Columbus’ Sonic Temple Festival is gearing up for its 2025 event, which is taking place on May 8-11 at the Historic Crew Stadium. And this fest has a killer lineup, of course. Headliners for the four-day fest include Korn (Thursday), Metallica (Friday & Sunday), and Linkin Park (Saturday). And there are many reasons to celebrate rock and metal in 2025. Three Days Grace will perform with OG vocalist Adam Gontier, GWAR will officially turn 40 years old, Trivium will play a 20-year anniversary set of Ascendancy, and much more. In fact, Gontier shares, “I couldn’t be more excited to not only… Read more »
For metal and heavy rock fans of the Midwest, today is a big announcement day. Sonic Temple Festival 2024 officially shared their lineup for their upcoming event. Taking place May 16-19, festival-goers can see a major fest at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus. Of course, the headliners are worth the travel and ticket price alone. Disturbed will headline on Thursday, The Original Misfits take the stage on Friday, Pantera will perform on Saturday, and Slipknot will close out the entire fest on Sunday night. Beyond the fabulous headliners, Sonic Temple is expanding by adding a fourth stage to accommodate 40… Read more »
If you’ve been missing the days of Warped Tour, of course, there’s been chances to see major alternative bands on stages such as When We Were Young, Sad Summer Fest, Sonic Temple Festival, and the Emo’s Not Dead Cruise. Now, YUNGBLUD is getting into the alt festival circuit with his very own BludFest. Announced on Monday, March 18, the debut BludFest is set to take place on August 11. The venue is the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. Acts include headliner YUNGBLUD, Lil Yachty, Soft Play, Nessa Barrett, The Damned in the icon slot, Lola Young, and Jazmin… Read more »
Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder is bringing back the annual Ohana Festival this fall to Dana Point, CA, and he’s bringing some renowned friends with him this year. Returning to California from Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at Doheny State Beach, the latest installment features Vedder headlining alongside The Killers, Haim, The Chicks, Foo Fighters, and Pretenders. Spread across 3 days this fall, Ohana Festival will also feature performances from Japanese Breakfast, Suki Waterhouse (who recently starred in ‘Daisy Jones and The Six’ as keyboardist Karen Sirko), Amos Lee, and plenty more. Check out the day-by-day lineup breakdown below. Presale tickets will be… Read more »
Rock quartet Badflower is emerging with a brand new single, “London,” which is preceded by 2024’s “Haunting You.” The track features raw vocals, a unique jazz swing, and urgent riffs. Here, Badflower shows just how much they can think outside of the box, all while staying true to their heavy rock roots. Badflower lead vocalist Josh Katz says of the track, “‘London’ is a song about longing for something you can’t have. It’s about fantasizing that your life was in different place with a different person.” Check out “London” below, which arrives with a sexy and horrifying new music video.… Read more »
Three Days Grace is officially back with their first single following the news of their reunion. On “Mayday,” Adam Gontier and Matt Walst share their vocal power on the new track. Three Days Grace notes, “This song is a reflection of the current state of the world, an unsettling mix of disillusionment, exhaustion, and denial.” They add, “The sense that we’re all on the brink—emotionally, socially, and environmentally, yet we refuse to admit defeat. So even though we feel like we are barely surviving we keep on moving forward, one foot in front of the other.” Check out the new… Read more »
Linkin Park is seemingly gearing up to announce a massive international stadium tour on November 14. Across the globe, major venues including Scotiabank Arena in Toronto and Wembley Stadium in London shared a photo of their space with a banner reading “Counting From Zero…”—a clear reference to the band’s upcoming album. In fact, Linkin Park fan accounts, including @LPAssocation listed out all of the venues that have showed the banner so far. According to the various venues’ social media pages, the announcement may arrive at 7 AM ET on November 14, so set your clocks now. The band is gearing… Read more »
Badflower is back with an all-new track that is a perfect fit for your emo Halloween playlists. The act has unleashed “Haunting You” via Big Machine Records. The song is preceded by their 2024 offerings “Detroit” and “Teacher Has A Gun.” Lead vocalist Josh Katz says of the track, “’Haunting You’ is really about being pushed out of someone’s life abruptly and completely. Like, when someone says, ‘you’re dead to me’ and moves on. It’s impossible to just forget about someone like that.” Read more: Metallica, Linkin Park, More To Headline Sonic Temple Festival 2025 Additionally, he notes, “Their presence… Read more »
Following the announcement that they’ll be headlining a date at Sonic Temple Festival, Linkin Park is back with a new track from their forthcoming record, “Over Each Other.” The track is preceded by “Heavy Is The Crown” and “The Emptiness Machine.” Emily Armstrong shares, “This song is an extra special one for me, as it’s my first solo vocal in Linkin Park. I can’t believe I’m saying that. As I spent more time with the band over the past year, I gradually started contributing more to the music-making process, so on this one, Mike and I wrote the lyrics together.… Read more »
Eloy Casagrande just got a major promotion. The Brazilian drummer best known for his work in Sepultura was officially named the new member of Slipknot on April 30. But how did this come to be? In a recently translated interview with VEJA São Paulo, Casagrande shared his journey to become a part of metal’s most iconic outfit. The drummer first noted that he was approached by the band’s manager in December and ultimately spent ten full days in Palm Springs with the band rehearsing and recording. Slipknot “wanted to test me in every way,” Casagrande said. This included auditioning him… Read more »
