#Welcome To Rockville 2018

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OH MY GODS OH MY GODS OH MY GODS OH MY GODS OH MY GODS OH MY GODS OH MY GODS O

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, BREAKING BENJAMIN, HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD, BLACK VEIL BRIDES, ASKING ALEXANDRIA, AND BUTCHER BABIES OH MY GOOOOOOODS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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I didn't know I had a 20 photo burst shot of Dave Grohl until I started catching up on 4 years of pictures but he's a gif now yay

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Foo Fighters - Rockville 2018 https://www.instagram.com/cmsphotos/

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Concert Photos: THRICE at Welcome to Rockville 2018 THRICE Welcome To Rockville || Jacksonville, FL || 27-29 April 2018 Photos by NIWY KOVÁČOVÁ Photos by NIWY KOVÁČOVÁ

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Rockville 2018

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So I had a huge mental breakdown today because I found out the boys were at welcome to Rockville in 2018 when I went and I wasn’t a fan of them at the time. I only went one day and it wasn’t the day they were playing. I could’ve been a fan for longer if I went all three day back then😭😭

Aw shit that so sucks! I've only been to one concert in my life (ya know money n stuff shit happens) so I feel lucky that has never happened to me

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Concert Hopper Richard's Top 10 Metal Albums of 2020!

1)      Lamb of God – Lamb of God

Lamb of God, after the departure of drummer of Chris Adler, have begun to expand their horizons as evidenced on their self-titled album with Randy Blythe (vocals) continuing to expand his range by adding clean vocals to his repertoire. Couple this with a pulsing, blasting musical backdrop and you are on a wild ride that winds its way through topical journeys that touch on modern topics and of course, the state of the world in all its depressing glory. Perhaps the highlight of the album is Memento Mori which is Randy’s reminder to himself to not let the state of the world drag him into the depths of darkness within his mind. ConcertHopper covered this album entirely back in June and this article can be found at the following link: Lamb of God returns to their roots with new, self-titled LP! — Concert Hopper

 2)      The Acacia Strain – Slow Decay

Like Lamb of God, The Acacia Strain have been on a journey of musical exploration, starting with 2019’s It Comes in Waves album which harkens much more to black metal than the standard Acacia Strain fare. With Slow Decay the band takes a few surprising paths, including many guest slots in various songs on the album. On the whole, the album the band takes on many current topics like the wildfires in Washington in 2018 as well as the anti-vaccination movement that has become so prevalent in society and which, in the modern era of COVID is poised to rear its head again.

 3)      Zeal & Ardor – Wake of a Nation

Zeal & Ardor were one of the surprises of 2019 for us at ConcertHopper after seeing them at Welcome to Rockville. The Swedish gargantuans who found their footing by merging slavery-era chants and songs to black metal music. With the release of Wake of a Nation the band departs from this merging of genres and takes on the difficult subject of race relations in the world. With songs like “I Can’t Breathe” which was written in the wake of the George Floyd killing and features samples from Black Lives Matter protests across America. They take on the broad history of racism in America, even going back in the song “Tuskegee” which tackles the little-known Tuskegee Syphilis study which, for over 40 years allowed syphilis to spread while given placebo for 40 years.

 4)      August Burns Red – Guardians

August Burns Red is never a band to disappoint and this holds true with their album, Guardians. Fresh off their tour (which ConcertHopper was there to cover) where they played their Constellations album in its entirety, the band launched into this album. As seems to be trend with most of the albums on this list, the band takes on several modern topics including how the mainstream media no longer has the best interest of the public at heart. Perhaps the highlight of the album though is what is possibly the most brutal track on the album, “Bloodletter”  which, along with crushing instrumentals provides lyrics that speak to the evils of the music industry and those that try to take advantage of artists for their own gain.

