Saving Abel: Into the Fire Tour 2023

Saving Abel is touring this fall with special guests (on select dates) Autumn Kings, King Falcon, and Harmless Habit. You can visit savingabel.com for tickets, VIP, and more information!

  • 10/20 – St. Charles, IL – Arcada Theatre*
  • 10/21 – Ft. Wayne, IN – Piere’s*
  • 10/22 – Mount Vernon, IL – The Granada Theatre*
  • 10/24 – Lansing, MI – Hall 224*
  • 10/25 – Chesterfield, MI – Diesel Concert Lounge*
  • 10/27 – Saginaw, MI – The Vault Saginaw*
  • 10/28 – Lorain, OH – Lorain Palace Theatre
  • 10/30 – Syracuse, NY – The Lost Horizon#
  • 11/1 – Manchester, NH – Angel City Music Hall Bar & Eatery LLC#
  • 11/3 – Erie, PA – Basement Transmissions+
  • 11/4 – Ashland, KY – Paramount Arts Center+
  • 11/5 – Jacksonville, NC – Hooligans Music Hall+
  • 11/7 – Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend+
  • 11/8 – Greenville, SC – Radio Room+
  • 11/9 – Fernandina Beach, FL – Sadler Ranch+
  • 11/11 – Corinth, MS – Crossroads Arena
  • 11/14 – Houston, TX – House of Blues+
  • 11/15 – Dallas, TX – Sundown at Granada+
  • 11/16 – Buda, TX – Buck’s Backyard+
  • 11/19 – Colorado Springs, CO – Sunshine Studios Live+
  • 11/20 – Denver, CO – HQ+
  • 11/22 – Tucson, AZ – 191 Toole#
  • 11/24 – Las Vegas, NV – The Sand Dollar Lounge#
  • 11/25 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre#
  • 11/27 – San Diego, CA – Casbah#
  • 11/29 – Reno, NV – Virginia Street Brewhouse#
  • 11/30 – Roseville, CA – Goldfield Trading Post#
  • 12/1 – Chico, CA – Senator Theatre#
  • 12/2 – Grants Pass, OR – The Hivve: Coworking & Venue (New date!)
  • 12/3 – Portland, OR – McMenamins Mission Theater#
  • 12/8 – Sioux City, IA – The Marquee#
  • 12/9 – Iowa City, IA – First Avenue Club#
  • 12/10 – Urbana, IL – Canopy Club#

* Autumn Kings

# King Falcon

+ Harmless Habit

A/S/L?

Remember the days of AIM and chat rooms and people asking “a/s/l”? Haha! Today’s kids will never know…

Anyway, I don’t actually want to know your age, sex, and location, but if you’re seeing this, it would be cool for you to tell me something good about your day! I feel like I don’t do nearly enough personal posts. I keep intending to change that and I always fail miserably – then I do a post like this, explaining how I’m trying to do more personal posts and that I always fall short. Lol. In my defense, the focus here is music, movies, and books.

For those interested, I’ve been working a lot. I had a doctor’s appointment Monday, but there’s no diagnosis yet: I have to have an ultrasound to check my gallbladder, and I’m on meds to help alleviate the acid in my system, in case I have an ulcer. I’m not super worried; I simply hope I feel better by the end of the month, when I’m going to Colorado to visit my brother again. We plan to celebrate Halloween in Albuquerque, New Mexico, then we’re going to see Wednesday 13 performing Murderdolls. And my brother bought me the VIP meet-and-greet experience for my birthday. Eeeeek!

Hope y’all are having a fabulous October so far! I started Frankenstein, by the way. I don’t know if I like it or not. Victor annoyed me, the way he avoided a situation he created. But we’ll see. I’m about halfway through.

If you’ve made it this far, please leave me a comment, as I mentioned earlier, about your day. Or something you like. Or…whatever. I just want to connect with my followers a bit.

Bands You Should Know: Shadow Reborn

You may remember my mentioning Shadow Reborn back in May, when I wrote this review of their EP, Realm of the Wicked. Well, I’m here to insist, again, that you check out this band!

Shadow Reborn is from Florida and offers all the glitz and glam of the 80s hair metal era with the darker macabre element of bands such as The 69 Eyes, Type O Negative, and Lacrimosa. A self-proclaimed theatrical goth metal act, this quintet has time traversing imagery, lyrics that delve straight into the human psyche, heavy riffs, and catchy anthemic choruses. Thus far, they have released two EPs – Intricacies (2015) and Realm of the Wicked (2022) – and several singles.

