British metalcore meets mathcore heavyweights Employed to Serve just dropped their newest album Fallen Star and had a hefty tour to boot. Along with them, supports took shape in the increasingly popular Church Road Records favourites Burner and Celestial Sanctuary.
Having played in Dublin’s 3 Arena the previous night, Bryan Adams has arrived in Sunny Belfast. It’s a beautiful warm day and the eager fans are gathering to queue already at the front of the SSE.
It was a beautiful warm evening in Belfast as we eagerly approached the Limelight for our nostalgic trip down memory lane to see the effervescent Terrorvision.
stacked line up on a roasting Tuesday night in Belfast, off to the big city again, and a decent enough queue for this early doors gig, which is great to see, up first....
Chicago’s historic Riviera Theatre was swallowed in a maelstrom of metallic rhythms, sweat-drenched bodies, and thunderous rebellion as industrial godfathers Ministry stormed through their hometown alongside two foundational forces of the genre: Nitzer Ebb and Die Krupps.
Well, this is a turn up for the books, no not the gig, the sun, lovely night here in Belfast and what a lineup tonight, first up we have the lads from XIII Doors from Shannon, they have been on the up with an album out and some great reviews and now a slot support with the legend himself, Michael Schenker
Ahead of a busy summer of touring across a good-sized percentage of Europe – from Sweden to Romania and a good few points in between – New Yorker Sari Schorr and her band are getting warmed up with a slew of UK dates.
Milwaukee has long been a stronghold for heavy metal, and on May 6, 2025, The Rave proved once again why it's one of the Midwest’s most vital venues for pure sonic punishment.
Chicago’s Metro transformed into a crucible of sonic intensity as Deafheaven, Gatecreeper, and Trauma Ray delivered a night that showcased the evolving landscape of modern metal.
The Forge in Joliet, Illinois has developed a reputation as a go-to venue for aggressive and underground music, and on May 4, 2025, it lived up to that legacy.
Review & Photography by Manny Manson for MPM Wolverhampton is a town with steel in its soul. Built on the bones of industry and raised on the holy trinity of Sabbath, Priest, and dare I say Robert Plant, it’s no surprise that one of the UK’s most beloved grassroots venues—KK’s Steel Mill—feels like sacred ground to rock fans. Founded by …
There’s something gloriously unhinged about a Saturday night at Liar’s Club, but this night had a different pulse. The second night of Skatenigs’ “Stupid People Shouldn’t Breed” tour wasn’t just another stop on a nostalgia circuit—it was a riot, a ritual, and a thunderous reminder that this band still knows how to tear the roof off a room.
On the evening of April 29, 2025, The Forge in Joliet was the epicenter of a spectacular convergence of goth, industrial, and metal music fans.
Tonight we have a four band bill, opened by Ater and followed by heavy hitters HATE and Krisiun leading up to the headliner, a really impressive lineup for any night of metal mayhem. The venue is LostLane and it’s my first visit to the venue, not often I get to say that these days.
There are few musicians left in the world who command the kind of respect that Joe Bonamassa does, and even fewer who have earned it the way he has. From a teenage prodigy opening for B.B.
Back at the end of the 1970s and into the early 1980s the 'New Wave Of British Heavy Metal' (NWOBHM) became a major force in the UK and then spread across the world.