Heavy Metal Reviews, Concert Photography & Show Coverage
All photos shot and edited by Mike Pickett
Twenty-three songs on my pre-show playlist, knew 20 of them without thinking about it. Three Days Grace brought every scream-along radio hit you’d want to hear to the Scotiabank Saddledome
If you haven’t heard of Wage War yet, maybe you’re not quite the fan you think you are. The Florida metalcore band opened the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta on
I’ve been told more times than I can count that you need to see Volbeat live. On June 9, 2025 at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, I finally understood
Are you one of those metalheads that wishes they were in attendance at that first Slaughter show in Los Angeles? Or could have been there when Mötley Crüe was playing
I do my best to support my local metal scene. As such, many of the bands you’re going to read about here may never hit your radar unless I can
In this debut episode of the Mike On Metal YouTube channel, I sit down with Richie Cavalera of Incite to talk about their upcoming album Savage New Times, dropping August
I want to start by saying I could write a short novel on this album. It would be impossible to unpack everything that Rivers of Nihil have put into this
When you think of Red Deer, Alberta, death metal probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But if you were at The Owl Acoustic Lounge for the Hooker
