that proved, once again, anyone saying Vegas

LAMB OF GOD RELEASE “PARASOCIAL CHRIST” TICKETS FOR THE BAND’S SPRING 2026 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR ON SALE JOINING LAMB OF GOD FOR THE HEAVIEST TOUR OF THE NEW YEAR ARE KUBLAI KHAN TX, FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY, AND SANGUISUGABOGG Lamb of God have released “Parasocial Christ”, a relentless three-minute assault that once again pairs the Richmond metal titans with longtime producer Josh Wilbur . The standalone single follows “Sepsis,” which has dominated the U.S. metal charts for the

Photo by Ivan Nasitima Australian grindcore maniacs KING PARROT will return to US stages this Spring supporting intergalactic shock rock legends Gwar on their Gor-Gor Strikes Back Tour ! The onstage bedlam begins on March 19th in Richmond, Virginia and rampages through April 29th in Charlotte, North Carolina. Additional support will be provided by Soulfly . The latest stretch of Stateside dates follow KING PARROT ’s epic jaunt on The Heaviest Tour Of The Summer featuring Pan

This was a hell of a night, Chiodos back together in Las Vegas for a Sold Out insane night with Holywatr killing it out there and Big Ass Truck I.E. blasting the place to get the night started. Big Ass Truck I.E. is a new breakout hardcore band signed to Nuclear Blast Records , and they are LOUD. Self proclaimed to be "fueled by diesel and bad decisions" - a more truer tale was never told. Vocalist Abel Abarca led the melee of moshing fans from the stage, and the show was

Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas hosted the Waterparks Prowler Tour , and what a night! The show was packed, and the eclectic lineup drew fans of all three bands, who each brough their own spiciness to the show. Winona Fighter bounced right onto the stage, with Coco Kinnon jumping and kicking with crazy energy as the pounded out "R U Famous" and the crowd jumped too. The band, with Lead guitarist Dan Fuson and bassist Austin Luther, crash through angsty angry punk rock tunes wit

Eyes Set To Kill is out on the road celebrating the 15 year anniversary of their landmark album Broken Frames , on a headlining stop in Las Vegas at the Swan Dive with guests Stitched up Heart and Lauren Babic, who have all been collaborating this year and make a great tour lineup. Also on the bill was Vegas' Crashing Wayward and Reno based Split Persona to make for a full night and varied line up of music. Unfortunately for this show Lauren Babic was under the weather, an

Memphis May Fire brought the second leg of their Shapeshifter Tour to Las Vegas, for a metal night at the Portal at Area 15 . It was a mind blowing night of sound and lights and a crowd that was insane, as the band gave 200% and blew the roof off. MMF brought a support lineup of Rain City Drive, Nevertel and If Not For Me , mixing metalcore and melody for a night to remember. The show started with Pennsylvania boys If Not For Me , who bounded onto the stage and brought

Silverstein packed the House of Blues in Las Vegas for a SOLD OUT date on their last leg of 25 Years Of Noise Anniversary Tour , showcasing their decades plus catalogue with a show that also featured sets from Bloom, Free Throw , and Thursday . Fans packed against the barricade early, not missing a moment of the show, and got a real treat with Australia's Bloom. The band came out the gate hard, and I really liked them immediately, they had intensity and aggressiveness mixed

I shoot metal more than anything. Dark rooms, fog thick enough to chew, red lights blasting faces into silhouettes, guitarists whipping hair like helicopter blades, pits opening and closing like moving fault lines; it’s where I feel most at home creatively. Metal gives you intensity, unpredictability, and a constant current of motion through the lens. But every once in a while, you need a hard left turn. Something with bounce, humor, and color. When Spike and the Gimme Gimmes