 5)      Code Orange – Underneath

Prior to the onset of COVID, Code Orange was set to embark on what was going to be an incredible tour with Slipknot, Underoath, and A Day to Remember. Listed by Corey Taylor himself as one of the bands that was set to push heavy music forward (along with Knocked Loose and Ho99o9,) they truly are a force to be reckoned with. This comes to fruition on Underneath where the band continues to spread their wings and push the genre forward. “Swallowing the Rabbit Whole” is one of the song’s most interesting and complex songs, both lyrically and musically and is perhaps a hint at where the band wants to go musically in the future. The lyrics explore the subject of self-discovery and how the journey has the potential to be so rewarding but warns of the difficulties that could occur as a result. The band also performed a live stream on the streaming service, Twitch with full stage production in the gap caused by COVID.

 6)      The Ghost Inside – The Ghost Inside

Four years after the horrendous bus accident that saw the death of their driver as well as multiple injuries to band members, including Andrew Tkaczyk who lost his leg, the band triumphantly returned with a live concert in Los Angeles. After this renewed energy applied to performing and recording, the band launched into this self-title album. Not surprisingly, a large portion of the album is devoted to the accident five years prior and the growth of everyone in the band since then. This is obvious right at the intro song, “1333” which was the exact number of days between the accident and the day the band played their comeback show. From there, the album continues to be a testament to perseverance, with tracks like “Phoenix Rise” and “Begin Again”.

 7)      Alpha Wolf – A Quiet Place to Die

Alpha Wolf recalibrated as a band after allegations of sexual assault led to the dismissal of vocalist Aidan Ellaz. After a hiatus, the Australian powerhouses introduced Lochie Keogh as the new vocalist and Mitchell Fogarty as their new drummer and they promptly set to kicking ass with songs like “Black Mamba”. After several incredible singles, the band released their first full-length album since the introduction of Keogh and Fogarty. Not ones to shy away from the topic that led to the bands struggles, the song “Restricted (R18+)” tackled the subject of sexual and physical abuses from the eyes of the victim. From there they continued to release a sonic barrage, culminating in perhaps the most sonically brutal track of the album (perhaps even of the bands’ entire catalog) “Akudama”.

 8)      Trivium – What the Dead Men Say

Trivium as a band have seen massive and impressive growth over the course of the past year or two. Nominated for a Grammy, the band propelled themselves forward into What the Dead Men Say, an album that was written amidst a global pandemic and, in between all of the bands’ members livestreaming on Amazon’s Twitch platform where lead vocalist and guitarist Matt Heafy is a pioneer for artists looking to expand their reach (and where he has stated he earns more income than touring with his band). The band combined elements of their progression across the entire arc of their careers, from the beginning to the power that turned them into a Grammy contender and into the future. The band, as they have become so keen to do, utilized a mixture of clean vocals with Keafy’s refined screaming vocals alongside bassist Paolo Gregoletto’s own screaming vocals. The band pushed their own boundaries by including a couple of acoustic songs. All of this is neatly summed up with a masterful performance of the album’s highlight, “Catastrophist”, which has seen heavy play time on Sirius XM’s stations.

 9)      Mark Morton – Ether

Like many other acts on this list, Mark Morton has been on a journey of musical discovery since releasing his first solo album, Anesthetic last year. Like the first album, Ether features appearances by much of heavy music royalty including Lzzy Hale of Halestorm, John Carbone of heavy pioneers Moontooth and Howard Jones of Killswitch Engage, Light the Torch, and Blood Has Been Shed. The pinnacle of the album may very well be Morton and Hale’s incredible cover of the Black Crowes classic, “She Talks to Angels”.

 10)   The Black Dahlia Murder – Verminous

Purveyors of brutality, The Black Dahlia Murder have always been responsible for full-on sonic assaults, pulled no punches with their album Verminous. Often focusing on the very death metal/black metal subjects of sorcery and general dubious acts, the song weaves a serpentine path among an assortment of topics like necromancy, the hopelessness of humanity and of course death. Perhaps the culmination of the album is “Dawn of Rats” which is a song about a subject most bands would shy away from, the abuses of the Catholic church on children.

