RIP Saint Vitus Bar – The Home of Metal 2013-2024 and The Top 5 Shows (Nirvana, Against Me!)


Pour one out for Saint Vitus Bar, The Home of Metal (and more) 2013-2024. We share our feelings on the closing and also:

We ranked the Top Five Most Important Shows Ever at Saint Vitus Bar
Top 15 Shows Covered by Ghost Cult
Top Interviews we conducted there
Top 5 Special Events

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Unearth Book 20th Anniversary Show for Their Album “The Oncoming Storm” with Bleeding Through, Fuming Mouth, High Command and Others



On Saturday, June 15th, Unearth will celebrate 20 years of their Metal Blade Records album, The Oncoming Storm, with Storm Fest, at Big Night Live in Boston. The band will play the record in its entirety, along with a selection of other songs from their catalog. Joining them, at their first all ages gig in the city for 21 years, will be Bleeding Through, Overcast, Fuming Mouth, All Out War, High Command, and Apes. Read more from Unearth below.
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Cloak Sign with Metal Blade Records



Atlanta, Georgia-based black metal outfit, Cloak, have just joined the roster at Metal Blade Records. The band also recently announced new live dates on The Holy Dark Over Europe tour this Summer, with Hellripper and High Command, as well as an appearance at Milwaukee Metal Fest. Keep reading below for more information.
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CONCERT REVIEW: Unearth – Revocation – Entheos – High Command at Saint Vitus Bar


 

Unearth and Revocation kicked off their co-headlining tour at Saint Vitus on Friday. The fate of the night appeared uncertain as earlier that day severe flooding shut down subway lines and landed parts of the city knee-deep in water. Although the show was technically sold out, Vitus was, dare I say, comfortable. It felt like a more exclusive and intimate experience than the usual ATM vestibule loitering.

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FESTIVAL REVIEW: Milwaukee Metal Fest 2023 Live at The Rave – Eagles Club


The Rave/Eagles Club is an acclaimed live entertainment complex located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is a one-of-a-kind spot to catch a heavy metal show. The multi-stage and multi-floor building has a fascinating history and many music groups consider playing there a “rite of passage” as performers. The Milwaukee Metal Fest was launched in 1987 by music enthusiast and promoter Jack Koshick, which became one of the most renowned festivals for the heavy genres in the 1990s and early 2000s. All the greats from Slayer to Meshuggah to the Misfits were all part of the impressive lineups throughout the years until it shut down in 2004. After being absent for nearly twenty years, the fest has been brought back to life by Hatebreed‘s Jamey Jasta. He bought the rights in 2022 and put together a fest to take place on Memorial Day weekend at The Rave with some of the scene’s biggest bands. Continue reading


Jamey Jasta’s Milwaukee Metal Fest Adds Machine Head, Deeds of Flesh, Angelus Apatrida, Midnight, Warbringer, Bodysnatcher, Vended, Malignancy, Morta Skuld, Ripper Owens, and Pissing Razors


 

Milwaukee Metal Fest 2023 has added a slew of new bands including Milwaukee Metal Fest Books Machine Head, Deeds of Flesh, Angelus Apatrida, Midnight, Warbringer, Bodysnatcher, Vended, Malignancy, Morta Skuld, Ripper Owens,  Pissing Razors, and many more. Machine Head is a particular coup for the fest since they rarely do festivals, and none in the USA for many, many years. Hatebreed frontman and podcaster Jamey Jasta purchased the rights to the fest name in 2022, the rebooted event will take place on Memorial Day Weekend at The Rave/Eagles club. Get tickets at the link below. Previously announced to head up the fest are Lamb of God, Anthrax, Suicidal Tendencies, Napalm Death, Dark Angel, The Black Dahlia Murder, Obituary, Shadows Fall, and many more will take part in the festival taking place Memorial Day Weekend 2023, May 25-27th, 

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ALBUM REVIEW: High Command – Eclipse of the Dual Moons


 

Swords, epic battles and metal. It’s a combination that has been there since their beginning. And for good reason. It just works so well. It’s an escape to a highly visual and epic escape from reality where everything is dialed up way past eleven.

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