Deicide announce 2021 tour!
Nathaniel Rateliff – And It’s Still Alright
I would love to sit down over a cocktail and talk music, but more importantly talk life with Nathaniel Rateliff, his music never ceases to amaze me. Musically there’s nothing too special most of the time, but his voice matched with his lyrics make you “feel” and want to groove with him. If you’re looking […]
Horseneck – Fever Dream
Review of the new album Fever Dream by Horseneck!
FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS – ACE OF SPADES – 10/25/19
Frank Turner holds a special, weird, unusual place in my heart because when I discovered him it was a time in my life where I needed to hear a like minded voice, so I usually like to make every effort to see him when he comes to play live. I was leaving for the show […]
AT THE GATES – HOLY DIVER, SACRAMENTO, CA – 10/24/19
If you were to tell me that At The Gates were going to play a venue that only holds around 200 people in Sacramento on a Thursday night I would tell you you’re bat shit crazy. But, this was the case. And what a night it was to be had for everyone. In an absolutely […]
The Struts @ Ace of Spades – Sacramento, CA – 7/5/19
As I sit and watch the magnificent line of Struts fans slowly make their way inside, I’m reminded why I always show up about 30min after the doors open-because there is absolutely no need to wait in those lines in mid size venues, and I’m also pretty blown away by the incredible mix […]
Bloodred Hourglass – Godsend
Album review of Bloodred Hourglass’s new album Godsend
AFTERSHOCK 2019 LINEUP ANNOUNCED!
After welcoming a sold-out crowd of 60,000 peoplein 2018, Aftershock returns even bigger this year, expanding to three full days of performances from some of the most popular music acts, including a mix of chart-topping headliners and up-and-coming buzzworthy bands across the rock spectrum. The eighth annual edition of California’s biggest rock festival takes place Friday, October 11, Saturday, October 12 and Sunday, October 13 at Discovery Park near […]
MUSE – Sacramento – Golden1 Center – 3/7/19
Out of my comfort zone i went for a show that every person I know has told me they put on an absolutely monstress performance. I was not disappointed. On album, the band can sometimes seem to be a bit slow and unfortunately makes them slightly boring. This is not the case with their live […]
In Flames – I, The Mask
If there’s a moment in time that I could freeze and think back to with a much larger magnifying glass, it would be one of the most influential concerts I’ve ever been to. Sometime in the early 2000’s In Flames headlined a tour with Soilwork, Chimaira and Unearth and solidified In Flames as my favorite metal band of […]
Aftershock Festival Upgrades to 3 days and tickets are on sale!
AFTERSHOCK JUST GOT BIGGER! Aftershock will return to Discovery Park in Sacramento, California and we’ve extended the show to THREE DAYS: Friday – Sunday, October 11th – 13th, 2019 You know what that means – more time to ROCK! More good news: Pre-sale tickets are available NOW! Click below for a first shot at getting your tickets to California’s […]
The Bash Music and Beer Festival w/Rancid, Pennywise, Suicidal Tendencies and more….
With Rancid, Pennywise, Suicidal Tendencies & L7, Plus & More On Select Dates With Tastings From A Selection Of Over 100 Different Craft Beers Including The Debut Of Rancid & Ska Brewing’s Brewstomper Golden Ale Touring Festival Launches May 11 In Phoenix, AZ With Stops In Tucson, AZ; Englishtown, NJ; Boise, ID; Tacoma, WA; […]
Hatebreed returns with absolutely bonkers headlining tour package across the U.S.!
HATEBREED ANNOUNCE SECOND LEG OF 25TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR FEATURING OBITUARY, MADBALL, AGNOSTIC FRONT, PRONG, & SKELETAL REMAINS NEW DATES SLATED TO HIT THE MIDWEST + WEST COAST IN MAY FIRST LEG TO KICK OFF IN APRIL 2019 & FEATURES OBITUARY, CRO-MAGS, TERROR, & FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY Hatebreed remain one of the most relevant and impactful acts in the hard rock and […]
Don’t Miss Danko Jones on tour in Sacramento!
