Headbangers Ball — Metallica and Iron Maiden tributes — at Photo City Music Hall in Rochester on May 16 is a double bill that covers two of the biggest catalogs in heavy metal history. An 18-and-over event that promises a full evening of thrash and NWOBHM material played at volume in one of the Finger Lakes’ most reliable club venues.
Photo City handles metal well. The sound stays tight even when the guitars are tuned low and the drums are punishing, and the intimate scale means you are close enough to feel the riffs rather than just hear them.
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