The biggest metalcore tour of the summer, Summer of Loud 2025 began just a couple of weeks ago and its second date landed in Tampa, FL where we were able to cover all eight bands for the magazine! Starting with bands such as up and coming act Tx2, acts that have been around such as Australian metalcore/nu metal act Alpha Wolf, and scene legends The Amity Affliction and The Devil Wears Prada before going into the nightly rotating headliners that started in Tampa with I Prevail

Photo Galleries: Mumford & Sons and Gigi Perez, SPAC - Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga NY

The Josey Scott Band, with vocalist Josey Scott, original voice of Saliva, took the main stage at Piere’s in Fort Wayne, Indiana on June 20, 2025. The atmosphere was intimate.  There is always something special about intimate shows like this one. The crowd was heavily into the whole show, including all of the exceptional openers.  The first to take stage was The Precibus, followed up by Exit 73, Downshift, Days of Disaster, and then Maciann prepped the stage for Josey Scott B

June 13-15, 2025, in Swanzey, N.H., a town located 5 miles to South of Keene; Northlands Music & Arts Festival welcomed this summer thousands of fans who came together to celebrate the three-day event. It was more than music; it was a celebration of community, creativity, and faith. With three full days of carefully curated live music over two stages, art installations, local food and beverage vendors, artisan crafts, and more, people came all around the New England area to e

he Smashing Pumpkins music returns me right back to highschool every time I hear it. I've had the privilege of covering them last year in a stadium, when I saw Billy Corgan was touring intimate venues performing the bands music I had to jump on this experience. I never thought that I would see him in a venue with a 1,600 cap. The whole night was a transcendent experience back to my youth and a celebration of all the years that I have followed the Smashing Pumpkins.

Allentown's downtown revitalization is alive and well the addition of Archer Music Hall. The area has had a massive concert void since the loss of the iconic Croc Rock. Static-X along with A Killer's Confession, Dope and Gwar filled the venue excitement, anticipation, mayhem and fake blood.

he sky begins to clear, and the sun starts to shine as a brief storm rolls through Denver, Colorado. On South Broadway between Archer Place and Bayaud Ave is where you will find me tonight. Standing outside of the popular music venue HQ Underground, I wait with eager fans in anticipation for the doors to open. Peering through the venue's windows, excitement builds even more as we catch a glimpse of the bands running through sound check. Tonight HQ is poised to erupt with an e

The Let’s Go Music Festival returned for its fifth year with its strongest showing yet, taking over the Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds in Crownsville, Maryland. Perfectly nestled between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, the two-day, family friendly, event proved why it’s quickly becoming a summer staple for East Coast music lovers.

On June 8, 2025, Soundcheck Studios in Pembroke, MA, welcomed The Quasi Kings and Buddahfly. A Reggae-Rock group hailing from the South...

The Fillmore Charlotte was sold out and packed with electric energy throughout the night for openers Dwellings, Belmont, and The Home Team. By the time Dance Gavin Dance hit the stage the energy was undeniable and we were ready for one hell of a performance. With crisp acoustics and an enthusiastic crowd, full of crowd surfers, the venue lent itself perfectly to the band’s eclectic, high-energy performance. 

The notion of the anniversary tour has become more commonplace within the live music scene as of late. The driving factors behind these tours comes from multiple angles, whether it be due to a growing population of music lovers who weren’t around during the eras these tours highlight, the opportunity for older fans to relish in the nostalgia and reconnect with pivotal works from their earlier years, or simply the occasion for bands to celebrate albums that put them on the map

On Saturday June 7, 2025, the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom welcomed Kurt Deimer Band and Tesla. The sold-out show in NH was terrific. Almost two thousand fans were present to see the two exceptional bands performing live on stage at the Beach Casino. The two bands played to a fired-up crowd bringing their full energy of rock music to the stage.

The City of Brotherly Love is alive and well, filled with a warm energy as I stand at the corner of Chestnut and 11th Ave. The popular two-story music venue and bar, Milkboy, is illuminated in red lights as the after-work crowd begins to trickle in. Milkboy is a staple in the Philly music scene, garnering talent from near and far, and tonight its stage is set. On the second level, fans stake their claim at the front of the stage for the show. The talented Red Leather is headl

Photo Gallery: Queensryche - Alive at 5, Albany NY, June 5th 2025

On May 31, Mayday Parade brought their Three Cheers for 20 Years tour to The Fillmore Philadelphia, and they did not disappoint. The night opened with strong sets from Like Roses, Microwave, and hometown favorites Grayscale.