Skinlab – Extreme Music Awards After-Party – 1/12/25 at Empire Underground, Albany, NY (Photos by Jake Fox)

By: Jake Fox

On: January 28, 2025

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10-50 Nightmare – 9/7/24 at Empire Underground, Albany, NY (Photos by Pete Gregory)

By: Pete Gregory

On: October 25, 2024

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Against The Reign – 5/11/24 at Empire Underground, Albany, NY (Photos by Benjamin Hunt)

By: Benjamin Hunt

On: May 26, 2024

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Avatar – Empire Live, Albany, NY – 11/26/23 (Photos by Angela Dimock)

By: Angela Dimock

On: November 28, 2023

Swedish avant-garde metal outfit Avatar brought their mindbending live show to Empire Live in Albany, NY, on 11/26/23. Here’s our exclusive, mega-oversized photo gallery!! (Photos by Angela Dimock for 518scene.com – IG: @angeladimockphotography)Continue Reading

I AM – 10/22/23 – Empire Live, Albany, NY (Photos by Ron Loria)

By: Ron Loria Jr.

On: October 25, 2023

Dallas death/groove metallers I AM were a pummeling presence at Empire Live in Albany, NY, on 10/22/23, opening for Suicide Silence and Chelsea Grin. Here’s our full, exclusive photo gallery!! (Photos by Ron Loria for 518scene.com – IG/Twitter: @rondacksphoto / @518scene)Continue Reading

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Skinlab – Extreme Music Awards After-Party – 1/12/25 at Empire Underground, Albany, NY (Photos by Jake Fox)

10-50 Nightmare – 9/7/24 at Empire Underground, Albany, NY (Photos by Pete Gregory)

Against The Reign – 5/11/24 at Empire Underground, Albany, NY (Photos by Benjamin Hunt)

Avatar – Empire Live, Albany, NY – 11/26/23 (Photos by Angela Dimock)

I AM – 10/22/23 – Empire Live, Albany, NY (Photos by Ron Loria)

Bush – 5/12/25 at MainStage at Proctors, Schenectady, NY (Photos by Ron Loria)

Pain of Truth – 5/9/25 at Empire Live, Albany, NY (Photos by Benjamin Hunt)

Dying Fetus – 5/5/25 at Empire Live, Albany, NY (Photos by Pete Gregory)

Crobot – 5/2/25 at Empire Underground, Albany, NY (Photos by Mark Kurtzner)

Better Lovers – 5/1/25 at Empire Underground, Albany, NY (Photos by Kylie Spinelli)

Thick as a Brick – Albany’s Brick by Brick Drop Crushing New EP, Collapse

Still Something To Write Home About – The Get Up Kids’ Iconic Album Turns 25

Forever Home For The Holidays: Guitarist Al Pitrelli’s Trans-Siberian Orchestra Destiny

Bass Is His Business… and Business Is Good! Talking With Megadeth’s Four-String Iron Man, James LoMenzo

Gratitude: I Am The Avalanche Turn 20

Ricky Montgomery – 10/13/24 at Empire Live, Albany, NY

Bowling For Soup – A Hangover You Don’t Deserve 20th Anniversary Tour (w/ Wheatus & Don’t Panic) – 9/20/24 at Empire Live, Albany, NY

Sevendust – Seasons 21st Anniversary Tour (w/ 10 Years, Return to Dust, Horizon Theory) – 9/15/24 at Empire Live, Albany, NY

Band of Horses & City and Colour – 9/13/24 at Frog Alley Summer Stage, Schenectady, NY

Steel Panther (w/ Jason Charles Miller) – 9/1/24 at Empire Live, Albany, NY

Backstage with a Baby Bag: A Mother’s Day Ode to the Women Who Rock (Literally)

The Chuck Lamb Trio (w/ Camille Thurman & Darrell Green)

Fontaines D.C. (w/ Jadu Heart)

Baroness – Red & Blue Tour

VCR Vortex – Manhunter (1986) & The Keep (1983)

Wednesday Nite Swing and Blues Dance

John Gorka

Open Karaoke & Music Listening Party

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