Striker @ 1720 9-9-25
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Rhapsody of Fire Brings the Magic, Metal, and Fun to LA with Energy and Chaos!
Fiery power metal act Rhapsody of Fire had announced during the early summer time that come the fall, a headlining run would commence where they would celebrate the 25th anniversary of "Dawn of Victory". Support would be coming from Enforcer, Witherfall, and Striker, a mix mash of power metal, melodic heavy metal, glam hair metal, and heavy metal.
The tour having just started with Los Angeles being the fourth date on this trek. With that, the evening would be held in Downtown LA within the warehouse/fashion district at the 1720 venue, fans were already inside, enjoying the opening heavy metal band known as Striker. Their performance having gotten a glimpse into their antics, they brought the energy and angst of heavy metal aggression. Very energetic and overflowing with such movement, it had the crowd really into their performance and energy given out. Truly a band that is one to catch to get an idea of what they can do during their performance.
STRIKER:
Next up would be melodic metal act Witherfall fronted by vocalist Joseph Michael, who has done previous work in other bands including Midnight Reign, among others. Tonight would be the first time catching Witherfall live, since seeing his previous band Midnight Reign perform a few times prior. But due to some misfortunate occurrence of some of the other opening acts, Witherfall's sound set up did not go so well live. Due to this mishap, because of another band's sound check even before the whole event would open this evening, that caused some of the other performers to not get a chance of their own sound check causing tonight's performances to not go so well as they would have hoped.
WITHERFALL:
Witherfall did go on and perform a good set. Its just the drums, bass, sounded like they were overlapping one another, one sounding louder than the other. With the guitars and keyboardist, drowning out each other, with the main man vocalist being heard but barely at times during the band's set-up. The music sounded fine but that sound check would have been better suited if it had been an option, making this performance that more available to hearing it. Don't get me wrong the band still did do good, and are worth checking out, because everything works just some mistakes were taken and needed some fixing, to make it better suited.
This minor mishap would lead to Enforcer performing next, and their set caused the audience to go nuts. Having been from Sweden, these guys not only look alike to one another, but the audience ate it up. That heavy metal, glam metal style made everyone jumping around, bobbing their heads, to pushing one another in the mosh pit it was energetic whichever way you looked up. Enforcer have got that energy stacked, with such crowd participation it made their performance that more catchy.
ENFORCER:
Ending off the night would be power metal titans Rhapsody of Fire. Now their performance was solid, their vocalist jumping into the mosh pit towards the end of the evening, had the crowd go insane. But before that happened, their entire performance was what really had the crowd on their feet. Jumping, pushing, shoving, crowd surfing, running in circles, it was non-stop chaotic. It's how good old power metal should be about, nothing but chaos and energy. Everywhere you looked you would see smiles all around, with others singing along, to the band giving off magical elements that spread the magic into the crowd, due to the vocalists magical staff. It was just endless fun.
RHAPSODY OF FIRE:
Overall some mishaps may have happened between the bands, but the bands did their darndest to make the best of it. So much energy, fun, and music put forth, it made tonight worth enjoying.
Melodic Metal Powerhouses LUTHARO To Embark On September Tour With STRIKER
Melodic metal powerhouses LUTHARO will embark on a September tour in Canada, supporting STRIKER. Equal parts melody and ferocity, LUTHARO will take their bombastic, powerful show to Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto, so don't miss your chance to see these rising stars take the stage.
The band comments, "IT'S TIME TO SHRED AGAIN! You heard right! We will be hitting the road this September with our good friends in STRIKER and we couldn’t be more stoked! Be sure to secure your tickets FAST and let the heavy metal chaos unfold! More dates to be announced."
TOUR DATES:
Sept 11 - Quebec City - La Source de la Martiniere
Sept 12 - Montreal - Piranha Bar
Sept 13 - Ottawa - Overflow Brewery
Sept 14 - Toronto - Lee’s Palace
Striker Unleash Video for "Pass Me By"
Edmonton shredders STRIKER are unleashing their latest music video "Pass Me By" in support of their huge hails horns news that they have been invited to perform at this year's Bang Your Head Festival in Germany on July 13th.
Guitarist Tim Brown comments; "What's more fun than shredding on a roof and smashing shit? Playing Bang Your Head Open Air!"
Watch STRIKER go VHS retro and demolish the headbanging masses at the following link: https://youtu.be/HI4AfuRilFY.
Dark Tranquility Announces Headlining Tour
Swedish Melodic Death Metal innovators DARK TRANQUILLITY are pleased to announce their return to North American soil; this time taking form as a month long headlining tour. Joining Dark Tranquillity on these upcoming shows in the US & Canada are veteran thrashers Warbringer and heavy metal rebels Striker.
There are both regular tickets available as well as special VIP packages including a meet and greet with the band and a poster. Tickets & VIP packages for all shows are available now via the following link: http://www.enterthevault.com/artist.php?id=451.
TOUR DATES:
September 6th - Margate, FL @ O'Malley's
September 7th - Winter Park, FL @ The Haven
September 8th - Tampa FL @ The Orpheum
September 9th - Jacksonville, FL @ 1904 Music Hall
September 10th - Charlotte, NC @ The Underground
September 11th - Durham, NC @ Motorco
September 12th - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
September 13th - Halethorpe, MD @ Fish Head Cantina
September 14th - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
September 15th - New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
September 16th - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
September 17th - Montreal, QC @ FouFounes
September 18th - Toronto, ON @ MOD Club
September 19th - Westland, MI @ Token Lounge
September 20th - Joliet, IL @ The Forge
September 21st - Sioux Falls, SD @ Icon Lounge
September 22nd - Minneapolis MN @ The Cabooze
September 23rd - Winnipeg, MB @ Park Theatre
September 24th - Regina, SK @ The Exchange
September 25th - Calgary, AB @ Dickens
September 26th - Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room
September 28th - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theater
September 29th - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
September 30th - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
October 1st - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
October 2nd - West Hollywood, CA @ Whiskey a Go Go
October 3rd - San Diego, CA @ Brick by Brick
October 4th - Tempe, AZ @ Club Red
October 5th - El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls
October 6th - San Antonio, TX @ Fitzgerald's
October 7th - Dallas, TX @ Trees