Transcending The Coma Tour ~ Kickass from Start to Finish
As we predicted, each band on the line-up for Saturday show at The Palladium gave the audience one hell of a set, and put their collective...
Front Row Pics: NAMM 2016
You didn’t think FlashWounds would miss out on NAMM 2016, did you? Of course not ~ it’s our duty to give you at least a...
Front Row Pics: GrimSkunk @ Sherbrock in Sherbrooke, QC
What better way to conclude the Sherbrock concert series than with a Saturday night show featuring Blue Djinn, Fadeless and Guérilla...
Front Row Pics: Damian Marley’s “Catch A Fire” Tour @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion in Boston, MA
As promised, here are lots more pictures from the Marleys’ memorable “Catch A Fire” tour stop in Boston earlier...
Front Row Pics: AlcoholicA @ Sherbrock in Sherbrooke, QC
Last weekend marked the end of the Sherbrock 2015 concert series in Sherbrooke, QC and we were there to catch Friday’s show at the...
Front Row Pics Sneak Peek: Damian Marley’s “Catch A Fire” Tour @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion in Boston, MA
What can we say other than it was an absolute honor to shoot members of the legendary Marley family during their Catch a Fire Tour as...
Front Row Pics: Day 2 of Metal CornFest in St-Jean-Baptiste, QC
After the stellar show on Day 1, we were excited to get to the festival grounds on day 2 which featured all-original music from...
Front Row Pics: Day 1 of Metal CornFest in St-Jean-Baptiste, QC
[Editor’s note: Check out our coverage of Day 2 here!] If the endless corn fields of the Monteregie region (just east of Montreal)...
Front Row Pics: ZZ Top @ The Paramount, August 23
What can we say about ZZ Top ~ Billy F Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard ~ except that after all these years, they’ve still...
Front Row Pics: Heavy Montreal Day 3
And here it is, just the start of our coverage of the [bittersweet] final day of Heavy Montreal 2015, headlined by the one and only...
Front Row Pics: Heavy Montreal Day 2
Early on, when the schedule had been finalized and sent around to media who’d be onsite, the line-up for Day 2 of Heavy...
Front Row Pics: Heavy Montreal Day 1
****** There’s something really cool about arriving at Day 1 of Heavy Montreal each year ~ obviously, the promise of the three...
CES MMA XXX @ Twin River Casino, RI Names a New Lightweight Champion!
Talk about pulling double duty, photographer Drew Pion, shooting the whole time, managed to text me his comments throughout night so...
Front Row Pics: Heavy Montreal ~ The 80s and 90s Are Still Going Strong
This year’s line-up of bands at Heavy Montreal (including Grimposium, the string of parties/shows/events leading up to the main...
Front Row Pics: Icons of Rock ‘n’ Roll @ Heavy Montreal
There’s no arguing that the word “icon” is pretty objective ~ to each his own, beauty, it’s in the eye of the...
Front Row Pics: Between The Buried And Me, Animals as Leaders, and The Contortionist @ Club Soda, Montreal
****** So back in July, when excitement over the upcoming Heavy Montreal was already pretty much off the charts, we told you...
Front Row Pics: Marilyn Manson & The Smashing Pumpkins @ Foxwoods Casino, CT
By Drew Pion Sometimes the universe comes through for us and lets us enjoy a weekend evening instead of having to spend it ~ at...
Front Row Pics: U2 @ Madison Square Garden ~ The Band Like No Other Brings a Tour Like No Other
By SethM These two weeks might just be the greatest two weeks music-wise of my entire life. As in EVER. I like a...
Front Row Pics: 311 @ the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, July 20
Photos and editorial by Kimberly Marchand, Sr. Photography Contributor, FW ...
Front Row Pics: Foo Fighters @ New York’s Citi Field Score Two Nights of Rock Greatness
By Seth M For those of you who have followed my writing and photography on FlashWounds over the past few years, first, thank...
Front Row Pics: Bellator 140 @ Mohegan Sun, CT
Every time the Bellator promotion visits Connecticut (not often enough as far as East Coast fans, ourselves included, are...
Front Row Pics: Rob Zombie @ Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT
As most of you know, Rob Zombie and his three partners in crime ~ John 5, Ginger Fish, and Piggy D ~ are favorites of ours here at FW...
Front Row Pics: Buckcherry @ The Claddagh Pub in Lawrence, MA
Here is some eye candy from the the annual Block Party at the Claddagh Pub in Lawrence, MA (a venue that definitely doesn’t get...
Front Row Pics: Rock On The Range 2015 @ Mapfre Stadium in Columbus, OH
Once again, ROTR set the bar incredibly high for the rest of the summer festivals, and here, thanks to our photographer SethM ~ who is...
Front Row Pics: Ministry & The SixxiS @ The Palladium in Worcester, MA
As we promised with our signature FB teaser shots, here are some more photos from Ministry’s From Beer To EternaTour stop in...
Front Row Pics: Fear Nuttin Band @ Opus Underground in Salem, MA
By Kimberly Marchand Opus Underground in Salem, MA was rocked and electrified this past Thursday night (May...
