Festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents has announced the Welcome To Rockville 2025 music performance times for North America’s Largest Rock Festival, May 15-18 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Fans can now build a personalized daily schedule in the official Welcome To Rockville 2025 mobile app.Continue reading
You never know how Nu-Metal is going to resurface. Your best bet is that it won’t show up to the party in Adidas with b-boy swagger. Knives prove this on their album Glitter (Marshall Records). Just when you thought Bristol was just the home of trip-hop, these kids who self-identify as a noise-rock band, kick in the door with punchy rapped vocals, they slam again an often dissonant eruption of angular riffs. Somehow this all manages to for my mishappen groove. of guitar clanging in a misshapen groove. “I Hope You Get It” finds a hint of hard-core haunting their musical DNA, which is nothing new for nu-metal, as Korn and Deftones toured with the likes of Biohazard, Sick of it All, Glassjaw, and Thrice, in their early days. Continue reading
The Biggest Rock Fest in Columbus History, Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival officially kicks off in less than two weeks, May 8-11 at Historic Crew Stadium in Ohio. Producer Danny Wimmer Presents is pleased to announce the music performance set times, two special after parties, and the launch of the 2025 mobile app so fans can start building their dream itineraries for the four-day event. Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival will feature more than 100 bands on 4 stages, including Metallica in their festival debut, offering a “No Repeat Weekend” with two nights, two unique sets on Friday and Sunday. On Thursday, Korn will headline after sets from Bad Omens and Three Days Grace. On Friday, Metallica will be supported by Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper, and on Saturday Linkin Park will be supported by Incubus and I Prevail. Metallica will close out the weekend on Sunday night with Alice In Chains and Chevelle. In addition to the previously announced acts, Sonic Temple now features Three 6 Mafia, Insane Clown Posse, Shadows Fall, Bleeding Through and Terror.Continue reading
If you ever find yourself wanting to listen to something so heavy and disturbingly unhinged that it almost defies description then let this to be your introduction to Fomented. A two piece act from the West Midlands consisting of ex Savage Messiah guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Sy Taplin, and Kieran Scott, the voice behind death metal sluggers DeathCollector, the duo’s independently released debut EP Bitter and Miserable Beings is the musical equivalent of violent nipple torture and ten times more uncomfortable.Continue reading
The Largest Rock, Punk & Metal Festival on the West Coast returns—4 days, 4 stages, and 115+ bands feat 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
Download Festival, the greatest rock and metal festival of all time, is now only 100 days away. With the countdown now truly on, celebrate this year’s festival with our round-up of Download By Numbers. This year’s festival will occur on 13-15 June 2025 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. Tickets are available now at the links below!Continue reading
Phil X & The Drills have unveiled their new single, “Don’t Wake Up Dead,” featuring Korn drummer Ray Luzier. The track is out now via Frontiers Music Srl, accompanied by a video with a time-lapse of the production of the single’s artwork, created by Thomas Estrada. Check it out below.
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Following up on a story from 2023, the music industry was one of the most devastated due to COVID-19 pandemic took hold, the U.S government signed into law The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant. It was for payroll, and operations capitol for venues and bands. It was meant to keep artists afloat during the lockdowns. Touring did not really resume full-time until 2021. The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant and the Paycheck Protection Program – these federal loan programs were created in 2020 to help businesses, and self-employed workers, impacted by the COVID-19 etc. during the lockdown.Continue reading
System of A Down has added additional stadium shows for the co-headlining dates with Deftones, Korn, and Avenged Sevenfold, due to popular demand. SOAD, which plays and tours very rarely since reuniting a few years ago. Polyphia and Wisp will open all the shows. Ticket on sales and presales info is at the link below. Continue reading
The Hellfest Open Air festival 2025 has booked a huge lineup. Taking place from June 19th to 22nd in Clisson, France, the fest features headlining performances from Korn, Muse, Scorpions, and Linkin Park, as well as, Knocked Loose, Judas Priest, Electric Callboy,Turnstile, Exodus, Dethklok, Refused, Jerry Cantrell, Jinjer, Turnstile, Unto Others, The Warning, VOLA, Alcest, Abbath (Doom occulta set), SUNN O))), HEALTH, Russian Circles, Chat Pile, Savatage, Dream Theater and more out of a total of 184 bands. A “very special guest” yet to be revealed for June 20th.Continue reading