There’s always a certain electricity in the air when it comes to live music—that buzzing mix of excitement, passion, and energy. At music festivals, that electricity doesn’t just hum, it surges. For three days, Shaky Knees lit up Midtown Atlanta, bringing with it stacked headliners, four stages of nonstop music, and an undeniable current of energy. This year marked the festival’s first time in Piedmont Park after moving from Central Park, and thousands flocked to the grounds.Continue reading
Sick New World has begun teasing a return in 2026, with visuals appearing at System of a Down’s recent stadium shows in New Jersey, Chicago, and Toronto! Coincidentally, all of the second headliners for the SOAD shows (Korn, Avenged Sevenfold, Deftones) have either co-headlined SNW, have ties to it. In addition, the SNW website has been updated with a new callout to sign up for their mailing list. Sick New World was canceled in 2025 due to unforeseen circumstances. Read our review of the first SNW here. In terms of potential 2026 headliners, SOAD, and 2025’s co-headliner of the canceled fest, Metallica, could both do the festival on a similar weekend to past festivals ahead of their summer 2026 tour dates in Europe. We’ll continue to track this story as it develops.
The Largest Rock, Punk & Metal Festival on the West Coast Aftershock has dropped their set times for the upcioming festival! Featuring 4 days, 4 stages, and 115+ bands headed up by Blink-182, Deftones, Korn, Bring Me The Horizon, A Perfect Circle, Bad Omens, Rob Zombie, Good Charlotte, Turnstile, and more. Tickets at all price levels are on sale now at the link below! Continue reading
Canadian post-Screamo merchants Lowheaven open Ritual Decay (MNRK Heavy) with a swell of noisy ambiance, setting the stage for an explosion of screamo intensity against a stark, apocalyptic mood that bears more resemblance to Neurosis. The sung vocals add a melodic counterpoint that might remind you of Glassjaw. They are prone to hover over crushing Sludge-drenched stomps to give the album its heavier edge. These are often broken up by atmospheric guitar passages before reaching their scathing climax.Continue reading
Deftones have just dropped their highly anticipated tenth studio album, private music, today, August 22nd, 2025 via Warner Records. Read our review here. The album, their first in five years, with being this the longest gap between albums for the band since their 1995 debut, Adrenaline (Warner/Maverick Records). The band held a global live listening stream just hours before the album was released digitally worldwide. Deftones also have many listening parties scheduled throughout North America in participating record and music stores today with free merch. The band has also shared a music video for “infinite source” – created by GREATWORK, following “my mind is a mountain” and “milk of the madonna.” Watch it now:Continue reading
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The West Coast hardcore punks, The Barbarians Of California – featuring Aaron Bruno of AWOLNATION, and Eric Stenman of Tinfed – have dropped their latest single. Titled “Modern Fashion,” it arrives along with an official music video. Watch it below and find out more.
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From underground gems to the big time, it’s New Music Friday
8-22-25
Who has the best album cover this week?
In just a month, Louder Than Life will stage one of the biggest and LOUDEST festivals in North America all year — and the largest in the history of producer Danny Wimmer Presents! With more than 175 bands, 7 stages, and a newly expanded and enhanced festival site, the 11th edition of Louder Than Life – held September 18, 19, 20 & 21 at the Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, KY – will be like nothing music fans have experienced yet. To help everyone plan ahead, DWP has now released the music performance set times and a new mobile app so attendees can create their dream weekend and make sure not to miss a moment of the action. In addition to the previously announced return of metal legends Slayer, the four-day destination event will also feature Rob Zombie in a global exclusive performance of Astro-Creep: 2000 in honor of the album’s 25th anniversary, plus Marilyn Manson on Thursday; Avenged Sevenfold, Sleep Token and Breaking Benjamin on Friday; Deftones, Bad Omens and A Perfect Circle on Saturday; and Bring Me The Horizon, $uicideboy$, and Evanescence on Sunday.Continue reading
Five years can seem like an eternity if one is a big enough fan of a band, and waiting half a decade for new music from Deftones has certainly had fans chomping at the bit. Deftones’ 2020 album Ohms (Reprise Records, review here) took on a heavy and reflective tone that mirrored the emotional distress of the pandemic and lockdown. Now, Deftones followers can rejoice, as the band have emerged with private music (via Reprise and Warner Records), with eleven tracks of silver lining to what’s been a tense 2025. Co-produced and recorded in California and Nashville with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Korn, Alice In Chains, Mastodon), who worked on 2010’s Diamond Eyes and 2012’s Koi No Yokan (both also Reprise/Warner).Continue reading
From underground gems to the big time, it’s New Music Friday
8-22-25
Who has the best album cover this week?