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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE / MACHINE HEAD / MALEVOLENCE (Live)

August 16, 2026 Yuri Woodfall Leave a comment

Three very different generations of modern metal collided at the River Cree Resort & Casino as Killswitch Engage brought Machine Head and Malevolence together for a triple bill built almost entirely around riffs, aggression and …READ MORE

TOMAHAWK (Live)

August 11, 2026 Jerry Alperin Leave a comment

There’s a particular kind of anticipation that runs through a room when a band that once felt gone for good walks back onstage, and that feeling was impossible to miss at The Union on Saturday …READ MORE

SEX PISTOLS / THE STRANGLERS / THE UNDERTONES (Live)

August 3, 2026 Mick Burgess Leave a comment

There really is something for everyone in this year’s summer season at the Open Air Theatre in Scarborough – whether it’s Billy Ocean or Deacon Blue, Alanis Morissette or Tom Jones or maybe Richard Ashcroft, …READ MORE

SUBLIME FESTIVAL (Live)

July 21, 2026 Jerry Alperin Leave a comment

Sublime Festival Rolled Into Herriman: A Sun-Soaked Celebration of a Legacy Still Growing Zions Bank Stadium isn’t the venue most people picture when they think “Sublime concert,” but on a hot July Saturday, the Herriman …READ MORE

Adrian Smith and Dave Murray, guitarists of Iron Maiden playing side by side during live performance. They are wearing subtly matching waistcoats. The background features a view of Paris and the Eiffel tower caught in a menacing storm...although the performance was in Lyon and the French fans were grumpy about it.

IRON MAIDEN (Live)

July 6, 2026 Séverine Peraldino Leave a comment

Iron Maiden had not played in Lyon since the end of the 1980s. With recent shows at Hellfest and in Paris, including last year, the band’s arrival in France is not exceptional. Here, the exceptional …READ MORE

MONOLORD (Live)

June 26, 2026 Jerry Alperin Leave a comment

There are few things in heavy music quite like standing in a small room while a Swedish doom band turns the air itself into something thick and immovable. Monolord delivered exactly that on Wednesday night …READ MORE

Marjorie, singer and flautist of Wesmaguhl, playing the transverse flute live. Purple blue light

WESMAGUHL / HOGNA (Live)

June 24, 2026 Séverine Peraldino Leave a comment

After discovering the strange band Wesmagühl at Festirock the previous year, Metal Express Radio was invited to their show at the Titi Twister this June. This was a lovely opportunity to see the band’s evolution. …READ MORE

STARBENDERS (Live)

June 10, 2026 Becks Burgess Leave a comment

Few bands currently operating within rock possess quite the same combination of glam-rock swagger, hard-rock grit and alternative edge as Starbenders. Having spent recent years refining a sound that draws inspiration from rock’s past whilst …READ MORE

HELLOWEEN (Live)

May 19, 2026 Bryce Van Patten Leave a comment

Few heavy metal acts have had the staying power and drive to push their craft forward for 40 years while still improving their music, as Helloween has. As one of the founding bands of power …READ MORE

ROBERT FINLEY (Live)

May 8, 2026 Mick Burgess Leave a comment

The Blues is inextricably linked to Hard Rock right from the very birth of our beloved genre. From the Rolling Stones working with Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters, to Jimi Hendrix bringing the Blues into …READ MORE