Architects blasted into the House of Blues Las Vegas, on their Broken Mirror run supporting their 2025 album The Sky, The Earth & All Between (Epitaph Records), and new "Broken Mirror" single from the album, and brought Holywatr along for a melodic metal night with hot sets from both bands, and a full house for the HOB. LA's Holywatr was just in Vegas supporting Chiodos a minute back, and really killed it, and tonight was no different. The band released brand new album Deo Gratias, grounded...

WHO'S HAVING FUN??? DRAIN crashed into the House of Blues like a tidal wave, with a surf lesson for us all. Watch out for that shark. The show got started with Secret World, hardcore from down under, with members of post Speed, Downside, and Hand of Mercy, with a melodic take on Aussie punk with their 2024 debut EP Guilt Is Good and their second EP Tomorrow Is A Mystery To Me in late 2025. Secret World came in hot with "The Way It Goes" and the crowd got rowdy from the first refrain. The...

Opeth brought their Last Will And Testament Tour to Las Vegas with guests Katatonia, for a mind blowing show - a visual and auditory masterpiece from the Swedish prog metal gods at the magnificent Pearl Theater at the Palms - not to mention a lot of fun too! Katatonia opened the show with "Thrice" from their new 2025 release Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State, amid smoke and a darkened medieval stage, that reflected the brooding atmosphere of their prog doom metal themes. Jonas...