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PRONG – Concert Review and Photos From The King of Clubs In Columbus, Ohio – February 28th, 2024

Posted in concert reviews, concerts, groove metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal concerts, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , , , on March 17, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

photo credit: Stone/Metal Odyssey

I went to see PRONG and VOIVOD back on February 28th, at the King of Clubs in Columbus, Ohio. What a night! I was (and still am) elated to have experienced PRONG on this tour! PRONG took the stage first and ripped out a scorching set of their songs, culminating with their intense and heavy hitting cover of “Working Man” by RUSH.

PRONG is continuing to tour in support of their newest and 13th studio album from 2023: State Of Emergency. Tommy Victor and his band kickstarted my Metal adrenaline that lasted straight through VOIVOD and into the next day! Tommy’s vocals sounded stronger than ever; while always a master on his guitar. PRONG flat-out kicked Metal ass that night; I couldn’t have expected any less! Metal be thy name. – Stone

Check out my blab and photos for VOIVOD by clicking this link: https://metalodyssey.net/2024/03/06/voivod-concert-review-photo-gallery-from-columbus-ohio-at-king-of-clubs-february-28th-2024/

See the setlist at bottom of post.

Tommy Victor – photo credit: Stone/Metal Odyssey
Tyler Bogliole – photo credit: Stone/Metal Odyssey
Jason Christopher – photo credit: Stone/Metal Odyssey
Tommy Victor – photo credit: Stone/Metal Odyssey
Tommy Victor – photo Credit: Stone/Metal Odyssey
photo credit: Stone/Metal Odyssey

SETLIST:

The Descent
Irrelevant Thoughts
Seeing Red
(Killing Joke cover)
For Dear Life
Beg to Differ
Unconditional
Disbelief
Cut-Rate
Broken Peace
Breaking Point
Whose Fist Is This Anyway?
Another Worldly Device
Revenge…Best Served Cold
Dark Signs
Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck
Third From the Sun
(Chrome cover)
Working Man
(Rush cover)

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WAR CURSE – Welcomes New Guitarist Edward Escamilla – Teases Heavier Direction Moving Forward

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , , , on March 17, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Edward Escamilla, lead guitarist of Chicago based thrash metal band REIGN has joined WAR CURSE, replacing co-founder and lead guitarist Joshua Murphy. The lineup change comes on the tail of the band’s Metal Blade Records / Blacklight Media debut album, Confession, which was released October 20th, 2023. 

Guitarist Justin Roth comments: “It’s on the best of terms that we thank Joshua Murphy for ten years of commitment and for his invaluable contributions to WAR CURSE. Murphy is truly like a brother to me. We’ve played in bands together for the last 20 years, spent holidays with each others’ families, and driven each other up a wall on occasion, as brothers do. I speak for all of us when I say that we’ll miss his shenanigans. But as they say, the show must go on.”

We had conversations with a few guitarists, but ultimately Ed was our first choice. We were stoked when he accepted our offer to join. The dude absolutely rips, and more importantly, we like him as a person. Talent matters, but so does liking the people you’re going to be stuck in a van with. We’re optimistic about the band’s future and embracing the change.”

Roth continued: “We’ve wasted no time getting new music ready to record. I’ve been demo recording new material nonstop since the week after Confession was handed in. I truly believe that I’m writing the best material of my career right now. We tried some new things on Confession. I really like some of it. Some of it will never be revisited. We’re constantly evolving. Some of the new stuff is heavier than hell. Heavier than I ever saw us going with WAR CURSE. It’s a lot of fun. But we’re always working. We’re a band that’s laser-focused on the future.”

Listen to WAR CURSE’s most recent album Confession on Spotify: 

https://open.spotify.com/album/3jKKrknW5ETLF859b6dPlf?si=00c2be8bd55c4d62

Source: C Squared Music

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