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

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!

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Show Review: Lamb of God + Killswitch Engage + Mercyful Fate + Kreator in Dallas

Photos and review by: Alan Ralph @ARPhotoSF

Throughout our cumulative years working in many components of the local music industry, the staff of Spinning Platters has been lucky enough to become friendly with quite a few bands, their management, public relations, and even their road crews. In late May, over Memorial Day Weekend, we ventured outside of our Bay Area bubble to the middle of the country (Chicago). We were subsequently offered the opportunity to cover some shows there.  Now, once again, Spinning Platters had the chance to travel to Dallas (Don’t Mess With Texas!) and was informed that we would be able to cover the final show of one tour and the first show of another! What started out as simply two photo passes for Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, Animals as Leaders, Fit for an Autopsy AND Mercyful Fate, Kreator, Midnight turned into a whole lot more…