Kate Drexel
Wage War, nothing,nowhere., Spite @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
Out on tour to promote their 2021 album, Manic, Wage War played an epic show in Silver Spring, MD on Tuesday, May 16 with Spite and...
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The Metal Mayan
- May 3
Moonspell, Eleine, Oceans of Slumber @ The Brooklyn Monarch
Between the endless sea of low hanging clouds and the misty rain falling from them, it was a Saturday where good company would be most...
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The Metal Mayan
- Apr 23
Whitechapel, Archspire, Signs of the Swarm, Entheos @ The Gramercy Theater
Making their way into the Gramercy Theater, a group of friends discussed the game plan for the evening as their bags and tickets were...
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The Metal Mayan
- Apr 16
Morbid Angel, Revocation, Vitriol, Crypta @ The Gramercy Theater
----- Author's note: this review is dedicated to the memory of Fred Livingston Jr., to our fellow metalheads and their families...
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The Metal Mayan
- Apr 9
Enslaved, Insomnium, Black Anvil @ Irving Plaza
Despite a week of increasingly warm days, a lone Wednesday stood out as the chosen window for winter to make one last stand before bowing...
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The Metal Mayan
- Mar 14
Rotting Christ, Carach Angren, Uada, Gaerea @ The Gramercy Theater
Between nightfall and storm clouds covering the island of Manhattan, the black clad concert goers seemed to melt into one long stream of...
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The Metal Mayan
- Mar 7
Fleshgod Apocalypse, Obscura, Wolfheart, Thulcandra @ The Gramercy Theater
"Look at you guys, all dressed up," he said, his voice rich in a Brooklyn accent, "ain't this a metal show?" The couple in line smiled,...
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The Metal Mayan
- Feb 27
Hulder, BlackBraid @ Le Poisson Rouge
The year is 1524 and fleet of canoes maneuver softly across the bay towards a mighty ship off the coast of an island called Manahatta. On...
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The Metal Mayan
- Feb 24
Visions of Atlantis, The Spider Accomplice @ The Meadows
For many years, the Newtown Creek, located on the far side of Williamsburg just north of Flushing Avenue, was traversed by countless...
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Kate Drexel
- Nov 29, 2022
The Jinjer USA Tour @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
I know, I’m late posting this but with the Thanksgiving holiday madness, I haven’t had a chance to sit down and write a proper review....
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Kate Drexel
- Nov 7, 2022
The Deadmen and Dragons Tour @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
On Halloween Eve, I was fortunate to shoot the Deadmen and Dragons tour, featuring Trivium and openers Between the Buried and Me,...
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The Metal Mayan
- Nov 3, 2022
Napalm Death, Brujeria, Frozen Soul, MDC @ Bowery Ballroom
While easily recognizable on any given day, Halloween weekend is a time when even the most outrageously dressed metalhead can fly under...
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Kate Drexel
- Oct 10, 2022
The Tour to End All Tours @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
Last Thursday, The Tour to End All Tours featuring EPICA and Sabaton reached Silver Spring, Maryland. The sold-out show was definitely...
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The Metal Mayan
- May 10, 2022
Rivers of Nihil, Fallujah, Alluvial, Warforged @ The Brooklyn Monarch
May 06, 2022 Between a day of heavy rain and the closure of the nearby L train station after 10:30pm for construction, this particular...
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The Metal Mayan
- Apr 30, 2022
Hypocrisy, Carach Angren, The Agonist @ Warsaw
April 29, 2022 As one of several venues in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Greenpoint, the appropriately named Warsaw is special in how it...
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The Metal Mayan
- Feb 13, 2022
Fit For An Autopsy, Enterprise Earth & More @ The Gramercy Theater
February 12, 2022 With dusk falling over Manhattan, the unseasonable warmth of the day was quickly returning to the frigid New York...
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The Metal Mayan
- Feb 13, 2022
Cattle Decapitation, The Last Ten Seconds of Life, Creeping Death, Extinction AD @ Le Poisson Rouge
February 09, 2022 "I apologize," said the older gentleman with a stifled laugh, "who did you say you all were in line to see tonight?"...
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Kate Drexel
- Feb 8, 2022
In This World (Or the Next): an interview with Keith Wallen
Now that I finished focusing on RED, allow me to turn my sights onto Keith Wallen; guitarist extraordinaire currently from Breaking...
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Kate Drexel
- Feb 8, 2022
RED @ The Canal Club
February 05, 2022 It’s been a long three years since my last show. And finally, I returned to the photo pit. I’ve seen Red a total of...
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