August Burns Red – Spinning Platters

Photos and April preview by: Alan Ralph @ConcertGoingPro

Beginning this weekend and throughout April, San Francisco (and Spinning Platters!) is about to get very \m/etal. Just look at the list of 60+ band names on the left column… this does not happen too often around here anymore!

Spinning Platters is going to attempt to attend, photograph, and review as many of these as possible, and will report back with our findings soon! \m/

Before diving in, first though how about some photos from a great show with Satan and Hell Fire at DNA Lounge last weekend… sort of the calm before the {metal}storm!

Continue reading “Shows Preview: Satan, Hell Fire and the onslaught of metal to SF in April!”

Photos and review by: Alan Ralph @ConcertGoingPro

Every band has an actual start date that they can say is their official beginning. Likewise, every album has an actual official release date. Somewhere along the way, some band somewhere was probably in-between albums and decided that their anniversary would make a great reason to tour… and well, the idea caught on, and is still going strong.

No one appears to like anniversaries more than August Burns Red. They have had quite a few anniversary tours — there was the 10th anniversary of their album Messengers in 2016, the 10th anniversary of their album Constellations in 2019, and the 10th anniversary of their album Leveler in 2021. For each of these tours, the entire album was performed. Now in 2023, there is the current 20th anniversary tour… not of an album, but of the band itself! Continue reading “Show Review: August Burns Red 20th Anniversary in Las Vegas”