Kinan Dak Albab
Assistant Professor
SPACE Lab
Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences, Boston University
Office: CDS 1336
Email: babman [at] bu [dot] edu
Interests: Computer systems, privacy-conscious systems, security, applied cryptography.
Shows I've Been To
| Artist(s) | Date | Venue | With |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moonspell, Katatonia | 9/3/2011 | Roman Amphitheater, Zouk Mikael | |
| Devin Townsend | 9/17/2016 | Palladium | |
| Opeth | 10/2/2016 | House of Blues | ~ |
| Gojira, Tesseract | 10/22/2016 | Palladium | ~ |
| Meshuggah | 11/2/2016 | House of Blues | |
| Animals as Leaders | 11/30/2016 | Royale | |
| Dhafer Youssef | 2/10/2017 | Berklee | ~ |
| Nile, Overkill | 3/10/2017 | Palladium | |
| Metallica | 5/19/2017 | Gillette | ~ |
| Megadeth, Meshuggah, Tesseract | 6/25/2017 | House of Blues | |
| Iron Maiden | 7/19/2017 | Xfinity Center | ~ |
| Slayer, Lamb of God, Behemoth | 7/25/2017 | Seafront Pavilion | |
| Anathema | 8/18/2017 | Brighton Music Hall | ~ |
| Epica | 8/31/2017 | Royale | |
| Roger Waters | 9/27/2017 | TD Garden | ~ |
| YES ARW | 10/4/2017 | Orpheum | ~ |
| Gojira | 10/6/2017 | Hartford CT | ∫ |
| QOTSA | 10/21/2017 | Agganis | ~ |
| King Crimson | 11/6/2017 | Orpheum | ~ |
| Igorrrr | 2/3/2018 | Brighton Music Hall | ∴ |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 3/8/2018 | Harvard Sanders Theatre | ~ |
| Musical Box | 3/26/2018 | Wilbur | ~ |
| Leprous, BTBAM | 4/3/2018 | Royale | ∝ |
| Tesseract | 4/19/2018 | Paradise Rock Club | ~ |
| Steven Wilson | 4/27/2018 | Berklee | ~ |
| Alice in Chains | 4/28/2018 | House of Blues | |
| Slayer, Lamb of God, Behemoth, Testament | 6/1/2018 | Mohegan Sun | |
| The Faceless | 7/15/2018 | Palladium | |
| Sleep | 7/28/2018 | Royale | |
| Stone Temple Pilots | 7/30/2018 | Seafront Pavilion | |
| Ozzy Osbourne | 9/6/2018 | Xfinity Center | ~ |
| Jethro Tull | 9/9/2018 | Seafront Pavilion | ~ |
| Nine Inch Nails | 10/19/2018 | Wang | ~ |
| Behemoth | 11/1/2018 | House of Blues | |
| Steven Wilson | 11/28/2018 | House of Blues | ~ |
| Ghost | 12/14/2018 | Wang | ~ |
| Musical Box | 3/7/2019 | Wilbur | |
| Adrian Belew | 4/18/2019 | Natick | ~ |
| Riverside | 5/12/2019 | Sinclair | ~ |
| Meshuggah | 5/14/2019 | House of Blues | |
| Slayer, Lamb of God, Amon Amarth, Cannibal Corpse | 5/25/2019 | Xfinity Center | † |
| Iron Maiden | 8/1/2019 | Xfinity Center | ~ |
| Adrian Belew | 8/8/2019 | City Winery | ~ |
| Korn, Alice in Chains | 8/9/2019 | Xfinity Center | |
| Slipknot, Volbeat, Gojira, Behemoth | 8/27/2019 | Xfinity Center | ⊕ |
| King Crimson | 9/19/2019 | Wang | ~ |
| Ghost | 10/21/2019 | DCU | ~ |
| Sabaton | 11/1/2019 | Palladium | ∃ |
| Slayer, Primus, Ministry, Anselmo | 11/9/2019 | Madison Square Garden | |
| OM | 3/5/2020 | Sinclair | ~ |
| King Crimson | 9/10/2021 | Seafront Pavilion | ++ |
| Megadeth, Lamb of God, Hatebreed | 9/13/2021 | Seafront Pavilion | |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | 9/23/2021 | Xfinity Center | ~ |