They’re coming and they’re bringing their very unique brand of hard rock from Sweden to Harlow’s in Sacramento this weekend 2/17 Sacramento!! Below is the press release on their most current record: New DANKO JONES Album ‘A Rock Supreme’ Due April 26; ‘Dance Dance Dance’ Single Out Now Acclaimed hard rockers’ U.S. tour with Nashville […]
Newcomers iDKHOW rock Sacramento!
Article and Photo Credits: Jess Vincent As the room goes black, a tall dark character comes out on stage holding his bass guitar at the ready. His face decorated with glittery black dots on his cheeks. As he reaches the mic center stage, he begins to pluck out a empathy song for the opening bands. […]
Rocklahoma 2019 Announced with Ozzy, Disturbed, and More!
Rocklahoma is set to take place on Friday, May 24, Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26, 2019 at “Catch The Fever” Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma, just outside Tulsa. Now in its 13th year, America’s Biggest Memorial Day Weekend Party will feature performances from some of today’s top rock artists, including: Ozzy Osbourne, Disturbed, […]
In Flames and Within Temptation to your U.S. in 2019!!
In a massive announcement this morning as we await the new In Flames Music, it appears that Within Temptation and In Flames have joined up for North American tour. I for one cannot wait.
Ozzy Healthy & Ready To Kill at Ozzfest!
With what appears to be one hell of a lineup for a shortened day of Ozzfest, they did a nice job with the announcement a few weeks ago and I for one am heavily looking forward to what will be my 16th Ozzfest! Unfortunately for those outside of California this may be a tough one […]
High On Fire Nominated For A Grammy!
Well, it’s about God damn time a band such as High On Fire was recognized. I’ve never been a supporter of the Grammy’s or the Oscars because it’s a “who you know” and “popularity contest” as opposed to what it should be – about the music (or movie). Congratulations to High On Fire for breaking […]
GHOST Leaves Sacramento Screaming for More
GHOST – 11/13/18 – SACRAMENTO COMMUNITY THEATRE Photo Credit: http://www.joshpiersonphotography.com I’ll be the first to tell you that I have no idea how or why Ghost has gotten as popular as they are, and in fact when they announced this tour and the incredibly large venues they’re playing I actually asked my friend “do you […]
Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals – Holy Diver – Sacramento – 11/11/18
It was the year 2000, Pantera was at the height of their popularity and it also marked the first and only time I got to see them live. They were a force to be reckoned with, a band with so much energy, passion and aggression that no one had seen before them or after them. […]
High On Fire Cancels US tour
In what is a total bummer for those of us that were looking forward to seeing High On Fire this fall/winter, we unfortunately we will not be able to. All of us at Loud & Heavy wish him a quick recovery! The following is the official announcement: (October 29, 2018) High On Fire will not participate in […]
Slash w/Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators with Classless Act
SLASH w/Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators – Hollywood Palladium – 10/16/18 When a person such as me spends time in LA, pretty much any amount of time in LA, I start to feel at home every single time. It’s amazing that after years of traveling back and forth from Sacramento to LA that I haven’t […]
Slash w/Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators – Living The Dream
“Living The Dream” is a special record that has all the layers of Myles Kennedy’s beautiful voice and the screaming melodies of Slash along with The Conspirators to keep your love for traditional rip-roaring Rock ’N Roll alive! If you tell me you like rock ’n roll but don’t like what Slash and Myles Kennedy […]
High On Fire – Electric Messiah
There’s not much that I can say that can quite prepare you for the attack that High On Fire puts out on ‘Electric Messiah.” From top to bottom this album moves so quickly and so precisely that it’s amazing to get through. It’s everything you expect from High On Fire, but seems to be much […]
As I Lay Dying Plans To Tour the Earth This Year
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last few weeks, I’m sure you’ve noticed that As I Lay Dying is planning a new album release as well as a new tour to go along with it. And oddly enough I think they’ve underestimated the amount of people that still support them even after frontman […]
Everclear Live Show Review
