2025 was another great year of concert photography for Rachel’s neck of the midwest, having covered bands like Nonpoint (first and last band captured in 2025!), Black Stone Cherry, Asking Alexandria, Ivent Animate, Aurorawave, Ayron Jones, Close Enemies, The Plot In You, VCTMS, What Lies Below, Powerman5000, Northlane, and 2 very special local to her bands, Graveyard Daisies and Never Again!
Poppy’s “Constantly Nowhere tour” hitting UK & EU this Spring is even more exciting with the addition of hardcore/nu-metal trio Fox Lake as one of the supporting acts!
Heavy music outfit Dagger Threat released their new album ‘bleed///reboot’ yesterday! Fusing hardcore with the pulse and grit of 2000s nu metal, this is quite the banger you’ll want to check out!
Moodring announce their new album ‘death fetish’ to be out in March via Sharptone Records and unveiled the track ‘Masochist Machine’!
Rain, wind, tornado watches… and still a packed Piere’s. Nonpoint brought the “Nu-Metal Nu-Year” to Fort Wayne with Boy Hits Car and Aurorawave and nothing was stopping this crowd. Alive. Kicking. Loud.
The last stop, and no holding back. Cradle of Filth closed their “Splintered in Winter Tour” in Antwerp, with a crushing set from special guests and death metal legends Suffocation and a striking Belgian debut by the Australian misfits of Mélancolia.
Finnish metal festival institution Nummirock is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2026 and announced the first 12 names with Satyricon, Moonsorrow, Rise of the Northstar, Omnium Gatherum (also celebrating their anniversary), Immortal Disfigurement, Uada, and more!
Electric Callboy keeps on growing and showed it off on the European leg of the “Tanzneid World Tour” with an epic show full of hits and special moments! And with the support of metalcore superstars Bury Tomorrow and alt-metal upstarts Wargasm, it was a great night showing the future of further popularizing heavy music!
Alcatraz Festival just gave us an early christmas present by adding 32 more bands to the 2026 lineup, making it almost complete with another nice selection of metal icons, underground greats, up-and-coming bands and artists from its own Belgian soil!
Electric Callboy turned Jäähalli into a full-on party during their “Tanzneid Europe Tour”. With explosive support sets from Bury Tomorrow and Wargasm (UK), Helsinki was all in from start to finish.