| Korn | 10/1/2021 | Xfinity Center | ~ |
| Slipknot, Killswitch Engage | 10/8/2021 | Xfinity Center | ~ |
| Opeth, Mastodon, Zeal and Ardor | 11/18/2021 | Wang | ++ |
| Killswitch Engage | 2/6/2022 | House of Blues | |
| Ghost, Volbeat | 2/11/2022 | DCU | Δ |
| Nile | 3/6/2022 | Palladium | |
| Ministry, Melvins, Corrosion of Conformity | 3/15/2022 | House of Blues | |
| Korn, Code Orange | 3/16/2022 | Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence | ~ |
| Steve Hackett | 4/2/2022 | Wilbur | |
| Animals As Leaders | 4/12/2022 | Big Night Live | ∇ |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 4/19/2022 | Paradise Rock Club | ~ |
| Riverside | 4/25/2022 | Sinclair | ++ |
| Arch Enemy, Behemoth | 4/30/2022 | Palladium | ‡ |
| Testament, Exodus, Death Angel | 5/2/2022 | House of Blues | |
| Code Orange | 5/7/2022 | Paradise Rock Club | |
| Lingua Ignota | 5/11/2022 | Sinclair | ~ |
| Megadeth, Lamb of God | 5/13/2022 | Mohegan Sun | $ |
| The Who | 5/18/2022 | TD Garden | ~ |
| Suicide Silence, Lorna Shore | 5/19/2022 | Big Night Live | |
| Slipknot | 5/21/2022 | Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence | ~ |
| Melvins | 6/28/2022 | Fete | |
| Adrian Belew | 8/5/2022 | City Winery | ~ |
| Monuments | 8/18/2022 | The Met RI | |
| Korn, Evanescence | 8/26/2022 | Xfinity Center | ~ |
| Rammstein | 9/9/2022 | Gillette | Σ |
| Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage | 9/10/2022 | Freedom Pavilion (Philadelphia) | |
| Porcupine Tree | 9/14/2022 | MGM | ∀ |
| Alice in Chains | 10/8/2022 | Xfinity Center | |
| Iron Maiden | 10/17/2022 | DCU | Σ |
| Epica, Sabaton | 10/21/2022 | MGM | % |
| Lorna Shore | 10/23/2022 | Palladium | |
| (Anthrax), Black Label Society, Exodus | 2/5/2023 | House of Blues | |
| Leather Lung | 2/17/2023 | Middle East Cambridge | |
| Riverside | 3/14/2023 | Brighton Music Hall | ++ |
| Spiritbox, After the burial | 4/29/2023 | House of Blues | ~ |
| Disturbed, Jinjer | 8/18/2023 | Xfinity Center | ◊ |
| Ghost, Amon Amarth | 8/19/2023 | Xfinity Center | ~ |
| Gojira, Mastodon, Lorna Shore | 8/20/2023 | MGM | ◊ |
| Gojira, Mastodon, Lorna Shore | 8/21/2023 | MGM | ~ |
| Leather Lung | 9/3/2023 | Alchemy Providence | ~ |
| Pantera, Lamb of God, King Parrot | 9/8/2023 | Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion | |
| Mr Bungle | 9/11/2023 | Roadrunner | |
| Chatpile | 9/18/2023 | Sinclair | ~ |
| Melvins | 9/19/2023 | Paradise Rock Club | ~ |
| Motionless in white, Knocked Loose, After the burial | 10/29/2023 | MGM | |
| Meshuggah, In flames, Whitechapel | 12/9/2023 | MGM | |
| Smith and weeden, lookers | 1/27/2024 | The Parlour Providence | ∮ |
| Pantera | 2/22/2024 | Madison Square Garden | |
| Health | 3/17/2024 | Royale | |
| Ministry | 3/18/2024 | Roadrunner | |
| Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter | 4/4/2024 | Arts at the Armory | ∮ |
| Humanity's Last Breath | 5/12/2024 | Palladium | |
| Death to all | 5/25/2024 | Middle East Cambridge | |
