It Was A Night Of Volume & Vengeance At The House Of Blues On December 11th
All Photos By Larry Petro/Petrofyed Photography
Taking on a concert review assignment in the weeks before Christmas is challenging in itself. Throw in a trip out of state the next morning and car troubles as well and you have the perfect storm of chaos that resulted in a very delayed accounting of the Volume & Vengeance Tour which made a stop at Houston’s House of Blues on December 11th. The chaos that followed the event did not detract in any way from the show of force that presented itself on this particular night as Teutonic metallers ACCEPT and Seattle’s own QUEENSRYCHE tag teamed on a tour across the States. With only a handful of dates remaining on the trek by the time it touched down in H-Town it could certainly be slightly understandable if the bands showed some road weariness, but that was not the case as both bands gave performances that one would expect from such legendary, long running acts.
With no opener, ACCEPT took the stage a little after 7pm. Still touring in support of their latest album Humanoid, the band cranked up the heat from the start with “The Reckoning” from that release. The kept pedal to the floor with “Restless And Wild” and “Midnight Mover” before going back to the new album once more for “Straight Up Jack”. The band was in top form, all smiles as they engaged with the crowd (and the two of us that captured photos), guitarist Wolf Hoffmann smiling the brightest with his signature silly facial expressions…