Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton + Blues Arcadia : Death Wish Blues TourMetro Theatre, SydneyThursday, 16th of May 2024Score: 4 ½ / 5 Samantha Fish is a Grammy nominated established guitarist and formidable singer-songwriter. Whilst her musical style is largely blues-based, her music delves into other genres, including rock, rhythm and blues, Americana, and to
Yngwie Malmsteen + RagdollLiberty Hall, Moore Park, SydneySunday, 19th of May 2024.Rating: five skulls. The Swedish guitar maestro known as Yngwie Malmsteen, was recently in Australia, whipping through the Australian East Coast to upset road crews for load-ins, and load-outs of many amplifier cabinets and amplifier heads, neatly arranged in an incommensurate backline game of
Latest: The Algorithm. Label: Golden Robot. Filter became a household name in rock and metal circles when the hit song “Hey Man Nice Shot” took the world by surprise in 1995, from their debut album, Short Bus. Given the band was formed by frontman Richard Patrick upon leaving his tenure as touring guitarist for Nine
Filter + Black Smoke TriggerMetro Theatre, SydneySaturday, 6th of April. American industrial and hard rock act, Filter, is essentially frontman Richard Patrick’s project nowadays, stemming from the band he formed after moving on from a touring guitarist role for Nine Inch Nails many years ago. Since then, he has been able to craft a varied
Alice Cooper, Blondie, The Psychedelic Furs, and Wolfmother. The Pandemonium Festival was indeed aptly named.
Headlining: Skillet. Support: Bad Moon Born Enmore Theatre, SydneyThursday, 4th of April, 2024 American Christian hard rock band Skillet last played Sydney in November 2018, at the Big Top, Luna Park. That was a huge show, full of rock bombast, and attended by a sea of eager fans. Now, to kick off the tour of
www.skillet.comLabel: AtlanticLatest: Dominion American hard rock band Skillet are one of those huge international bands that you might not have heard of [if you’ve been living under a rock, or are of a certain vintage], but they have a legion of dedicated, fervent fans who devour all that they do with unbridled enthusiasm. Their first
Glam FestMetro Theatre, SydneySunday, 18th February 2024. For those of a certain vintage, overseas metal mags, and this trusty publication back in the days of print, were the best source of information on the glam metal scene. Sadly, many of the bands in that heyday didn’t make the trek to our fine land, even after
www.atreyuofficial.com Latest album: The Beautiful Dark of Life Label: Spinefarm American metalcore band, Atreyu, are in town, with their We Want Your Skulls tour. Given they have been kicking around internationally for the better part of two and a half decades, they are well experienced with creating bone rattling music on the live front. Their
http://www.tyketto.com https://www.glamfest.com.au/ American hard rock band Tyketto are determined survivors. Decades ago, the band had all the groundwork set to become an international heavy hitter but it was a case of right place, wrong time, partially in tandem with the changing fashions, as the grunge movement took hold and label machinations meant many a band