 As honorable mentions who would have been included in this album had they produced full-length albums this year, I would also like to add how impressed I was with newcomers Spiritbox who have been crushing the metal scene during the period that COVID has taken over. They have appeared on Sirius XM live concerts and their vocalist Courtney LaPlante appeared in the One Thousand Painful Stings music video with The Acacia Strain. I look for them to be a force in metal as we move forward.

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#Update | #New

Black Veil Brides @ Welcome To Rockville in Jacksonville, FL! - 4.28.18

📷: @meesha_jean - IG

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The Bands of Monster Energy Welcome to Rockville 2018: Thrice

Monster Energy Welcome to Rockville is shaking things up for its eighth year, all for the better. Event producers Danny Wimmer Presents have added a whole extra day to the event allowing for a host of other amazing bands – both established and up-and comers – to rock festival goers. April 27th, 28th, and 29th of 2018 will see what has long been billed as “Florida's biggest rock experience” return to its home at Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville, FL. With that extra day and the dozen plus additional bands that have been added to the lineup, Welcome to Rockville now seems poised to become one of the most elite festivals around. Not just in the realm of hard rock and metal, but all music festivals in general. 2017 was an exceptional year for Welcome to Rockville, the event drawing a record crowd of 75,000 over its two-day run. The talent was superb that year, and that will carry on into its 8th installment, because the amount of talent that has been assembled is mind-blowing. Next spring, Rockville will almost certainly attract 100,000 or so music fans and it WILL sell out. That said, let’s look at one of the bands that will be performing there in late April… Thrice is back with a vengeance. At least, that’s sure how it seems. After a three-year long hiatus and four years away from any major touring, the quartet made their return in 2016 with a new record. And while it made sense that they would do some touring to support it, fans no doubt presumed they’d be taking more time off after that year. But no.

Headline tours, co-headline runs, and supporting acts such as Rise Against, Thrice has done it all within the last couple of years, and 2018 is shaping up to be another fairly busy year, thanks to a few festival appearances like this one at Rockville. Best of all, Thrice will be making Welcome to Rockville just a little more special, since it is the first of only two festivals they’ll be playing in the U.S. this spring. Upon making their return, the released one of the strongest records of their career, 2016’s To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere touching on some all too relevant social and political issues, raising thought-provoking questions for listeners to ponder, while backing the messages with some robust, in-your-face music beds. With that era behind them, expect a more all-encompassing set from Thrice at Monster Energy Welcome to Rockville. A set that will surely draw from several entries in their catalog, and one that is certain to be teeming with that immense energy they’re known for as the look to leave a lasting impression on everyone at Rockville. Event Info: Friday, April 27th – Sunday, April 29th at Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville, FL. All ages. $85 for 1-day GA | $200 for GA Weekend | VIP packages are available.

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Avenged Sevenfold, Ozzy Osbourne, Queens of the Stone Age to join Foo Fighters at Welcome to Rockville 2018

Avenged Sevenfold, Ozzy Osbourne, Queens of the Stone Age to join Foo Fighters at Welcome to Rockville 2018

Just when you thought the Welcome to Rockville 2018 lineup couldn’t get any better, festival organizers unveiled the complete list of artists set to invade North Florida in the spring of 2018. On Monday (Nov. 6) Danny Wimmer Present unleashed their epic lineup for their Jacksonville-based music festival. Avenged Sevenfold, Godsmack, Stone Sour, Billy Idol, Queens of the Stone Age, and Ozzy…

