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Sonata Arctica performs at The Fillmore Silver Spring on Sept. 10, 2019. (Photo by Paivi Salonen)
Only days ago, Finnish melodic metal titans Sonata Arctica released Talviyö (“Winter Night”), the band’s 10th studio album. Sonata Arctica then appeared at The Fillmore Silver Spring to open Kamelot, and Paivi Salonen has the pix to prove it!
Evanescence performs at The Anthem on May 15, 2019. (Photo by Paivi Salonen)
Symphonic metal band Evanescence played to a big crowd at The Anthem recently, and Paivi shot the show!
Evanescence (Photo courtesy Red Light Management)
Founded in Little Rock, Arkansas, Grammy-winning Evanescence will perform at The Anthem on Wednesday, May 15, with their dramatic and dynamic sound, which has been termed gothic, gothic metal, gothic rock, nu metal, symphonic metal, and more.
Within Temptation performs at Rams Head Live on Feb. 28, 2019. (Photo by Paivi)
Dutch symphonic metal collective Within Temptation released Resist, the band’s seventh studio album, recently, and they took it to Rams Head Live recently for a memorable show.
Within Temptation (Photo courtesy Freeman Promotions)
Dutch symphonic metal collective Within Temptation released Resist, the band’s seventh studio album, on Feb. 1, and their accompanying tour of the United States takes them to Rams Head Live on Thursday, Feb. 28.
Apocalyptica (Photo courtesy Odyssey Music)
In 1996, a Finnish cello band released their debut album, where they promptly shattered expectations and produced an album of Metallica covers. Apocalyptica thus published Plays Metallica by Four Cellos, an instrumental rock opus dedicated to songs by the famous heavy metal band. To mark the 20th anniversary of the album, Apocalyptica remasters it with bonus tracks in 2016 and launched a tour — and that tour arrives at the Lincoln Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 9.