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Big Four Thrash giants Slayer returned to London on Sunday night (6th July 2025) for their first show in six years in the British Capital. Brining along with them Anthrax, Amon Amarth, and a host of others, the open air event followed their appearance at Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's historic 'Back to the Beginning' farewell the previous day.  Photo: Adrian Hextall Mindhex Media.
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A host of big name acts and some of the most familiar names in contemporary Irish music descended on the idyll off the shores of Lough Key, Co. Roscommon for the forth annual Night & Day Festival. Taking place from 27 - 29 June, 2025, KT Tunstall, The Wailers, and The Stunning headed up the bill.  Photo: Chloe Gilmore. Iron Maiden's 'Run For Your Lives' tour arrived at Dublin's Malahide Castle on Wednesday night [25th June 2025], and saw the band celebrating 50 years in existence and revisiting the tracks that built their reputation. With a new production, and a new drummer, the show revealed a band reborn.  Photo: Darren McLoughlin. A weekend of metal mayhem in France's picturesque Pays de la Loire region, Hellfest has become the destination of choice for festival goers of a certain disposition. Headlined by Korn, Muse, The Scorpions, and Linkin Park, the 2025 'Out of Bounds' edition took place from 19th - 22nd June, and was one of the hottest on record, with temperatures reaching just shy of 40c.  It was a weekend of firsts as Download 2025 took over the spiritual home of rock, Donington Park for, incredibly, its 22nd year. Taking place from 13th - 15th June, the midlands metal event featured a Green Day debut, a history making moment for Sleep Token, and Korn's first ever headlining performance at the festival.  Photo: Todd Owyoung. Indie superstars Pulp returned to Dublin's 3Arena on Tuesday night (10th June 2025), bringing with them a string ensemble to bolster their sizable catalogue of hits. Playing only the second date in support of their first album in twenty-one years, Jarvis Cocker and co were in fiercely fine form.  Photo: Darren McLoughlin. Bryan Adams landed back in Dublin on Tuesday Night [20th May 2025] with a brand new tour in support of a new album. Taking to the stage at Dublin's 3Arena almost a year to the day since he was last there, the Canadian was in showstopping form, playing a thirty-song set that took in songs from every corner of his career; from his 1983 breakthrough 'Cuts Like a Knife' to 2025's 'Roll with the Punches'.  Photo; Darren McLoughlin. Metallica, Korn and Linkin Park brought heavy music worshipers out in force as Sonic Temple Festival returned to Historic Crew Stadium, in Columbus, Ohio, from 8th-11th May, 2025. Back for its seventh outing, the event also saw Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Testament, Beartooth, and more grace its four stages.  Photo; Press / DWP. Switching to Atlantic records and coinciding with the beginning of a new decade, Rush left the 1980s and their contemporary experimentation with keyboards and soundscapes behind for a return to their rockier roots. These four albums - 'Presto', 'Roll the Bones', 'Counterparts', and 'Test For Echo' find the band not only trying to find their identity, but traversing the murky waters of grunge.  'The Warner Recordings' Box Set Reminds That There Was More to David Lee Roth than Van Halen27/1/2025 With David Lee Roth seemingly retired from the road and no longer releasing albums, 'The Warner Recordings' is a timely reminder that away from Van Halen, the showman created a wealth of quality music.  |