EVERCLEAR – 6/27/18 – SACRAMENTO, CA Written By: Josh Pierson Photo Credits: Josh Pierson Photography Instagram I have very little context when it comes to Everclear live, or really, Everclear at all. In the 90’s when Everclear was at the height of their popularity with hits like “Santa Monica” I was dug deep into the budding […]
Paradise Lost Announce Fall US 30th Anniversary Tour
Paradise Lost have announced a US tour. The first since 2012, and surprisingly their 30th anniversary tour, here’s the excerpt from the band: JUST ANNOUNCED: 30th Anniversary North American Tour with special guests SÓLSTAFIR and The Atlas Moth! “The last time we toured in the USA, was in 2012 on the ‘The Epic Kings and […]
Black Fast – Spectre of Ruin
What can I say that hasn’t already been said over the last few weeks about this album? I’ll give it a try. Black Fast has continuously impressed album after album, but this album has something else. An undeniable brutally fast black thrash attack that incinerates your ears track after track. Live, Black Fast absolutely shreds […]
My Night Out With Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul
(Photo: ©Annamaria DiSanto\/WireImage) Last night I came out of a movie premiere for some of our film scene folks here in Sacramento to the news of the passing of Vinnie Paul, brother to Dimebag Darrell, and famed drummer of the great Pantera and rockers Hell Yeah. But I feel the need to share this story […]
Styx With Tesla Sacramento 060218
As I wandered into a semi busy amphitheater that sits about an hour north of Sacramento it was very apparent how many people were here for the opener – Tesla. And why not? They are after all hometown heroes to some degree, and definitely for an older audience that was more about the 80’s hair […]
SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, ANTHRAX, BEHEMOTH AND TESTAMENT – SACRAMENTO, CA – 5/13/18
My entire concert life has been riddled with Slayer, for good or bad, on and off days, they’ve just always been there lurking in the background as a band that I never went out of my way to see because they were always there, with the exception of one time at The Warfield in San […]
Nine Inch Nails wants you to interact with actual humans on 2018 tour!
In an interesting attempt to make other human beings interact with other human beings, NIN has made it virtually impossible to buy tickets for their latest tour anywhere other than in person on the day they go on sale. While one could assume this is a feable attempt to appeal to the hipsters who will […]
At The Gates – To Drink From The Night Itself
At The Gates – To Drink From The Night Itself May be the best all around album I’ve heard in quite some time. Talk about a follow-up from “At War With Reality”! From start to finish this album is an all-out assault on your ears. Bruising guitar riffs and drums that remind you that Swedish […]
Frank Turner – Be More Kind
Where do I start on this one? I’ll start by saying that I’ve been a big Frank Turner fan since his first album dropped and it reminded me of Bruce Springsteen and was almost bordering on the side of indie rock, he still had enough of that 70’s rock edge to make it appealing to […]
Black Fast premiere new video/track “Cloak of Lies”
Black Fast never disappoints, and I mean never. This new track Cloak of Lies is absolutely scorching! While I have to say from a video production standpoint I don’t feel like it really embodies the bands live performance at all, which is also scorching. So I always feel that if you’re going to make a […]
Light This City // Terminal Bloom
Light This City – Terminal Bloom Light This City have returned with an absolute punch to the gut. One of the most underrated Bay area thrash bands of the last decade and a half have again released an album that is brutally bludgeoning from start to finish. It would do me no good to go […]
Power Trip to release unreleased material album.
To kick off their celebration of ten years as a band, Dark Operative is proud to present POWER TRIP’s Opening Fire: 2008-2014, a complete collection of the band’s earliest non-LP output. Opening Fire: 2008-2014 documents POWER TRIP’s self-titled 7”, “This World” (from The Extermination Vol: II LP compilation on Flatspot Records), “Hammer of Doubt” (2010 […]
Guns ‘N Roses NOT reuniting as speculated; releasing box set
In an age where I had no idea that box sets were still a thing, it appears that Guns ‘N Roses have decided to NOT reunite as many speculated, hoped and prayed, but have decided to instead continue the cash cow that has become the new GnR. Apparently it was not enough that they were […]
Guns ‘N Roses Appetite Full Reunion?