Front Row Pics: Welcome To Rockville in Jacksonville, FL
Just as we promised you way back in February, nothing was going to stop us from bringing you photo coverage of the sold-out (yup, our...
New England Metal & Hardcore Festival: Day Three
Alright, here they are ~ pics from the final day of the 2015 New England Metal and Hardcore Festival. Unfortunately, we were only able to...
New England Metal & Hardcore Festival: Day Two
As promised, here are pictures from Day 2 of NEMHF, featuring the last New England appearance of Nuclear Assault and some killer...
Front Row Pics: In This Moment with Upon a Burning Body and The Nearly Deads @ The Palladium in Worcester
Talk about a spectacle! With the audience already torn and frayed (in the good way) by The Nearly Deads and Upon a Burning Body, In This...
New England Metal & Hardcore Festival: Day One
Fans came out in droves to the The Palladium in Worcester, MA this past weekend to be part of the most significant metal/hardcore...
Front Row Pics: Build a Machine, Soul Rebel Project, Stick Figure @ the 27th Annual Bud Light Reggae Festival @ Sugarloaf
By Kimberly Marchand If a most excellent party courtesy of an outstanding line-up of Rock, Reggae, Hip Hop, Funk, Riffs,...
Nightwish & Sabaton with Delain @ The Palladium in Worcester, MA
Delain, Sabaton, and headliners Nightwish…it was the perfect tour line-up that resulted in that rarest of feelings, that you’d just...
Front Row Pics: CES Boxing “The Revival” @ Twin River Casino, RI
CES Boxing was back in Rhode Island last Friday to present another packed fight card, headlined by a double-championship fight between...
Coal Chamber Headlines @ The Palladium + Links to Review of Rivals and Interview with Dez!
Saturday night, Coal Chamber and a particularly long list of special guests headed up by Filter and including Combichrist (a band we...
Front Row Pics: CES MMA XXVIII @ Twin River Casino, March 13
By Drew Pion Once again, CES MMA put together an exciting event chock full of great match-ups at Twin River Casino (with the...
Front Row Pics: Foreigner @ Twin River Casino
Friday the 13th an unlucky day? Oh, we hardly think so…not when the evening’s entertainment is the one and only...
Front Row Pics: John Brown’s Body Headlines @ Paradise Rock Club in Boston, MA
January 24, smack dab in the middle of this ugly season, headliner John Brown’s Body ~ a band introduced to us by contributing...
Front Row Pics: Upon A Burning Body & Veil Of Maya @ Mojoes in Joliet, IL
January 18 in Chicago…not exactly what we on the East Coast think of as ideal concert-going weather ~ snow, wind, below freezing...
Front Row Pics: Juggernaut Tour @ Dallas House Of Blues
The aptly named Juggernaut Tour took over House of Blues in Dallas and our Jacob Welch was there to capture this night of great...
Front Row Pics: Ascending From Ashes Headlines @ Mexicali Live in Teaneck, NJ
New Jersey’s Mexicali Live was rockin’ to this great line-up (featuring our friends Killcode!) and Jeff Crespi...
Front Row Pics: Buckcherry & Charm City Devils @ Jewel in Manchester, NH
This was my first time shooting at Manchester’s new Jewel Nightclub, and I must say it was a pleasant experience all around. The...
Front Row Pics: The Empty Hearts @ The Saint at Asbury Park, NJ
The Empty Hearts, a new legitimate and charismatic supergroup featuring founding members of Blondie, The Cars and The Romantics,...
Front Row Pics: Kevin Kinsella, Dubbest, Freevolt & Roots Ritual @ Brighton Music Hall
On Thursday, December 4, a packed house of acoustic / soul / reggae / dub fans and aficionados were treated to an incredible night...
One Time Mountain Premieres Official Video for “So Scared” Exclusively via FlashWounds
Band made their debut at Hard Rock Cafe in Boston this past Saturday, Nov. 29, playing their final show of 2014, and is now proud...
Front Row Pics: Halestorm @ The Worcester Palladium
That’s right, after a full night of shooting on Friday, FW photog was back for more of the same ~ bringing “make...
Front Row Pics: Slayer, Exodus, and Suicidal Tendencies @ The Palladium
We’ve already teased you with a few preview pictures of the mighty triumvirate of Slayer, Exodus, and Suicidal Tendencies giving...
Lion Fight 19: Results & Pics
Foxwoods Resort Casino hosted yet another successful Lion Fight Productions Muay Thai event last Friday night. Despite having to...
Front Row Pics: Passafire, TUGG, and Build A Machine @ Middle East, Cambridge, MA
Friday, November 21 at Middle East was an aural orgy of Reggae-Rock-Progressive-Riffs-Funk-Dub-Alternative-Ska-Hip Hop, thanks to...
Front Row Pics: Arch Enemy, Kreator, Huntress and Starkill @ Mojoes in Joliet, IL
What do you get when you combine a 2 degree (with snow) Chicago night, an insanely long line to get into a venue, sound check...