Brian McLean, Author at BPM

Uli Jon Roth: May 17, 2024 @ Arlington Music Hall in Arlington, TX

May 23, 2024 Brian McLean Comments Off

Uli Jon Roth is best known for his 1970’s era stint in the Scorpions as well as being an early contributor to the neo classical metal genre. Prior to Covid, Roth had a 70-date North […]

Kamelot: May 6, 2024 @ Tannahill Music Hall in Fort Worth, TX

May 14, 2024 Brian McLean Comments Off

Kamelot delivered nothing short of a grand performance at the Tannahill Music Hall in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards. The symphonic metal band is currently making their way across North America on the Awaken the […]

Children of Bodom: A Chapter Called Children of Bodom (Final Show in Helsinki Ice Hall 2019)

December 15, 2023 Brian McLean Comments Off

Over the years, generations have had their rock / metal guitarist that took their playing to an absurd level. All were graced with a talent that allowed them to master their craft way beyond the […]

Visions of Atlantis : A Pirate’s Symphony

December 1, 2023 Brian McLean Comments Off

Austria’s Visions of Atlantis have been making noticeable waves in the sea of symphonic metal over the last several years. The band released the impressive symphonic effort Wanderers in August 2019, then the equally impressive […]

Mac Sabbath : November 14, 2023 @ the Granada Theater in Dallas, TX

November 17, 2023 Brian McLean Comments Off

Last November Mac Sabbath brought their pre Thanksgiving feast to Dallas courtesy of their Drive Thru Metal. A year and two days later, Mac Sabbath returned to the DFW area and catered another pre Thanksgiving […]

Sodom : 1982

November 10, 2023 Brian McLean Comments Off

As the world creeps towards 2024, there are bands that will be celebrating 40 years of this or that. Some bands have already reached that career milestone. One such band is Germany’s Sodom. Even though […]

Overkill : July 18, 2023 @ Trees in Dallas, TX

July 25, 2023 Brian McLean Comments Off

Overkill made the right call referencing their latest album “Scorched” with their current US Tour. With temperatures blistering parts of the nation, the tour name Scorching the Earth July 2023 is appropriate for the current […]

Thunder Horse : After the Fall

July 16, 2023 Brian McLean Comments Off

There’s something in the Texas water that hints of heavy, psyched, doomed filled metallic elements. The musical lacings are not considered metalloids and definitely not a nonmetals. The source of the heaviness points towards San […]

Emperor : June 28, 2023 @ The South Side Ballroom in Dallas, TX

July 5, 2023 Brian McLean Comments Off

The dust has settled from Emperor’s Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk tour that saw a handful of dates in the US. The trek was the Norwegian band’s first tour of the US in 15 […]

The Pixies : June 24, 2023 @ The South Side Ballroom in Dallas, TX

June 27, 2023 Brian McLean Comments Off

American alternative rockers The Pixies brought the back end of the second leg of their US Tour to South Side Ballroom on a sweltering Saturday night in Dallas. Along for the ride with only Austin […]