Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats hit the Area15 Portal on a Friday night ready and brought a wall of sound, with support from Italian doom metalers Messa. The area15 big room with surround video was the perfect choice for this sound and visual experience. Messa was insanely impressive with a blend of doom and smoky jazz, and vocalist Sara Bianchin's powerful vocal range; etherial at times and then crescendoing and commanding the entire room, along with the incredible guitar work

Memphis May Fire brought the second leg of their Shapeshifter Tour to Las Vegas, for a metal night at the Portal at Area 15 . It was a mind blowing night of sound and lights and a crowd that was insane, as the band gave 200% and blew the roof off. MMF brought a support lineup of Rain City Drive, Nevertel and If Not For Me , mixing metalcore and melody for a night to remember. The show started with Pennsylvania boys If Not For Me , who bounded onto the stage and brought