By Joe Dolan
March 10th 2014, The Whisky-A-Go-Go, West Hollywood CA: AXS TV has run their special series highlighting performances of the World’s Greatest Tribute Bands for well over a year and on March 10th, the hosted act at the Whisky-A-Go-Go was Wings Band, a tribute to the music of Paul McCartney and Wings. Continue reading “Wings Band Performs On AXS TV’s “World’s Greatest Tribute Bands””
By Andrew Bansal
March 8th 2014, The Lyric Theatre, Los Angeles CA: Based out of Houston TX and Berlin, Germany respectively, Scale The Summit and The Ocean have both made a habit of touring America on a regular basis, and still on the touring cycle for their spectacular latest album releases, the two bands came together for a co-headline tour, along with support acts The Atlas Moth from Chicago and Los Angeles’ own Silver Snakes. The trek began in Seattle on March 5th and made its way to Los Angeles last night. Even though most Los Angeles-based fans of The Ocean and Scale The Summit would have seen them in the recent past, this show promised to showcase these bands in a manner completely new and previously unseen. Continue reading “The Ocean & Scale The Summit Co-Headline The Lyric Theatre In Los Angeles”
Videos by Arturo Gallegos
March 8th 2014, The Complex, Glendale CA: Southern California’s Gravehill have been spreading their brand of crushing yet entertaining extreme metal to the masses for well over a decade, and are one of the more enjoyable live bands going around in the LA scene. The quintet released their new album ‘Death Curse’ via Dark Descent Records and played a headline show at the Complex in Glendale last Saturday in celebration of its release, along with the ever-amazing The Funeral Pyre and opening acts Old Coven and Savage Reign. Our man behind the video camera Arturo Gallegos was on-site to capture this event brought to us by Church Of The 8th Day and HateWar Productions. Continue reading “Video Recap – Gravehill, The Funeral Pyre, Old Coven & Savage Reign At The Complex”
Videos by Arturo Gallegos
March 7th 2014, Five Star Bar, Los Angeles CA: Last Friday, downtown Los Angeles’ Five Star Bar played host to an underground extreme metal gig presented by The Elegy Ensemble and promising to showcase some great local talent. Los Angeles death metal veterans of 25 years Dark As Death were the headline act of this event, along with main support from Sakrificer and opening acts Horrid, Bestial Slaughter and Sanatanas. Our man Arturo Gallegos was on-site to capture the action on video. Continue reading “Video Recap – Dark As Death, Sakrificer & More At Five Star Bar”
By Andrew Bansal
March 5th 2014, The Slidebar, Fullerton CA: It had been quite a long while since Seattle, Washington-based traditional heavy metal band Christian Mistress played a gig in Southern California, but the wait for them and their cult fan base was finally over as they visited the Slidebar in Fullerton for a free show last night, along with Los Angeles-based support acts Gypsyhawk and Night Demon. For fans of old-school hard rock/heavy metal in the area, the lineup was nothing short of mouthwatering and promised to deliver a memorable show. Continue reading “Christian Mistress, Gypsyhawk & Night Demon Rock The Slidebar”
By Andrew Bansal
[Photos & video by Joe Dolan]
March 3rd 2014, The Viper Room, West Hollywood CA: Amidst the plethora of local talent I explore on a regular basis, one band that has really caught my eye and ear in the past six months with the sheer brilliance of their musicianship is Silver Lake-based trio The Vim Dicta, who very aptly call their style of music ‘Psycho Groove’. I ventured on a whim to the Satellite one fine summer night last year and was blown away by the power of The Vim Dicta as a live band. I’ve kept a close tab on their activities since then, and in these last few months they’ve not only released a stellar new 5-track EP called ‘Von Tango’ but also played several live shows in Los Angeles and elsewhere. After doing their EP release and music video premiere shows at the Viper Room recently, they returned to the venue for a last-minute free show last Monday night, and of course, the Metal Assault team was in attendance. Continue reading “‘Psycho Groove’ Trio The Vim Dicta Mesmerizes The Viper Room”