Is there a full reunion coming? First there was a strange billboard, now if you go to www.gnr.fm there is an official countdown that ends on Friday, showing all of the original Appetite For Destruction lineup. We shall see.
Will Haven – Muerte
Will Haven – Muerte These noise metal veterans from Sacramento, CA have completely impressed in this new album and really shown some versatility and an ability to continue doing what they do best, while also modernizing their sound a bit and absolutely slaughtering your ears.
AT THE GATES – “TO DRINK FROM THE NIGHT ITSELF”
AT THE GATES – “TO DRINK FROM THE NIGHT ITSELF” In my humble opinion the best album I’ve heard of 2018 so far, and a step even above their last album. The Swedish metal God’s have returned with an absolutely bludgeoning album. Not to be missed or dismissed this year for those of extreme metal!
CRISIX // AGAINST THE ODDS
CRISIX – AGAINST THE ODDS By: Josh Pierson Today I received a seriously interesting album to review from this Barcelona born thrash band CRISIX, who I must admittedly say I’ve never heard before, which is odd considering I am a thrash guy, and the thrash guy at Loud & Heavy. That said, I was a […]
BREAKING BENJAMIN // EMBER
BREAKING BENJAMIN – EMBER By: Josh Pierson While I must first admit that I am not and have never been a Breaking Benjamin fan mostly because of my ties in with the metal scene, but also because of what I look for in my music, and I am actually all over the board with my […]
Steel Panther // Ace of Spades // Sacramento, CA // 4/13/18
STEEL PANTHER – ACE OF SPADES – SACRAMENTO, CA – 4/13/18 I don’t know that I can say anything that hasn’t already been said about Steel Panther, so I’ll just say what my experience has been like over the years and how it pertains to this particular show. Several years ago I was brought to […]
Stone Temple Pilots // Ace of Spades // Sacramento, CA
Artist: Stone Temple Pilots Location: Ace of Spades, Sacramento CA Show Date: 03/13/2018 Sitting in a crowded restaurant next to the venue after just enjoying a solid turkey melt and salad I look around and realize that the room is buzzing, not in any particular way, just an energy around. This kind of […]
Ministry // Ace of Spades // Sacramento, CA
Artist: Ministry Location: Ace of Spades, Sacramento CA Show Date: 03/26/2018 It was a star studded affair this night at Ace of Spades in Sacramento, which is somewhat unusual in this sleepy town. Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory helping on vocals for several songs to Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys and […]
Iced Earth // Incorruptible
Track Listing: Great Heathen Army Black Flag Raven Wing The Veil Seven Headed Whore The Relic (Part 1) Ghost Dance (Awaken the Ancestors) Brothers Defiance Clear The Way Born in the fires of Valhalla, Iced Earth is the Gold Standard (so to speak) for all America Power Metal. Iced Earth over the years […]
Allegaeon – Proponent For Sentience
Allegaeon’s Proponent for Sentience is nothing short of absolutely crushing and certainly keeping form with their own unique brand of “Science-Core,” utilizing the now popular math metal style and molding it with the undervalued black/melodic-death/thrash style that is making bands such as Allegaeon, Skeletonwitch, Black Fast and others so entertaining to listen to as […]
Hatebreed – Ace of Spades 05/20/2016
Band: Hatebreed Location: Ace of Spades, Sacramento, CA Date: 05/20/2016 Photos By: Josh Pierson Review By: Mark Keane It’s been awhile since the almighty Hatebreed have made a stop here in Sacramento, I want to say their 10 Years of Perseverance tour back in 2012 was the last time. Riding the wave of their […]