Watch Pro-Shot Video of Metallica Performing “For Whom The Bell Tolls” at Aftershock Festival


 

Photo by Steve Thrasher with permission from Aftershock PR

Metallica just headlined the Aftershock Festival in Sacramento, California, performing two nights. Playing a collection of hits, deep cuts and a full album run through of “The Black Album,” Metallica (Blackened Recordings) in reverse, and more. This weekend’s shows follows their appearance at last month’s Danny Wimmer Presents fest Louder Than Life, and next month’s Welcome To Rockville. Watch Pro-Shot video of the band performing “their classwic track “For Whome The Bell Tolls” at Aftershock now! 

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Watch Pro-Shot Video of Metallica Performing “Frantic” at Aftershock Festival


 

Metallica just headlined the Aftershock Festival in Sacramento, California, performing two nights. Playing a collection of hits, deep cuts and a full album run through of “The Black Album,” Metallica (Blackened Recordings) in reverse, and more. This weekend’s shows follows their appearance at last month’s Danny Wimmer Presents fest Louder Than Life, and next month’s Welcome To Rockville. Watch Pro-Shot video of the band performing “Frantic” from 2003’s St. Anger album at Aftershock now! 

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Watch Fan-Filmed Video of Metallica Performing at Aftershock Festival


Metallica just headlined the Aftershock Festival in Sacramento, California, performing two nights. Playing a collection of hits, deep cuts and a full album run through of “The Black Album,” Metallica (Blackened Recordings) in reverse, and more. This weekend’s shows follows their appearance at last month’s Danny Wimmer Presents fest Louder Than Life, and next month’s Welcome To Rockville. Watch fan filmed clips of the band performing at Aftershock now! 

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Aftershock 2021 Announces Running Order and Onsite Experiences 


Coming up next week in Sacramento, California, the sold-out Aftershock Festival has announced their full weekend performance times and running order, Onsite Experiences, and Food & Beverage Offerings  for the four day long music fest. Metallica will headline two nights with The Original Misfits, Cypress Hill, Rancid, Social Distortion, The Offspring, Anthrax, Machine Gun Kelly, Rise Against, Volbeat, Testament, Gojira, Mastodon, Seether, Mudvayne, Dropkick Murphys, Pennywise, Mammoth WVH, and tons more bands. It takes place October 7-10 Festival at Discovery Park!

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Faith No More and Mr. Bungle Cancel All Upcoming Performances


Faith No More, by Meg Loyal Photography

 

Faith No More and Mr. Bungle have canceled their upcoming performances including their USA tour, their festival appearances, and their expected Los Angeles shows with System of a Down. Frontman Mike Patton has cited mental health concerns and shared a statement below. 

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Staind Announces New Live Album and Livestream Series


Multi-platinum active rock band Staind has returned to activity with a new live album from their comeback tour in 2019 and has also announced a livestream series. The band will release their first album in 9 Years,  Live: It’s Been Awhile, on May 7th, 2021. The performance comes from their tour stop in their comeback show at their old stomping grounds at Foxwoods Casino and Resorts in Connecticut, a short drive from the band’s Massachusetts roots. They also announced The Return Of Staind: A Two-Part Global Streaming Series, in partnership with Danny Wimmer Presents (Sonic Temple, Welcome to Rockville, Louder than Life, Aftershock Festival). Tickets and limited-edition packages including virtual meet & greets are on sale now at the link below. 

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Aftershock Festival Postponed Until 2021, Metallica and My Chemical Romance to Headline


Rough news as expected due ot the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; Danny Wimmer Presents has announced that Aftershock 2020, scheduled for October 9 – 11 at Discovery Park in Sacramento, CA, has been rescheduled to October 7 – 10, 2021, and has released the following statement:Continue reading


Aftershock 2020 Announces My Chemical Romance as the Saturday Night Headliner!


Aftershock Festival has announced My Chemical Romance as the Saturday night headline act for 2020! This announcement follows the previous news of Metallica headlining Friday and Sunday with two unique setlists. The full lineup announcement is coming soon and weekend passes are on sale now at the line below. Aftershock 2020 takes place on October 9, 10 & 11, 2020, at Discovery Park In Sacramento, California and has sold out the last five years in a row! You can check out our 2019 coverage here! Continue reading


Tool Announces Artists for Tour, Kicks off New Dates at Aftershock Today


Tool is kicking off their fall headline tour of North America today as the final headliner of Aftershock Festival tonight in Sacramento, California. The bans has announced their lineup for their always coveted tour poster art, which always sells out every show and is often sold and traded between fans. Following Aftershock, the band will embark on their headline tour supporting their global #1 album Fear Inoculum (Tool Dissectional/ Volcano/RCA). Direct support on all tour dates to come from Killing Joke. To date the band has sold over 270,000 albums, most of them being physical copies, unprecedented in the current music industry climate of streaming. The success wasn’t isolated to the U.S., with the album debuting at #1 in Australia, Norway, New Zealand, and Belgium, as well as Top 5 debuts in the UK, Germany, The Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, and Finland. Tickets for all dates are on sale now. Continue reading