98 Rock’s annual arena show is back on after a short pandemic-related hiatus, and on Friday, the storied Tampa Bay active-rock station welcomed genre heavyweights Godsmack and Three Days Grace—plus Black Veil Brides, Motionless in White and Ice Nine Kills—to Amalie Arena on Friday.

Godsmack Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Godsmack Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Godsmack Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Godsmack Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Godsmack Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Godsmack Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Godsmack Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Godsmack Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Godsmack Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Godsmack Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Godsmack Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Godsmack Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Godsmack Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Godsmack Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Godsmack Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Three Days Grace Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Three Days Grace Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Three Days Grace Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Three Days Grace Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Three Days Grace Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Three Days Grace Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Three Days Grace Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Three Days Grace Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Three Days Grace Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Three Days Grace Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Three Days Grace Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Three Days Grace Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Black Veil Brides Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Black Veil Brides Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Motionless In White Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Motionless In White Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Motionless In White Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Motionless In White Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Motionless In White Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Motionless In White Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Ice Nine Kills Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Ice Nine Kills Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Ice Nine Kills Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Ice Nine Kills Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Ice Nine Kills Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...