Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival is just around the corner! And fans can officially start to plan their weekend setlist with the four-day festival’s set times officially being announced. The festival is slated to return to the Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, from Thursday through Sunday, May 14-17, and will feature over 140 artists performing across five stages. Tickets—including single-day, weekend passes, GA, GA+, VIP, and premium experiences—are on sale now. Check out the full festival day-by-day breakdown of performances below. Thursday, May 14 Friday, May 15 Saturday, May 16 Sunday, May 17
Following the release of her March 2025 EP Surrender, Amira Elfeky is back with her new offering, “Hold Onto Me,” via Anemoia Records and Atlantic Records. The artist, who previously performed with Evanescence and is gearing up to support Bring Me The Horizon on select dates, is poised to become a big name in alternative households soon. Elfeky is keeping nu-metal fresh and exciting, and “Hold Onto Me” is no exception. She sings, “So give me all of your emotion/Leave behind what left you broken/I need you to believe/You’re falling fast/I’ll take control/Let every tear become a memory/Hold onto me.”… Read more »
March isn’t just the time to wear green and celebrate St. Patty’s Day, it’s also time to truly reflect on the accomplishments of women in your life and afar via Women’s History Month. Plus, this is your reminder to continue to support women artists, small businesses, and beyond. One way to celebrate ladies this month and every month is, of course, by buying their music and attending their shows. Sure, we here in the alternative sphere love Paramore, Spiritbox, Avril Lavigne, and the like. But it’s vital to keep an eye on who is on the rise, too! These nine… Read more »
As You Me At Six continues their farewell tour, their Sheffield, UK stop delivered an unforgettable moment when Bring Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes made a surprise appearance. Stepping onto the stage to perform his blistering guest verse on “Bite My Tongue,” Sykes reignited the track’s ferocity with an intensity that sent the crowd into a frenzy. Josh Franceschi introduced him, and the already high energy in the room skyrocketed. The duo traded vocals with razor-sharp precision, Sykes’ signature screams cutting through the venue as the band powered through the explosive verse. As the song came to a close,… Read more »
Following their GRAMMY nomination for Best Metal Performance for “Cellar Door” and the announcement of their sophomore album, Tsunami Sea, Spiritbox has revealed a massive 2025 North American tour. Kicking off in April, the Courtney LaPlante-fronted group will be supported by Loathe, Dying Wish, and GEL. Spiritbox has one more show this year supporting Bring Me The Horizon. Check out their full touring schedule below and purchase tickets here. Tour Dates: Read more: Pierce The Veil Announces Massive Eras-Style World Tour *Supporting Bring Me The Horizon.#With Periphery and Stray From The Path as support.%With Loathe, Dying Wish, and GEL as… Read more »
Ahead of their When We Were Young Festival performances this weekend in Las Vegas, NV, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus has launched a new single and accompanying music video, “Home Improvement,” via Better Noise Music. The release is a previously “lost” track originally recorded before the sessions of their 2006 debut album, Don’t You Fake It. Until now, the track has only existed as a demo on platforms like YouTube but will soon be included on a new collection expected to be released in the spring of 2025. Lead vocalist, guitarist, and founding member Ronnie Winter shares of the new release,… Read more »
Guitarist Stephen Harrison and drummer Aric Improta “knew it wasn’t going to be easy to start again from scratch, but that phrase became our ethos.” After departing from Fever 333 in October 2022, the dynamic duo knew it was time to sonically explore corners of the alternative landscape they hadn’t reached. This time, without creative differences in their way. Luckily, House Of Protection—their new venture—found its sound on their first day of writing. The band combines the raw grit and uncensored ferocity fans from the past decade have come to expect from the artists, tinged with a humble and unique approach to modern… Read more »
After teasing their new single with cryptic videos of Poppy, Bad Omens and the Zig artist have officially debuted their collaborative track “V.A.N” onstage at Columbiahalle in Berlin, Germany on January 27. Many TikTok users caught the live debut. However, in a special Cologne, Germany Veeps stream, fans from across the globe got to witness the Bad Omens show on January 28. “This place feels familiar, but I feel different. Can you hear me? How long have you been here? Have you been watching me this entire time? That’s weird,” a pre-recorded Poppy says throughout visuals of her and a… Read more »
Bad Omens has officially unleashed their latest masterpiece, the explosive collaborative single “V.A.N,” featuring Sumerian Records labelmate Poppy. The metalcore outfit first began teasing this collaboration this past weekend, Sunday, January 21, after the group scrubbed their Instagram channel clean. Following this bold move, they shared a cryptic snippet of Poppy cradling a white rabbit. This gripping visual immediately exuded an Alice In Wonderland-esque scenario of following the white rabbit. “V.A.N,” exemplified in the track through Poppy’s breathy whispers of the chant-worthy hook ” Violence Against Nature,” acts as a preview of Bad Omens‘ upcoming album, the CONCRETE FOREVER project,… Read more »
Bad Omens seems to be dropping hints about a new era to come. After wiping everything off of their Instagram, they posted a short clip to their social media accounts. In it, Poppy appears holding a white rabbit. Other visuals in the video include a butterfly slowly flapping its wings in a glass case, the aforementioned white rabbit sitting in a glass cage, and dripping black paint. The concluding visual is “V.A.N” written in black paint. Poppy cryptically says, “This place feels familiar, but I feel different. Can you hear me? How long have you been here? Have you been… Read more »
