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ANTHRAX Killthrax Tour The Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts March 3, 2018 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc Power, Intensity and Longevity are three words that can best describe ANTHRAX. The Killthrax II Tour of 2018 was coming to a close with the second to last show taking place in front of a sold out crowd at The Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts. Anthrax was winding down this twenty-nine date tour out on the road with Killswitch Engage. On this night, Havok, a thrash metal band from Colorado took the stage to start things off. From that point on it was a night of high intensity power metal atRead More →

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY with Corrosion of Conformity and Red Fang Worcester Palladium, Worcester MA February 1, 2018 For a Thursday night show, the Palladium was packed like sardines. I shouldn’t have been surprised, we are talking Black Label Society. I can’t remember a time when I went to one of their shows and it wasn’t sold out or close to it. The lineup for the night was one I was looking forward to. Opening for BLS were two bands, Red Fang and an old favorite, Corrosion of Conformity. RED FANG Red Fang is a band out of Portland Oregon, a stoner metal outfit consisting ofRead More →

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EVANESCENCE Foxwoods Grand Theater Mashantucket, Connecticut November 3, 2017 It’s hard to believe that I have only been to Foxwoods two or three times over the years to see a concert, especially since I have started doing the concert photography and show review thing. A band originally out of Little Rock Arkansas made me make the 90 minute drive to a casino I haven’t been to in a couple of years. Evanescence is on tour with an orchestra backing them up. This was a must see. The night started with the orchestra playing instead of the usual opening band. They played six songs to aRead More →

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GWAR Toad’s Place New Haven, Connecticut October 27, 2017 Gwar was in New Haven again, and with it being the Friday before Halloween, I just had to be at this show. The thought of all the costumes at the show and the college kids walking the streets would be well worth the visit. I was not disappointed as Alex from A Clockwork Orange walked by me. A few zombies, a few other odds and ends also shuffled by or got in line to get into Toads. The first band up that night was a band from Richmond Virginia, U.S. Bastards. A Heavy Metal trio thatRead More →

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AUTOGRAPH | VIXEN | SLAUGHTER ROCK OF THE 80’s Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut October 6, 2017 There is nothing like a night at the Casino, and unlike the night before at Hampton Beach Casino in New Hampshire, a Casino with slot machines. This was one of those rare occasions that I actually was given free tickets to a show I actually wanted to go to and get to take the wife with me. I thought what the heck, why not put in to shoot this one, I was going to be there anyways. Autograph was the first band to hit the stage. I haveRead More →

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STEEL PANTHER Casino Ballroom Hampton Beach, New Hampshire October 5, 2017 Did you know that the definition of a Casino is a large room or building used for meetings or entertainment or dancing? Neither did I until I went to Hampton Beach Casino in New Hampshire hoping to hit a few slot machines before seeing the evening’s entertainment and finding not a single slot machine there. Disappointing. Except when you realize that the Casino Ballroom is all about great music and great bands. This was another first for me that night. I have never been to a show here and I have to say IRead More →

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EXTREME The Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts September 23, 2017 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc It was a night of high energy and musical excitement with this Bay State based band performing in front of a hometown crowd in Worcester, Massachusetts at the Palladium. EXTREME was in the house and the crowd was fired up. The minute the band took the stage, they could have blown the roof off with the energy in the room. A night of all the EXTREME hits in Worcester. The Palladium was recently updated and cleaned up, with some fresh paint, updates and additional balcony seating. The place looked much cleanerRead More →

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Ace Frehley The Chance Theatre Poughkeepsie NY September 15, 2017 There is no better way to spend a friday night then to go and catch a rock show, and when the musician you’re going to go see is the former guitarist of “The Hottest Band In The Land” you know it is going to be loud and it is going to kick ass. Dark Sky Choir Ace Frehley was playing The Chance Theatre in Poughkeepsie NY and opening for him was another band I am a fan of, Four by Fate. You see Four By Fate is a super group, you have Rob Affuso onRead More →

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Doro Pesch | The Voice of Warlock Celebrating 30 Years of the Album Triumph and Agony B.B. King Blues Club and Grill New York City NY September 10, 2017 It was a beautiful day to be in New York City, the sky was blue, it wasn’t to hot and I was going to another venue that I had never been to before, B.B. King’s Blues Club and Grill. Right off the hustle and bustle of the ever busy and people filled Times Square. Back in April of 1988, I was at a small venue in West Hartford, Connecticut called the West Hartford Ballroom, I wentRead More →

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VENOM INC. The Gramercy Theater New York City, NY September 2, 2017 The Gramercy Theater in New York City is one of my favorite places to see a show, and this last weekend, I actually got to shoot my first show there. The subject of my trip into NYC? A new band from England, playing some classic and new Black Metal, Venom Inc. Alright, so Venom Inc has 2 of the original members of Venom (Mantas and Abaddon) and another member from the 90’s (The Demolition Man), and they are playing classic Venom and new stuff from their new album, “Ave”. Enough about that forRead More →