| Death to all | 5/26/2024 | Middle East Cambridge | |
| Knocked Loose | 6/1/2024 | Roadrunner | |
| Tinariwen | 7/27/2024 | Royale | ∇ |
| Metallica, Pantera | 8/2/2024 | Gillette Stadium | |
| Lamb of God, Mastodon, Kerry King | 8/3/2024 | Mohegan Sun | |
| Metallica, FFDP | 8/4/2024 | Gillette Stadium | Ω |
| Slipknot, Knocked Loose | 8/15/2024 | Xfinity Center | § |
| Leprous, Monuments | 9/14/2024 | Sinclair | |
| Korn, Gojira, Spiritbox | 9/21/2024 | Xfinity Center | |
| Beat | 10/11/2024 | Shubert Theatre | ∇ |
| Opeth | 10/16/2024 | Palladium | |
| Lorna Shore | 11/28/2024 | MGM | |
| King Diamond | 11/30/2024 | Roadrunner | |
| Chatpile | 11/17/2024 | Sinclair | |
| Swallow The Sun | 2/23/2025 | Brighton Music Hall | |
| Spiritbox | 4/19/2025 | MGM | |
| Meshuggah | 4/24/2025 | The Theatre at Madison Square Garden | |
| Humanity's Last Breath | 5/14/2025 | Palladium (Upstairs) | |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 6/28/2025 | Roadrunner | |
| Linkin Park | 8/1/2025 | TD Garden | § |
| Nine Inch Nails | 8/29/2025 | TD Garden | ∇ |
| Kinan Azmeh | 8/30/2025 | Antenna Cloud Farm | > |
| Poppy | 9/2/2025 | Palladium | |
| Lorna Shore (NEMHF) | 9/20/2025 | Palladium | |
| Steven Wilson | 9/29/2025 | Boch Center Shubert Theatre | |
| Swans | 10/6/2025 | Paradise Rock Club | |
| Fleshwater, Chatpile | 10/31/2025 | Paradise Rock Club | |
| Death to all | 11/13/2025 | Palladium | |
| Spiritbox, Periphery | 12/6/2025 | Ryan Center | ∂ |
| Opeth, Katatonia | 2/6/2026 | Orpheum | < |
| Tigran Hamasyan | 3/14/2026 | Berklee | ⊢ |
| Bleed from Within | 4/2/2026 | Palladium | < |
| Black Label Society, Zakk Sabbath | 4/4/2026 | MGM | |
| Health | 4/17/2026 | House of Blues | ⊨ |
| Lamb of God | 4/26/2026 | MGM | |
| Amon Amarth | 4/29/2026 | MGM | ◊ |
| Archspire | 5/3/2026 | Palladium (Upstairs) | ∂ |
| Between the Buried and Me, Imperial Triumphant | 5/17/2026 | Palladium | λ |
| Killswitch Engage | 6/12/2026 | Roadrunner | |
| Angine De Poitrine | 7/31/2026 | Newport Jazz Fest | |
| Dimmu Borgir | 8/8/2026 | Palladium |
By the Numbers
147 shows in total.
Top artists
- Lamb of God (9)
- Gojira (6)
- Lorna Shore (6)
- Meshuggah (5)
- Behemoth (5)
- Korn (5)
Top venues
- Palladium (16)
- Xfinity Center (15)
- House of Blues (13)
Top concert buddies
- RI (53)
- BM (15)
- GBL (8)
Shows per year
- 2011: 1
- 2016: 5
- 2017: 13
- 2018: 17
- 2019: 13
- 2020: 1
- 2021: 6
- 2022: 28
- 2023: 15
- 2024: 21
- 2025: 15
- 2026: 12
Longest streak: 4 shows over 4 consecutive days (8/18/2023 – 8/21/2023).
Busiest two-week stretch: 5 shows (4/30/2022 – 5/13/2022).
Busiest month: 7 shows (May 2022).
Legend
~ with RI
∫ with RI, NH
∴ with RI, BG
∝ with RI, YA
† with NH
⊕ with NH, BM
∃ with NH, RA, MAJ
++ with RI, BM
Δ with RI, BM, NH, RA
∇ with BM
‡ with SP
$ with RA, BM, HS
Σ with RI, BM, GBL, RA, KT, EA
∀ with RI, BM, KD, MT
% with RA
◊ with GBL, EA
∮ with MC
Ω with BM, GBL, KT, RA, EA
§ with GBL
> with MAI, TZ, SA
∂ with DR
< with DR
⊢ with DR, AA
⊨ with JA, MW, GG
λ with GG