Review by Lisa Burke
October 14th 2015, The Whisky-A-Go-Go, West Hollywood CA: Abigail Williams and Today Is The Day teamed up for a five-week North American tour, and towards its end, made a visit to the Whisky in West Hollywood for a gig last Wednesday October 14th. Check out our writer Lisa Burke’s review of the show below. Continue reading “Today Is The Day & Abigail Williams Perform At The Whisky”
Review by Andrew Bansal, photos by Carsten Steinhausen
October 12th 2015, The Roxy, West Hollywood CA: Mark Tremonti, known for most of his musical career as the guitarist of Creed and Alter Bridge, carved out an entirely new identity for himself during the past three years, born purely out of a style of music he grew up loving. Tremonti formed his heavy metal solo project in 2012, released its aptly titled debut full-length album ‘All I Was’ the same year, and followed it up with the 2015 release ‘Cauterize’. Currently on the ‘Hard Drive Live’ North American co-headline tour with Trivium and opening act Wilson, Tremonti visited the Los Angeles area on an off-date in the itinerary, for a headline gig at the Roxy in West Hollywood with Wilson as main support and There Is No Us as the opener. Tremonti fans turned up in excellent numbers on this Monday evening, and were in for a treat. Continue reading “Tremonti Headlines The Roxy”
Review by Lisa Burke, videos by Matt Nielson
October 9th & 10th 2015, The Viper Room, West Hollywood CA: Zakk Sabbath, the Black Sabbath cover band fronted by Zakk Wylde on guitar and vocals along with Blasko on bass and Joey C. on drums, played two shows at the Viper Room in West Hollywood last weekend, with mega-influential Los Angeles stoner rock champions Fireball Ministry as sole opening act both nights. Unsurprisingly, the two shows were sold out, and the Metal Assault team attended both. Enjoy a review of night #1 by Lisa Burke along with videos from night #2 by Matt Nielson: Continue reading “Zakk Sabbath & Fireball Ministry Play Two Sold-Out Nights At The Viper Room”
By Andrew Bansal
October 8th 2015, Complex, Glendale CA: In the leadup to their appearance at this year’s California Deathfest in Oakland on October 11th 2015, longtime German funeral doom metal group Worship completed a short US West Coast tour with support acts Lycus (replacing original main support band Loss) and Shroud Of The Heretic, and visited the Los Angeles area as part of the run, for a gig at Complex in Glendale last Thursday October 8th. Put together by Church Of The 8th Day and The Elegy Ensemble, the gig also featured Volahn as a local support act. This show was booked several months ago, and doomheads as well as Complex regulars were more than ready for a righteous heavy ritual. Continue reading “Funeral Doom In Glendale: Worship & Lycus Perform At Complex”
Review by Lisa Burke
October 7th 2015, The Whisky-A-Go-Go, West Hollywood CA: San Diego deathcore band Carnifex are celebrating their tenth anniversary in 2015. With five studio albums and several national and international tours to their name, they’ve been a highly active group on and off stage and stand strong as worthy representatives of the deathcore genre. To mark the milestone, Carnifex embarked on the ‘Decade Of Despair’ North American headline tour with support acts Within The Ruins, Black Tongue, Lorna Shore and The Last Ten Seconds Of Life last Wednesday October 7th 2015 and started the run with a gig at the Whisky in West Hollywood. Our writer Lisa Burke was on-site to review Carnifex’ set for us: Continue reading “Carnifex Begins 10th Anniversary Tour At The Whisky”
Review by Andrew Bansal, Alcest & Emma Ruth Rundle live photos by Karina Diane & videos by Matt Nielson
October 7th 2015, The Regent, Los Angeles CA: French atmospheric rock/post-metal group Alcest are currently on a North American headline tour, performing material from their latest full-length release ‘Shelter’ as well as bringing forth a slab of their 15-year musical journey through varying styles. In addition, they are presenting Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Emma Ruth Rundle as the touring support act. The tour arrived at the Regent in downtown LA for a gig last Wednesday October 7th 2015. Over the years, Alcest have polarized fans with some of their stylistic shifts but there is still a sizable legion of followers that appreciate all facets of Alcest’s musicianship, and the band’s LA fans turned up in good numbers for what turned out to be a spellbinding evening. Continue reading “Alcest Hypnotizes The Regent”