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Logic Net Worth

Logic is a professional American rapper, record producer, singer, and songwriter. Logic was born in Rockville, Maryland, United States on January 22, 1990. Logic has fond of music from his childhood and enters the music world in early 2009. Logic released his first mixtape named as “Logic: The Mixtape” titled Young, Broke and infamous in 2010. Logic Net Worth is around $40 million which is increasing day by day. Before releasing his three more mixtapes in three years, Logic signed a deal Visionary Music Group. Logic released his fourth mixtape “Young Sinatra: Welcome to Forever” in 2013, and allowed Logic to secure a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings. Logic released his first studio album “Under Pressure” on October 2014, which debuted at #4 position on US Billboard 200 chart and resulted in certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America and has sold more than 171,000 copies all over the world. Logic released his second studio album “The Incredible Story” on November 2015 and becoming certified gold by the Recording Association of America, which sold 185,000 copies all over the world. Later in 2016, Logic released his fifth mixtape “Bobby Tarantino”.

Logic Early Life Experiences

Sir Robert Bryson Hall 2 who is also known by his stage name as Logic was born in Rockville, Maryland on January 22, 1990, from Robert Bryson Hall and a Caucasian mother. Logic spent most of his childhood in the West Deer Park neighborhood in Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States. Logic father was a cocaine addict and his mother suffered from alcoholism. Logic knows from his childhood that how to manufacture and produce crack cocaine due to the environment of his home and his family addiction to drugs. Logic Net Worth is around $40 million according to current stats and figures. Logic attended Gaithersburg High School form his childhood but did not graduate after he began skipping classes in tenth grade.

How much Logic is Worth?

Logic Net Worth is around $40 million which is increasing day by day because of his immense talent and raping skills. Logic is rumored that he currently inked a $30 million deal with Def Jam Records in 2018.

Year                                    Net Worth

2013                                   $5 million

2014                                   $6 million

2015                                   $6.7 million

2016                                   $7 million

2017                                   $8 million

2018                                   $10 million

2019                                   $40 million

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Wolf Alice @ Welcome to Rockville 2018

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Foo Fighters - Welcome to Rockville 4/29/18 https://www.instagram.com/wood_shots/

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New photo of Synyster Gates at Welcome To Rockville ~ April 28, 2018 Photography by Andrea Chile

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MESHUGGAH | Announce Reissues for Nothing, I, Catch Thirtythree, obZen and Koloss + Pre-Order Now Available!

Swedish extreme tech-metal pioneers MESHUGGAH are proud to release an exclusive collection of vinyl reissues celebrating the bands legacy. The collection offers a limited, one-time only pressing that includes re-imagined cover artwork, redesigned gatefold jackets, and audio mastered for vinyl. 

Today, the band announced that the reissues for Nothing, I, Catch Thirtythree, obZen, and Koloss are now available to pre-order at nuclearblast.com/meshuggah-reissues. The re-designed album artwork was completed by Keerych Luminokaya who created the artwork for the band's 2012 release of KOLOSS. For the remastering of the albums, the band returned to Thomas Eberger of Stockholm Mastering who worked with the band on The Violent Sleep of Reason which secured the band their first GRAMMY nomination for “Best Metal Performance." 

Details for the vinyl being released on March 22nd are as follows: 

"Nothing"

Black Vinyl

White Vinyl - Limited to 300

Orange + Black/White Splatter     Vinyl-     Limited to 300

"I"

Black Vinyl

Green Vinyl - Limited to 300

Clear + Black/Gold Splatter Vinyl - Limited to 300

"Catch Thirtythree"

Black Vinyl

Silver Vinyl - Limited to 300

Orange + Black marble Vinyl - Limited to 300

"obZen"

Black Vinyl

Clear Vinyl- Limited to 300

White + Red Splatter Vinyl - Limited to 300

"Koloss"

Black Vinyl

Silver Vinyl - Limited to 300

Grey + Black/Gold marble Vinyl - Limited to300

All Reissues are available for pre-order here: nuclearblast.com/meshuggah-reissues

