You’d be hard-pressed to find someone, not already in the know, to identify the band that released Kill ‘Em All as the same band that released Hardwired…To Self-Destruct. The fast-paced speed metal of Metallica’s debut album Kill ‘Em All introduced … Continue reading Debut Album Review: Metallica – Kill ‘Em All
Stop laughing. Technically, I attended one concert and came close to seeing three before the shutdown. But, as the coronavirus loomed and bands figured out ways to reach the masses without touring I did manage to see a couple of … Continue reading Top Concerts of 2020
Attending a concert often imparts an unimaginable impact on your senses leaving you in awe for days. It’s why we go! This was the norm until the coronavirus put a pause on live events and ended touring. After March, all … Continue reading How To Enjoy Watching Livestream Concerts
That was (mostly) awesome. Love them or forget them, call them a sell-out or it was over after 1989, call them what you will, but Metallica knows how to put on a show whether live in person, at the drive-in … Continue reading Concert Review: Metallica Helping Hands Concert Gives In More Ways Than One
UNPRECEDENTED! Tired of hearing it? So am I. But we do live in unprecedented times and we should probably just make “unprecedented” the title for 2020. Little did we know a year ago, concerts would come to a screeching halt … Continue reading Top 10 Best Coronavirus Songs
Metallica continues to push boundaries and expand their musical horizons, nearly 40 years after these pioneers of heavy metal got their start, with the August 28 release of S&M2, their second live collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony. Metallica first … Continue reading Album Review: Metallica – S&M2
Well, that was a lot better than expected. Metallica kicked off the Encore Drive-In Nights Concert series on Saturday night with a pre-recorded performance broadcast at drive-in theaters throughout the United States and Canada. Most shows were sold out and … Continue reading Concert Review: Metallica Encore Drive-In Nights
2018 marked a decline in the number of concerts attended from last year’s 20. Just 15 (still enough) with 18 bands seen, Metallica the only repeat. Like all years, I saw an array of styles ranging from folk to heavy … Continue reading Top 10 Concerts of 2018
So, after fighting with my wife about leaving early then getting stuck in traffic (proving my point), then having a hard time finding parking because we left late (again, proving my point) we got to our seats just after 8 … Continue reading Concert Review: Metallica – Masters of Portland
Metallica last played the Pacific Northwest about a year and a half ago when 70,000 plus filled the massive CenturyLink Field in Seattle. On Sunday, the fathers of Heavy Metal played the rather quaint, comparatively, Spokane Arena where maybe a … Continue reading Concert Review: Metallica Hardwires into Spokane
