Review & Photography by Nathan Vestal for MPM There’s a kind of electric melancholy that lives inside a venue like X-Ray Arcade in Milwaukee, WI—something about the crackle of CRT monitors and half-lit pinball machines humming in the background while a band screams about trauma under purple stage lights. On July 2, 2025, that melancholy erupted into something cathartic as …
Meryl Streek hails from Dublin, a Post Punk and Politically outspoken artist. Despite the stripped back nature of his stage show – a bouquet of red roses decorating the top of his mike stand with only a flickering torch - he does not hold any punches lyrically.
As we make our way into Finsbury Park, London is awash with band t-shirts. The Metal community are arriving in droves for what is being promoted as one of Slayers final shows. The atmosphere is electric as we make our way into what will no doubt be, one of the most memorable gigs of our lifetimes.
On yet another insanely hot night in the Midwest, the Vibrant Arena pulsed with nostalgia, energy, and pure rock-n-roll as Styx, The Kevin Cronin Band, and Don Felder joined forces for the Brotherhood of Rock tour.
As we excitedly get on one of the many buses departing Derry to eagerly make our way to Belfast, the excitement is palpable.
Review by Sheri Bicheno for MPM Saturday is here and it is GLORIOUS sunshine. Going by a vague post sparking rumours from Matt Heafy’s instagram stories, the couple of hours space at the Opus stage opened up heavy speculation that we were gonna get a monumental secret set this morning… And behold, thousands gathered… and left Trvium – less haha. …
That was the unspoken promise of the evening—the “Damn Right Farewell” tour wasn’t just another aging blues legend making one last lap around the circuit.
Review by Gary Spiller for MPM The first day of summer according to meteorological realms passes us by as we combat the struggle to awake. Late Saturday had morphed into early Sunday courtesy of after-party post after-party. Never one to pass an opportunity to utilise a bit of alliteration today can be titled ‘Summery Sleazy Sunday’. Whilst the variance of …
The day has finally come when the beast rolls into town for the Irish stop on the Run for your Lives tour, the biggest event in the Irish metal calendar in 2025.
Tonight in Belfast at their Belsonic debut show, Snow Patrol put on what will likely be one of the biggest nights in Northern Ireland's music history– and it has sent social media into a spin.
Review by Sheri Bicheno for MPM Back for another year of returning killer music in a huge gathering of celebrations in the rock and metal world, Download Festival brought (most of) the sunshine for 2025’s edition along with a refreshing line up.This year whilst championing the nostalgia and growth of music, we were given some fun twists and some new …
Fresh from the release of his new album, Idols, Yungblud gave an iconic headline performance at the second BLUDFEST at The National Bowl Milton Keynes last night (21st June 2025).
Yet again, another trip back to the Halls in Wolverhampton, tonight it had a peculiar calmness to it as the crow, somewhat sedately filtered in, tonight there was none of the hurried scampering’s of fans trying to get in quickly, to get as close to the barrier as possible, no tonight was an all-seated affair.
Let me tell you something, my fellow metal maniacs (is that trademark now? I hope not!): if you weren’t at Shepherd’s Bush Empire last night, you missed a resurrection worthy of Valhalla.
Review by Ritchie Birnie for MPM Right, all you budding guitarists, all your praying to three headed fret gods, Allah and the All father has borne fruit and the unbelievable has happened, one stage and two guitar maestros in Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have come together to rock your world and leave your grasp on reality in tatters. Before …
Nine Inch Nails last played Dublin on the 22.08.07 at Marley Park and played Belfast on 21.08.13 Custom House SQ, Belfast, so it’s been a while.