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From the Personal Concert Diaries of Chris McKay, May 15, 2004: Fleetwood Mac at Chastain Park, Atlanta, Georgia

Posted on May 15, 2025

  From my diary at the time:   After an easy going but tiring Saturday (Critical Darlings) rehearsal, Frank (bass), Tom (drums)...

Fallujah Invites Us to “Step Through the Portal and Breathe”

Posted on May 15, 2025

Progressive death metal masters Fallujah, whom we first had the pleasure of covering back in 2016, have released the 3rd single, “Step...

From the Personal Concert Diaries of Chris McKay, May 12, 2002:  Paul McCartney at Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia 

Posted on May 13, 2025

  By Chris McKay   My review from the time:   “Jeez, talk about someone having a lot to live up to and live down! Paul...

From the Personal Concert Diaries of Chris McKay, May 12, 1994: Pink Floyd at Death Valley Stadium, Clemson, South Carolina

Posted on May 13, 2025

By Chris McKay  Alright, here’s the thing. Pink Floyd is one of my all-time favorite bands. David Gilmour is one of my all-time...

This Fostermother You’re Gonna Love

Posted on May 12, 2025

  Fresh off playing the Gravitoyd DoomFest, Fostermother, the heavy rock/heavy pych band hailing from Houston, Texas, have already...

Transcending The Coma Tour ~ Kickass from Start to Finish

Posted on Sep 19, 2016

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...

Time to Gear Up for Aftershock Festival 2016!

Posted on Sep 18, 2016

  For anyone who’s worried that the season for outdoor music festivals has passed, think again…it’s Aftershock...

The Devil Makes Three ~ Go Ahead, Try It…

Posted on Sep 18, 2016

  It’s a phrase most of us heard more than a few times from our mothers when they put strange vegetables down in front of us at the...

Sonata Arctica May Be the Hardest Working Metal Band Around ~ and the Results Certainly Pay Off

Posted on Sep 17, 2016

  Finnish melodic metal titans Sonata Arctica will unleash their new studio album The Ninth Hour through Nuclear Blast on October...

Devin Townsend Project Headlines a Show You Don’t Want to Miss

Posted on Sep 15, 2016

    ***     So our hiatus is officially a thing of the past ~ and what ‘s that I hear? It’s you, our faithful readers,...

Front Row Pics: NAMM 2016

Posted on Jan 27, 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...

Sabaton Release the Live Video for “Resist And Bite” from Heroes on Tour!

Posted on Jan 17, 2016

    Swedish heavy metal heroes Sabaton ~ Hannes Van Dahl, drums, Joakim Brodén, lead vocals, Pär Sundström, bass, Thobbe...