All photos by Brandon Marshall

To see a ton more photos from the evening, check out the full Anthrax, Exodus, High on Fire and Municipal Waste slide show.

The Metal Alliance Tour featuring Anthrax, Exodus, High on Fire, Municipal Waste and Holy Grail made its way to Denver on Tuesday night. A crushing throng of maniacal metal fans -- our resident metalhead Brandon Marshall among them -- gathered at Summit Music Hall last night, where, united by their shared love of the genre, they all raised their horns to the sky. Here are the fifteen most maniacal metal fans from the show.

See also:
- Slideshow: Anthrax, Exodus, High on Fire and Municipal Waste at the Summit
- Tom Hunting of Exodus on how building a song is like building the best sandwich
- Joey Belladonna of Anthrax on Married...With Children and rejoining the band

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The crowd at Life In Color Tour featuring Borgore and more at Balch Fieldhouse, CU Boulder, 2/16/13

Winter is officially in the books. Spring is finally here, and we've got a whole new batch of shows to look forward to. Before we forge ahead, we thought we take a look back at all the shows we made it out to in the past few months and single out the best moments. Turns out, there were a quite a few highlights. Continue on for the fifty best concert photos of winter.

See also:
- Previews: The fifty best concerts of the spring
- Reviews: The thirty best concerts of 2012
- Photos: The thirty best concert photos of the fall

All photos by Danielle Lirette

Wow! We haven't seen this mesmerizing mural in the flesh yet, but Danielle Lirette, our photo intern, did, and she brought us back these great photos. The piece, which is painted on the side of Bubba Chinos at 160 Federal Boulevard, is the handiwork of PJ Sierra (aka Stale Art). Continue on to see more photos of this stellar artwork.

See also:
- The ten best storytellers in hip-hop
- The ten most enigmatic figures in hip-hop
- The 50 best rap lyrics of all time: Complete list

All photos by Brandon Marshall

See many more photos in the full SnowBall Music Festival: Day 1 slideshow.

Well, another edition of the SnowBall Music Festival is on the books. If you went, hopefully you raged all weekend. If you didn't go, well, you're probably wishing you did. Either way, relive the best moments from the festival through the lens of Brandon Marshall, who braved the elements and brought us back all these photos.

See also:
- The SnowBall Music Festival 2013 survival guide
- SnowBall Music Festival's organizers on how it came together and what inspired it
- Photos: Snowball 2012 slideshow

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Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes last night at the Ogden Theatre in Denver.

If you've never seen the Alabama Shakes live, add that to your bucket list immediately. Fuck jumping out of a plane. You've just got to see Brittany Howard live before you're pushing daisies. She's simply the most magnetic performer I've seen in a long time. Unlike other singers who resort to bawdy banter or gimmicky stage antics to stand out, Howard sucks you in with the sheer power and expressiveness of her voice. It's all consuming. You can tell she's putting absolutely everything she has into it. She sings and plays with her entire body. It's a wonder to witness. Continue on to see Howard getting lost in the music last night.

See also:
- Review: Alabama Shakes at the Ogden Theatre, 3/9/13
- Photos: Alabama Shakes at the Ogden slideshow, 3/9/13
- The best concerts in Denver this weekend

All photos by Brandon Marshall

Looks like the Mile High Soul Club has settled comfortably into its new home at Beauty Bar, where it took up residence last month from its former digs at the Meadowlark. We sent Brandon Marshall, our resident paparazzo extraordinaire, out to check in with the cats and capture the scene. He brought back a bunch of pics, which we've posted in our slideshow. Continue on to see the highlights, and then see the rest at the Mile High Soul Club at Beauty Bar slideshow.

See also:
- Slideshow: Mile High Soul Club at Beauty Bar
- Mile High Soul Club is moving to Beauty Bar
- Mile High Soul Club keeps the Meadowlark sweaty with classic Motown and vintage soul

All photos by Kenneth Hamblin III

At the Meadowlark this past weekend, #TheSolution6 culminated with the Art of Records II a series of events celebrating the Solution's six year of existence. The second annual edition of the Art of Records II was curated by DJ Low Key and Dunn the Signtologist and featured talented area artists such as Michael Coriano, Thomas Evans, Joseph Martinez, Tristan Minton, Ian Rumley, Dunn the Signtologist and more taking classic hip-hop album covers reimagining them in their style. DJ Low Key provided the soundtrack for the exhibit, spinning a set culled the records being featured, all on vinyl. Ken Hamblin was on hand to capture the scene. Continue on to see highlights from evening and then check out all of his pics at the The Art of Records II at the Meadowlark slide show.

See also:
- Slideshow: The Art of Records II at the Meadowlark, 3/1/13
- The Solution celebrates six years with #TheSolution6
- The Solution relaunches as a weekly at the Meadowlark

Once upon a time when imposing creatures like Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch roamed the earth, we used to get glossy black and white publicity photos sent to us by the truckload along with CDs (I know, right?). The discs are obviously long gone, but we crammed the pics into a filing cabinet and forgot about 'em. Until yesterday. We flipped through a few drawers and found a treasure trove of choice stuff, including the one above of Kid Rock in braids, plus a shot of Blink-182 without Travis Barker, a portrait of the late Aaliyah, a shaggy version of Kings of Leon looking like Nazarath or something and tons of other goodness. Continue on for the 25 best publicity photos we unearthed.

See also:
- A field guide to the ten biggest concert buzzkills
- The Flaming Lips' chocolate-heart creator on the painstaking process of making it tick
- Columbia Records' solution to save the music industry from over a decade ago?

So, hey, listen, I totally meant to share this with you earlier in the week, but I completely forgot. As you can see, it's only the best sign in the history of ever. I came across this brilliant piece of signage this past Saturday night after the Neurosis show, when I skipped over to the Marquis to indulge in a delicious slice of pizza. I don't know what, exactly, prompted the creation of this hand-scrawled missive, but I have a pretty good idea. Bonus: Continue on for a couple other pics I snapped a few weekends ago outside of Cervantes'. Warning: It's a semi X-rated mad lib of sorts that might be a little NSFW. Enjoy.

See also:
- Scenes from a parking lot: Is there anyone out there?
- Scenes from a parking lot: The morning after
- Ten things you'll find on the floor after a rave

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We know it's beautiful here. Carrie Underwood evidently finds it pretty breathtaking, too. This photo from the country queen's Instagram account shows Underwood taking an oxygen break before last night's encore.

See also:
- Photos: Carrie Underwood @ 1STBANK Center, 2/14/13
- The misappropriation of country music: Kid Rock opened the doors for Mumford & Sons
- Pop Goes the Country: Who's changed more -- Trisha Yearwood or country music?