The iconic and unmatchable GWAR took to the Starland Ballroom stage just in time for spooky season.
Out on their ‘Use Your Collision’ tour that wraps up in Indiana on November 5th the band also just announced an extension of the tour in the final holidays of 2019. Currently they have tour support from Sacred Reich, Toxic Holocaust and Against the Grain.
GWAR formed in 1984 this theatric and unmatchable band has reformed the genres of hardcore, thrash metal and punk rock. In total they have released 13 studio albums with their latest one The Blood of Gods that released in 2017. The ‘shock rock’ band earned a Grammy nomination in the long term film category for their Phallus in Wonderland movie that released in 1992. Their satirical, mythical, science fiction fueled performances has held fans on tight and allowed the band to branch out to other avenues. GWAR now has additional products aside from their music that includes; comic books, trading cards, beers and games to name a few.
Sacred Reich has changed the way fans listened to thrash metal since 1985. This tour is in support of their first studio album in over 20 years, Awakening. Toxic Holocaust is also celebrating a release on this tour with their newest record Primal Future: 2019. This October release is the bands newest in six years. What’s even cooler about this new record is that founding member Joel Grind recorded, mixed and mastered the entire album on his own. Against the Grain are the newest metal members to the tour with their latest release being Cheated Death that released in 2018.
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words by Teresa Colon
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