Metal Assault: Gig Reviews

By Andrew Bansal
[Photos by Joe Dolan]

March 3rd 2014, The Whisky-A-Go-Go, West Hollywood CA: Up until now, AXS TV’s “World’s Greatest Tribute Bands” series has mainly spotlighted rock and metal tribute bands from Southern California, but in their ongoing third season the program has decided to venture out and bring bands from elsewhere into the mix. Draw The Line are based out of Boston, the hometown of the band they pay tribute to, none other than the legendary Aerosmith, one of the most loved classic rock bands in America and beyond. Draw The Line played at the Whisky last night in front of a packed house at the venue as well as the AXS TV audience watching live at home. Continue reading “Draw The Line Pay Tribute To Aerosmith At The Whisky For AXS TV Live Broadcast”

Videos by Arturo Gallegos

February 28th 2014, The Complex, Glendale CA: On a dreadfully rainy Los Angeles evening, Miami, Florida-based doom/sludge rock trio Shroud Eater paid a visit to the Complex in Glendale as part of their winter US tour with fellow Miami band Orbweaver, and sharing the stage here with them were two great Los Angeles underground bands Lightning Swords Of Death and Ancient Altar for this show presented by local underground promoters Midnite Collective. Our man behind the video camera Arturo Gallegos was in attendance to capture the madness. Continue reading “Shroud Eater, Orbweaver, Lightning Swords Of Death & Ancient Altar Play At The Complex”

Review, photos and video by Joe Dolan

February 28th 2014, The Viper Room, West Hollywood CA: During the second appearance at the Viper Room this year by former Scars on Broadway guitarist-gone-front-man Franky Perez, Steve Stevens took the stage to blaze on six strings and entertain a packed house. Metal Assault’s Joe Dolan was on site to cover the event and capture some video and photos. Continue reading “Steve Stevens Performs With Franky Perez At The Viper Room”

By Andrew Bansal

March 1st 2014, House Of Blues Sunset Strip, West Hollywood CA: Longstanding Finnish melodic death metal quintet Children Of Bodom have made somewhat of a habit of touring North America on a regular basis, owing to their consistently strong fan base in these parts, and following an appearance on last year’s Mayhem Festival tour, they’ve returned with a full headline tour of their own, with support acts Death Angel and Tyr. After two weeks in Canada and moving through Seattle and San Francisco, the touring party made its way to Los Angeles to play at a sold-out House Of Blues Sunset Strip.  Continue reading “Children Of Bodom, Death Angel & Tyr Rock Sold-Out House Of Blues Sunset Strip”

By Andrew Bansal

February 26th 2014, The Satellite, Los Angeles CA: This month’s edition of the Scion Rock Show took place last night at its now usual venue at the Satellite in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles, and this time the folks at Scion had something special in-store for us, in the form of Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne’s live solo acoustic debut. Performing under the moniker ‘King Buzzo’ which borrows from a Melvins EP of the same name, Osborne will release a yet untitled solo acoustic album via Ipecac Records in June and will kick off a three-week US tour on March 2nd, but this particular show was the first ever time he took these songs onto a stage for an audience. Also playing this show were Los Angeles-based heavy rock duo Tweak Bird, and judging my the number of people outside the venue before the show, the anticipation surrounding this show was great, even on a rainy Los Angeles evening. Continue reading “King Buzzo & Tweak Bird Play Scion Rock Show At The Satellite”

By Andrew Bansal

February 24th 2014, Skinny’s Lounge, North Hollywood CA: Keeping up with the tradition it has built up over the past few months, Skinny’s Lounge in North Hollywood hosted yet another edition of ‘Metal Mondays’ last night. Presented by Lara Gladstone, the five-band lineup for this one was headed by Madrost and also included Desecrate, Tormenter, Sinicle and Suicide Jones. As always, promised to treat attendees with a taste of the Los Angeles local metal scene, and with a $5 cover and cheap alcoholic beverages on offer, there was plenty of incentive for the North Hollywood locals and metalheads from elsewhere to spend their Monday evening here. Continue reading “Madrost, Desecrate & Others Play At Skinny’s Lounge On Metal Monday”