Catch MESHUGGAH live on the following dates: 5/05/2019 - FL - Welcome To Rockville – Jacksonville               5/10/2019 - NC - Epicenter Festival – Rockingham                     5/17/2019 - OH - Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival – Columbus  5/18/2019 - IL - Chicago Open Air Festival - Bridgeview                8/01-3/2019 - Germany - Wacken Open Air – Wacken                            8/04/2019 - France - Sylak Open Air - Saint-maurice-de-gourdans       8/7-10/2019 - Czech Republic - Brutal Assault Festival – Jaroměř                      8/9-10/2019 - Belgium - Alcatraz Festival - Kortrijk                                8/04/2019 - Netherlands - Into The Grave - Leeuwarden                              8/14/2019 - Germany - Summer Breeze Open Air – Dinkelsbühl            8/17/2019 - United Kingdom - ArcTanGent Festival - Somerset                      

Stay tuned for more show announcements! 

While the term “genre-defining” gets tossed around quite frequently these days in the music industry, and most especially the heavy metal industry, it is truly the only proper term to align with the head expanding sounds created by MESHUGGAH. The band began its formation in Umeå, Sweden in 1987. With over 25 years and 8 full length albums as masters in this realm, the band have been on an endless journey to outwardly reveal their uncommon sonic stamp. This greatly pertains to the musical precision required in order to create songs with such unique time signatures.

In 1989 the band‘s vestal voyage began with their self titled release that was limited to only 1,000 copies and completely sold out. In 1991 with the release of their first full length album "Contradictions Collapse" the band welcomed their new drummer, and the man that would eventually be dubbed “the best drummer alive;” the incredible Tomas Haake. Their 1995 album "Destroy, Erase, Improve", and the release of "Chaosphere" in 1998 gained massive attention and really pushed the band into the popular heavy metal touring circuit. Things progressed more and more until the release of their 2002 album which would go on to sell over 110,000 copies in the United States. As the years and albums progressed a term describing the band‘s progressive music style; “djent” emerged to solidify their genre defining nature. In 2005 they released "Catch Thirtythree" which perplexed and delighted many fans and critics as a 47 minute-long “uni-song” that genuinely required patience and attention to detail. A few years later in 2008, "obZen" made it‘s way into the world alongside a stunning music video for the single 'Bleed'.  "obZen" sold over 82,000 copies in the US, alone. In 2012 the 10-track record "Koloss" was reveled and made its way to the top 20 of the Billboard top 200, re-demonstrating once again, the exclusive talents held only by MESHUGGAH. 

In the time between "KOLOSS" and the release of their 8th full length studio album "The Violent Sleep of Reason", to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the band's debut studio album, the idea was born to let creative genius Keerych Luminokaya redesign each album cover with a new sense of style (Luminokaya began creating artwork for the band with their 2012 release of "KOLOSS", and has continued working closely with them by providing artwork for albums and tour/stage design). This project stretched over 6 months, and resulted in the release of the “25 Years of Musical Deviance” box set. Only 1000 copies were produced, and they sold out immediately. Inspired by the high demand from fans who couldn't get their hands on a copy of the box set the first time around, Nuclear Blast will now offer the albums individually on a variety of colored vinyl, in a one-time only limited pressing. Starting with the first 5 albums: "MESHUGGAH", "Contradictions Collapse", "None", "Destroy", Erase, Improve", and "Chaosphere", and set to be released on Nov 30th, 2018. All albums are now remastered especially for vinyl by Thomas Eberger of Stockholm Mastering. 

In the wake of the massive 25 year milestone, there truly is no better way to complete the collections of fans worldwide than with the installation of these beautifully remastered albums. It‘s also a rarely seen opportunity for newer, younger fans who have yet to discover MESHUGGAH to introduce their ears and their minds to this stand-alone collection of timeless, mathematical auditory brilliance.

More info: https://www.meshuggah.net/ https://www.facebook.com/meshuggah https://www.nuclearblast.de/meshuggah

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AVATAR at Welcome to Rockville 2018 

(photos by Barry Nadler / UnRated Magazine)