2025 was another great year of concert photography in my neck of the midwest! I captured many bands I wasn’t super familiar with, which makes it fun. And I captured quite a few bands that I had been patiently waiting to capture.

It was super difficult to narrow down my photos but I present to you my 2025’s best of list! The bands included here, in no particular order are: 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 (crowd), and 2 very special local to me bands, Graveyard Daisies and Never Again!

Being able to start and end the year with Nonpoint was beyond amazing. Another highlight was getting to witness Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith) play with his new band Close Enemies. And as always, the metalcore crowd surfers are always a fun and exciting highlight!

I am happy to be going into my 5th year covering shows for GRIMM!