Chevelle at the Hollywood Palladium – September 26, 2025

9/26/2025 - The Hollywood Palladium - Los Angeles, California.

Chevelle are on the road for their brand-new self-produced album Bright as Blasphemy, and Los Angeles got the honor of one of the stops. The show went down at the Hollywood Palladium on a packed Friday night with support from Asking Alexandria and Dead Poet Society.

I was bummed to miss Dead Poet Society — L.A. traffic and a Friday night will do that — but the people I talked to said their set was killer and had the early crowd hooked.

Asking Alexandria kept that energy rolling. They stormed the stage with “Things Could Be Different” from their 2023 record Where Do We Go From Here? and didn’t slow down.

Danny Worsnop’s vocals were on point, moving between soaring cleans and raw grit, while Paul Bartolome handled the screams with power.

Cameron Liddell shredded through riffs, Sam Bettley locked in on bass, and the crowd gave it right back with pits and singalongs.

By the time “The Final Episode” closed the set, the room felt like it was shaking.

Then it was time for the main event. Fog filled the stage, the lights cut, and Chevelle came out to the roar of a packed Palladium. They opened with “Family System” from 2002’s Wonder What’s Next, a throwback that immediately had longtime fans losing their voices.

Pete Loeffler’s vocals were sharp, his riffs heavy, and somehow he still found time to headbang with the crowd while nailing every note.

Sam Loeffler crushed the drums behind him, while touring bassist Kemble Walters filled out the low end with backup vocals that gave the songs extra weight.

This run celebrates not just their 10th studio album but also 30 years of Chevelle, and it showed in the setlist. They pulled deep cuts like “The Clincher” and “Get Some,” fan favorites like “Vitamin R” and “The Red,” and four tracks from Bright as Blasphemy. The live debut of “Wolves (Love & Light)” was one of the night’s highlights, a dark, pulsing track that had the entire floor moving. “Pale Horse,” “Rabbit Hole (Cowards Pt. 1),” and “Jim Jones (Cowards Pt. 2)” gave fans a first real taste of how heavy this new record feels live.

By the time “Send the Pain Below” dropped, it was pure catharsis. Crowd surfers flew, pits opened wide, and everyone screamed those lyrics back. And they weren’t done yet! Chevelle came back for a five-song encore that hit every era, with my personal favorite “The Red,” and closing with “Mars Simula” and leaving no doubt why they’ve lasted three decades.

Chevelle proved once again why they’re one of rock’s most consistent forces. Thirty years in, ten albums deep, and still pushing forward.