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.
Tonight means an awful lot to the headliners, you can see it etched on their faces from the moment we enter Swansea’s Hangar 18.
This three piece from Dublin, sporting Hawaiian shirts with large google eye stickers on the bass drum, reminded me of seeing mates play upstairs in the Gweedore bar as a teenager.
Navigating the 80s as a teenager I couldn’t have imagined to listening to music from 60 years previous. That, however, is precisely, thanks to the longevity of Moody Blues’ bassist John Lodge, what we are engaged to do so this evening.
Greeting the Beacon assembly the vastly experienced Mike Rutherford quips “It was all going so well” before inserting the briefest of pauses then adding “Until a week before the tour I broke my fucking hip!” Well, this is “Iron Mike” otherwise known as “The Chief Mechanic
Primal Scream would never be a band that I would have gone to see“ but tonight I will go with the flow ,and Mondays are usually depressing so maybe a gig will cheer me up, so off I popped to the Ulster Hall.
Some nights at The Bodega just feel special from the outset. It might be the buzz at the bar, the sense of anticipation in the air, or just the right kind of crowd assembling before the first note rings out.
It’s a truly pleasant springtime evening, Bristol’s bustling crowds bask in wall-to-wall sunshine, and amidst these busy scenes the highly creative Finnish metalliferous masked impresario Mr. Lordi has careered into town with his 110% kerosene fuelled rock-a-lypse in tow.