The Tabernacle in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, played host to Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth on an unseasonably warm November Saturday night in the South. Returning to the city in support of their latest release, The End, Mammoth was joined by special guests Myles Kennedy (of Alter Bridge fame) and up-and-comers Return to Dust.
Converted into a music venue for the 1996 Olympics and located just a block from Centennial Olympic Park, The Tabernacle building is over 100 years old. In the early 1900s, it served as the Broughton Tabernacle Baptist Church, then home to an active congregation of more than 4,000 members. Having attended numerous shows here over the years across a variety of musical genres, I’ve always been impressed by the venue’s acoustics and intimate atmosphere despite its larger 2,600-person capacity and multiple balcony viewing tiers.
Hailing from Los Angeles, California, Gen Z rockers Return to Dust stormed onto the darkened stage at 7:30 p.m., launching into the title track from their debut EP (July 2023), Black Road. Currently on the road in support of their recently released second EP, Speak Like the Dead (August 2025), Return to Dust’s lineup – unchanged since their formation in 2022 – features Matty Bielawski (rhythm guitar/vocals), Graham Stanush (bass/vocals), Sebastian Gonzalez (lead guitar), and London Hudson (drums)…