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KING DIAMOND The Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts November 8, 2019 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche The Worcester Palladium ‪Friday night‬ was packed again with metal heads from the area for a special, after Halloween treat from ‪King Diamond‬.  Opening for the ingenious metal legend was Idle Hands and Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats. Press coverage was very deep for this show with almost every photographer I know joining me in the pit for sweaty documentation of the event. The first two bands were just great, with Idles Hands sounding like early raw ‪Alice In Chains‬ on a dimly lit stage. After Idles Hands, the English bandRead More →

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SABATON WITH HAMMERFALL The Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts November 1, 2019 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche Swedish war metal superstars Sabaton with fellow countrymen HammerFall were in Worcester Friday night for a fantastic sold out show at the Palladium. I have been to a ton of shows at the Palladium over the years and this one really felt special. HammerFall opened the show with a set very close to the crowd. Running onto the stage was Oscar Fredrick Dronjak with the flying V guitar and bleach blonde hair, bass instrumentalist Fredrik Larsson, Karl Pontus Norgren also thrashing on the guitars and of course David WallinRead More →

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ALTER BRIDGE | SKILLET WITH DIRTY HONEY The Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts October 3, 2019 Photos & Review by Frank Piercy You know when a day is going so right, that something will eventually go wrong? Well that was how my day was going, got out of work on time and hit the road to Worcester. What is normally is a 90 minute drive from work turned into just over 3 hours and unfortunately I missed my window to be in the photo pit for the first three songs of the opening band for the evening, Dirty Honey. Another one of the growing number of RockRead More →

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FATES WARNING The Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts March 10, 2019 Fates Warning was out on the road with Queensryche. A perfect compliment to this Queensryche tour. Fates Warning was no stranger to the New England area. The band originated from the Connecticut area during the early 80’s. Having gained international fame in the mid 80s. Like many other bands originating from the 80’s era, and continue to remain popular to this day, band had undergone a number of personnel changes over the years. Today the band is still going strong with a recent album released in 2016. Jim Matheos (guitar) is the sole remaining original foundingRead More →

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QUEENSRYCHE The Verdict Tour The Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts March 10, 2019 Queensryche had released their latest studio album, The Verdict, on March 1st 2019. Soon thereafter they would kick off a tour with a series of early successful dates in support of what might be one of the best studio album since the days of The Warning, Rage for Order, Operation Mindcrime and Empire. The Verdict gets back to that early sound. Queensryche has always been serious about making great music. They are a band that cannot be compared to other bands and have always had a unique sound and style of their own. ThisRead More →

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SONS OF APOLLO The Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts May 19, 2018 It was the perfect storm in terms of musicianship. When certain ingredients are mixed together it can make for a wonderful thing. In 2017, the super group, Sons of Apollo was formed out of some of the best of the best musicians of this time. Sons of Apollo is comprised of Jeff Scott Soto (vocals), Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (guitar), Billy Sheehan (bass), Derek Sherinian (keyboards) and Mike Portnoy on drums. Depending up on which one of these guys might be your favorite, there is no disputing that with any one of these players in aRead More →

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JUDAS PRIEST ROCKS NEW ENGLAND Firepower Tour 2018 | Taking Over Metal Fans With Two Back to Back Sold Out Shows Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut | March 22, 2018 The Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts | March 23, 2018 Double Bonus Show Photos Backed up by the amazing musicians who make up Judas Priest, Rob Halford took control of metal fans of New England, in two back to back, sold out shows. Between two New England area shows, metal fans came from all over the Northeast to watch this legendary band perform. Judas Priest was alive and well and took the region by stormRead More →

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Killthrax Tour The Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts March 3, 2018 For Killswitch Engage it was a bit of a homecoming, as the western Massachusetts based band played to an incredibly electric, sold out crowd at The Palladium in Worcester. Havok and Anthrax started off the night time festivities. The crowed was revved up and ready to go for this hometown band. The crowd was already fired up from the Anthrax performance. Once the stage change happened and the Killswitch Engage backdrop appeared, the crowd erupted into a roar. The band has seven studio albums to their name since they formed in 1999 in Westfield,Read More →

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ANTHRAX Killthrax Tour The Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts March 3, 2018 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 at its finest. The crowd received aRead More →

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On April 30th, 2015, Faster Pussycat fans came out to The Palladium in Worcester to see this legendary act perform.  Not only did the fans get an amazing Faster Pussycat show, they got five supporting, opening bands before it.  The show was packed with music, for what the price of admission was.  It was a night of music, with four local New England bands and Love Blast, the touring support act for Faster Pussycat. The music began at 7 PM with a band from western Massachusetts, Reflecting Darkness.  They played a short set of several songs.  Check out their Facebook page at Reflecting Darkness.  Read More →