Concert Reviews
Heavy Metal and Hard Rock Live Concert Reviews
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Concert Review: Guns N Roses at BST – British Summertime Festival
My history with these legends of rock extends way back into the midst of my musical origins. From buying their…
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Concert Review: GOO GOO DOLLS and THOSE DAMN CROWS at Manchester Academy
The Goo Goo Dolls have an extensive musical legacy but until now our musical paths have never actually crossed. Promoting…
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Concert Review: Lamb of God with Kreator and Municipal Waste
This has been a long time in the making. Covid shenanigans meant that this tour had been rescheduled a grand…
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Concert Review: Black Stone Cherry / The Darkness – Leeds, UK
Black Stone Cherry / The Darkness – First Direct Arena, Leeds – 3rd February 2023 Review by Kristal Harpur |…
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Concert Review: ZEAL AND ARDOR in Manchester, UK
It’s a surprisingly balmy evening in Manchester, despite it being November, and there is a definite air of excitement in…
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Concert Review: COHEED AND CAMBRIA with THRICE and Touché Amoré in Manchester, UK
Openers Touché Amoré get a reception normally unheard of for an opening act but having formed in 2007 with 8…
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Concert Review: THREE DAYS GRACE in Birmingham, UK
Review by Kristal Harpur | Photos by Jack Barker While Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may have gotten himself in…
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Concert Review: MAGNUM in Manchester, UK
Growing up in the eighties as a young rock fan in a war-torn country it was quite unusual to have…
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Concert Review: “The Bay Strikes Back Tour” with TESTAMENT, EXODUS, and DEATH ANGEL in Kansas City
If you could take the debatable “Big Four” list of top thrash metal bands and expand it a bit, these…
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Concert Review: The Cadillac Three in Nottingham, UK
The Cadillac Three – Rock City, Nottingham – Monday 5th September Review by Kristal Harpur | Photos by Jack Barker…
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Concert Review: ANTHRAX and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY with HATEBREED in Kansas City
East Coast thrash metal titans ANTHRAX kicked off a summer tour celebrating 40 years of headbanging insanity, hitting 24 cities…
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Concert Review: Slipknot – Knotfest Roadshow in Bonner Springs, KS
The second leg of the massive Knotfest Roadshow 2022 tour is close to wrapping up very soon. The first two…
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Concert Review: Alice Cooper with The Cult in Manchester UK
Alice Cooper/The Cult | Manchester AO Arena | Friday 27th May 2022 He’s back (again!) -The man behind the mask.…
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Concert Review: HELLOWEEN and HAMMERFALL – Manchester UK
Helloween were a band that for me growing up represented all the classic elements of what made eighties heavy metal…
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Concert Review: Metal Tour of the Year – Megadeth, Lamb of God, Trivium, and In Flames – Kansas City
Once again two of the world’s great metal bands join forces and hit the road on the Metal Tour of…
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Concert Review: MINISTRY with MELVINS and CORROSION OF CONFORMITY – Kansas City
Growing up in Northern Illinois and then spending the better part of a decade living in Chicago during the ‘90s,…
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Concert Review: ANIMALS AS LEADERS with Intervals – Kansas City
Constantly pushing the boundaries of instrumental heaviness, Animals as Leaders have redefined what is possible in the realm of progressive…
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Concert Review: SEVENDUST with Tetrarch and Dead Poet Society – Kansas City
Sevendust kicked off their 2022 tour on March 4 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and will wrap up the first leg…
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Concert Review: TOOL with The Acid Helps – Kansas City
Looking back now, it’s hard to believe that it’s been 6 years since the last time I photographed Tool, but…
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Concert Review: BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME with Car Bomb – Kansas City
Two nights in a row I found myself at Kansas City music venue The Truman. Friday night with Flogging Molly,…