Below are my favorite track from Shadow Reborn, as well as their most recent single, and links to their socials. Be sure to follow them to keep up with any news, show announcements, and/or music releases.

My favorite. This song is the fifth track on Intricacies.
“Her Mortal Embrace” was released in 2021 and appears on Realm of the Wicked.

The Mostly Music 2023 Playlist, Pt. 3 (Updated 10/8/23)

Link to the playlist on Spotify: Check it out!

Welcome to the first list of additions for October! The past two weeks have brought more hard rock for mental health from Above Snakes, a playfully dark metalcore anthem from Not Enough Space, and more! Here are the songs that have been added since my last update:

Suicide Silence and Chelsea Grin Announce Fall North American Co-Headline Tour

Suicide Silence and Chelsea Grin are kicking off their North American co-headline tour October 13th in San Antonio! The two legendary deathcore bands are bringing along I Am and PeelingFlesh. Tickets and VIP are available at suicidesilence.net!

  • 10/13 – San Antonio, TX – Vibes Event Center
  • 10/14 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
  • 10/15 – Dallas, TX – Monster Mosh 2023
  • 10/17 – Jefferson, LA – Southport Hall
  • 10/18 – Memphis, TN – Black Lodge
  • 10/19 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
  • 10/20 – Lakewood, OH – The Roxy
  • 10/21 – Rochester, NY – Water Street Music Hall
  • 10/22 – Albany, NY – Empire Live
  • 10/24 – Québec, QC – Le Capitole
  • 10/25 – Ottawa, ON – Bronson Centre
  • 10/26 – London, ON – London Music Hall
  • 10/27 – Fort Wayne, IN – Piere’s
  • 10/28 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection
  • 10/29 – St. Louis, MO – Pop’s Blue Moon
  • 10/31 – Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s
  • 11/2 – Winnipeg, MB – Park Theatre
  • 11/3 – Saskatoon, SK – Louis’ Pub
  • 11/4 – Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall Concerts
  • 11/5 – Edmonton, AB – The Starlite Room
  • 11/7 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
  • 11/8 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory Concert House
  • 11/9 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon

Song of the Day — Sleep Token: “Blood Sport”

Story of the Year: 20 Years of Page Avenue

Alt-rockers Story of the Year are celebrating twenty years of their debut album, Page Avenue, with a fall 2023/winter 2024 tour, and they will be playing the record in its entirety! Special guests include fellow alternative/pop punk acts Four Year Strong, We The Kings, and Youth Fountain.

Tickets/VIP: storyoftheyear.net

Fall 2023 Dates

  • 10/26 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom*
  • 10/28 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger*
  • 10/29 – Dallas, TX – Studio at Bomb Factory*
  • 10/31 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater*
  • 11/1 – Mesa, AZ – The Nile Theater*+
  • 11/2 – Tucson, AZ – Encore*+
  • 11/3 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues*+
  • 11/4 – San Diego, CA – Observatory North Park*+
  • 11/5 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl*+
  • 11/7 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades*+
  • 11/9 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom*+
  • 11/10 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo*+
  • 11/11 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory Concert House*+
  • 11/12 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory Concert House*+
  • 11/14 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex*+
  • 11/15 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre*+
  • 11/17 – Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall*+
  • 11/18 – Minneapolis, MN – Uptown Theater*+
  • 11/19 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave/Eagles Club*+

Winter 2024 Dates

  • 1/5 – Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theatre*#
  • 1/6 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theater & Ballroom*#
  • 1/7 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer*#
  • 1/8 – McKees Rocks, PA – Roxian Theatre*#
  • 1/10 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House*#
  • 1/11 – Montreal, QC – Club Soda*#
  • 1/12 – Boston, MA – House of Blues*#
  • 1/13 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom*#
  • 1/14 – New York, NY – Palladium Times Square*#
  • 1/16 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live!*#
  • 1/17 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVa*#
  • 1/19 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground*#
  • 1/20 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade (Heaven)*#
  • 1/21 – Tampa, FL – The Ritz Ybor*#
  • 1/22 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution Live*#
  • 1/24 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl*#
  • 1/25 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s*#
  • 1/26 – Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall*#

* Youth Fountain appearing

+ Four Year Strong appearing

# We The Kings appearing

Static-X Shares New Single + Video, “Z0mbie”

“Z0mbie” is the third single from Static-X’s highly anticipated upcoming album, Project Regeneration: Vol. 2, which will be released January 26, 2024.