There’s something amusing about telling someone you spent Wednesday night in Hell with Plini. Throw Night Verses and Portraits into the mix, and it starts sounding like the setup for a particularly strange joke. But Hell, one of the rooms at Atlanta’s Masquerade, was exactly where three instrumental progressive acts gathered for an evening of heavy riffs, technical wizardry, and enough musical complexity to keep even the most attentive listener on their toes. It was to be an evening of progressive instrumental performances, carried by three very distinct approaches to heavy, technical musicianship. Portraits The bi-coastal project, Portraits, opened the evening … Continue reading An Evening in Hell: Plini, Night Verses, and Portraits at The Masquerade – October 14, 2026