By Greg Maki — What a year. For the first time in what feels like forever, heavy music infiltrated the mainstream in a big way in 2024. And it happened without a hint of compromise, showing the world what metal is all about without being watered down for mass consumption. The year was full of... Continue Reading →
By Greg Maki At this point in her recording career—which has seen six full-lengths and another half dozen EPs since 2016—the only thing we can expect from Poppy is the unexpected. Having dipped her toes in dance pop, industrial, nu metal, metalcore and other diverse genres in the past, she throws a bit of everything—and... Continue Reading →
Following the release of her new album, "Negative Spaces," Grammy-nominated artist Poppy has announced her 2025 North American tour, "They’re All Around Us." Produced by Live Nation, the 28-city tour will kick off on March 11 in San Francisco, California, and end April 23 in Los Angeles, California. Tickets are available starting with artist presales beginning on Tuesday, Nov. 19.... Continue Reading →
The Mayhem festival, dormant since 2015, will return as a one-day event on Oct. 12, 2024, featuring Bad Omens, Parkway Drive, Architects and many more at Glen Halen Amphitheater in San Bernardino, California. Ticket information is coming soon; fans can sign up at http://www.mayhemfest.com to get all the latest updates. Mayhem ran as a touring... Continue Reading →
Singer, songwriter, performance artist, video director and purveyor of surrealist chaos Poppy has returned with her latest genre-defying single, "New Way Out," released via Sumerian Records. The new song follows on the heels of Poppy's recent collaborations with Bad Omens on "V.A.N," currently climbing the Active Rock Radio charts, and Knocked Loose on "Suffocate," which... Continue Reading →
Bad Omens and Poppy have teamed up on the new single "V.A.N." Watch the music video below. Written and produced by Bad Omens frontman Noah Sebastian, the song is the first glimpse of what the band will offer on its upcoming album, the "Concrete Forever" project also known as "Concrete Jungle OST." The project is an experimental extension... Continue Reading →
Following its record-breaking 2021 event that featured 161,000 fans in attendance and an at-home livestream audience of 1.2 million, promoter Danny Wimmer Presents has announced the lineup for the 2022 addition of the Welcome to Rockville festival. Set for the weekend of May 19 to 22 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, the... Continue Reading →
By Greg Maki-----You don’t need me to tell you 2020 has been a year unlike any other we have experienced. With virtually no concerts except virtual concerts since mid-March, the music industry is reeling, and no one knows when—or even if—we will see a return to “normal.” Artists continued to create and release records, however,... Continue Reading →
