GRAVESHADOW (Live)

at Dante's Inferno, Portland, OR, USA, July 22, 2022

The local Heavy Metal scene in Portland, Oregon has been on the rise, and with great bands coming to town at smaller venues it’s a real treat for fans. Sacramento based Graveshadow played at Dante’s Inferno to support their new album The Uncertain Hour, giving a great performance that was packed with energy and excitement. There’s no bad seat in the house at Dante’s, and the close quarters makes for an exciting evening when the band pulls out all of the stops like Graveshadow did.

Headbanging and Flying Hair

Founding guitarists William Lloyd Walker and Aaron Robitsch treated the crowd to precision harmonies and pyrotechnic leads, while new vocalist vocalist Rachl “Raxx” Quinn owned the stage with her vocal prowess and headbanging energy. The rhythm section of new bassist Luci Rae and new drummer Bones Padilla were locked in, laying down a thunderous sound. The band pulled a good portion of their set from the new album, showcasing the haunting vocals of Rachl “Raxx” Quinn. Graveshadow delivered an excellent performance to the metal heads in Portland, and made some new fans along the way. If you get a chance to catch them live, make it happen!

Setlist

1. Soldier of 34
2. Shadow Battles
3. Widow and the Raven
4. The Betrayer
5. Fading
6. The Swordsman
7. Call of the Frostwolves – III. Warchief

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Bryce is an audio engineer and a graphic designer here at Metal Express Radio. From the day he purchased his first album (Machine Head by Deep Purple), he has had a passion for heavy music, which has influenced his whole life. Bryce is from the great Pacific Northwest in USA, and has played in metal bands like Babylon, Holy Terror, The Wild Dogs, Warhead and Egypt through the 80s. He had his first interview for the Portland, Oregon publication The Rock Rag with guitarist Paul Gilbert in his Racer X days. Then he was honored to get to have drinks, and talk for an hour with the legendary Dan McCafferty of Nazareth for his second interview. In 2013, he spent an amazing hour talking to Andi Deris of Helloween, which was the high point of his heavy metal journalism. In the year 2001, he formed Man in Black Music Publishing. They released recordings by several local bands, and in the spirit of the old Metal Massacre compilations, he created a 2-album series called The Defenders of Metal. The albums featured classic styled Metal bands from all around the world, with bands from Australia to England, and from Argentina to Russia. Currently, he is the producer/creator/vocalist of the Metal band The Black Tuesdays.

GRAVESHADOW (Live)