
Volbeat was lucky enough to be one of the artists and I love how they added their own ‘Volbeat spin’ to this legendary song! They also played their cover of Metallica’s “Don’t Tread on Me!” I’ve always wanted to hear a Metallica song live, so that was sick! The cover was part of Metallica’s Blacklist, which was an album composed of 53 various artists paying tribute to the 30th anniversary of the Black Album. They gave us a little preview of their upcoming album, Servant of The Mind, by playing two of their current singles, “Wait a Minute My Girl” and “Shotgun Blues”. Before coming out onstage, they played “Born to Raise Hell” by Motörhead, definitely unifying and getting the crowd pumped! The band came out and played their hit “The Devil’s Bleeding Crown”, which is my all-time favorite Volbeat song! Even though the place was packed, people still made room to ‘boogie’ and I was a lot of couples actually swing dancing! It was such a beautiful sight seeing all these happy faces and people just grateful to be at a show again. I started listening to them in middle school, so it was definitely a nostalgic moment for me. It’s been a dream of mine to see Volbeat for some time now.

Their energy is so amazing and their songs are definitely mosh-worthy, making you want to party and have stupid fun! Like, they literally have a song about a shark! They closed out their set by playing “born to party” and got the whole crowd to chant the phrase, “Municipal Waste is gonna fuck you up!!!”… which they definitely did! I had never heard of Municipal Waste before this show, but now am a huge fan! To close out the “ritual”, the two singers made out, which definitely caught us all off guard! I loved their aesthetic and the sound of their music although bordering a little too satanic for my taste.


Twin Temple started off their show with a “ritual”: they have this really unique sound by blending old time rock ’n roll - think a 50s-60s inspired sound - and hard rock, describing themselves “santantic Do-wop”.

Due to some house restrictions and confusion, I was not allowed to take photos, yet I still had an amazing time just being part of the crowd! They had support from Twin Temple and Municipal Waste. Counting all the assholes in the room Well I'm definitely not alone, well I'm not alone You're a liar, you're a cheater, you're fool Well that's just like me yoohoo and I know you too Mr.Volbeat played not one, but two nights in San Diego on October 2nd and 3rd! After Volbeat sold out their first show, they decided to add another night (since San Diego clearly loves Volbeat!!).
