Sheffield's Bring Me The Horizon take on London's legendary trio The Police in this week's alternative rock matchup. Which English band gets your support? Cast your vote before voting closes to make your pick count! Cast your vote on the contest page, then make your case here — why does your pick take it?

Nirvana emerged from Aberdeen, Washington in 1987, while Paramore burst onto the scene from Franklin, Tennessee in 2004. Both alternative rock bands are powered by raw energy in their sound. Cast your vote before voting closes! Cast your vote on the contest page, then make your case here — why does your pick take it?

Answer in the comments, or make your own post. Photos and reviews go here now. People who couldn't make it want to see them. Built a schedule for Saturday? Open the My Lineup tab, open your schedule and tap Build my recap. Tick the sets you caught and you get a card to share, with a taste label like Night Owl or Stage Roamer. Didn't plan one? Tap Start building, add the sets you saw, then do the same. Lost something? Lost & Found is at the box office (west side, outside Gates 3 and 4) today from 10am to 4pm, and the festival's online Lost & Found lets you search what's been turned in.

This was the first time SNW was hosted at this venue, but it appears as though the people running the SNW event, are not very good at logistics, or perhaps the venue did not provide much support. The location of the stages was pretty bad, and traveling between them was a pain. They had the VIP "lounge" entrance bottlenecked down to just 3 lanes. Going from one side of the main stage to the other, you had to climb stairs that were also overcrowded. The VIP viewing areas were off to the side of the stage. Cheaper tickets had a better view. There were next to no seating options for VIP to take a rest. The few seats there were, were always occupied every time i walked passed them. I had to find the general "Garage" area to lay down and rest from the extreme heat. Which brings me to my next point, there was next to no dedicated shaded areas and the ones that were, were also so crowded and occupied, some people were just screwed. 90,000 people attended this concert. The shaded and seating areas probably accomodated 1,000 people at most. The side stages (spiral and diablo) had audio issues. I don't care how popular a band is, every stage should have the same treatment to audio, so the listeners can enjoy a concert they spend 400 to 1,800 dollars on. Sound issues are unacceptable at a concert. The audio is the whole point. They had staff handing out water bottles at some of the stages. I managed to get one of them. That to me, should be bare minimum care for attendees, not considered a "bonus". To get ice cooled water, you had to pay for it. The VIP toilet stalls ran out of toilet paper and were not restocked. The only thing that i considered great about this concert "festival" was the large screens on the sides of the stages that were of good pixel density. I would not attend this festival again, if the logistics remain this bad. There was nearly no grass to sit on, it was either concrete, asphalt, rocks, or a mixture of dead grass and rocks. My feet were absolutely killing me. I had on a brand new pair of Puma shoes, that felt really great to walk in, but standing on hard surfaces all day from 10am to 12pm, was brutal. I would like a partial refund for the audio issues alone.

Answer in the comments, or make your own post. Photos from the crowd are welcome, and so is anything useful for people still walking in, like where the water line is short. Blue and Gold sit side by side and take turns all day. From 5pm it's Knocked Loose 5:00 (Gold), Marilyn Manson 6:05 (Blue), Evanescence 7:10 (Gold), Slayer 8:20 (Blue), Deftones 9:20 (Gold), then System of a Down at 10:35 (Blue). Pace yourself. If your phone is dying, ChargeFuze rents chargers east of Diablo and west of Spiral. The official map marks water and shade. Set time changes go here too, so everyone else sees them.

Chicago's Fall Out Boy burst onto the scene in 2001, while My Chemical Romance exploded in the early 2000s as a defining alternative rock force. Now, these two pop-punk acts go head-to-head in this week's matchup. Make your voice heard and cast your vote before voting closes! Cast your vote on the contest page, then make your case here — why does your pick take it?

My Chemical Romance are heading back to the stage this fall, hitting the Hollywood Bowl on October 23, October 24, October 30, and October 31, 2026. After wrapping up the Halloween shows in Hollywood, the band heads overseas to perform at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on November 10, 2026. The opening Hollywood night also aligns with the release of the expanded 20th-anniversary reissue of The Black Parade on October 23, 2026. Which of these upcoming dates are you planning to attend?

Acid Bath is reuniting after 28 years and I'm not emotionally prepared For anyone who doesn't know the

London's Sleep Token meets Des Moines's Slipknot in this week's alternative metal matchup. Both bands are alternative metal acts known for featuring masks. Make sure to cast your vote before voting closes! Cast your vote on the contest page, then make your case here — why does your pick take it?

System of a Down is set to take the stage at Sick New World 2026 - Texas at Texas Motor Speedway on October 24, 2026. Live appearances from Serj Tankian, Daron Malakian, Shavo Odadjian, and John Dolmayan remain rare, making each festival slot a major event for the fanbase. The Texas show comes right after the band's weeklong Toxicity 25th Anniversary Exhibition wraps up in Los Angeles on October 18, 2026. Who from here is going to be out at Texas Motor Speedway for this set?

Coldplay released Mylo Xyloto fifteen years ago in 2011 on Parlophone. It stands as the band's fifth studio album, arriving on October 19, 2011, after Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends from 2008 and before Ghost Stories in 2014. The lineup of Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, and Will Champion followed this record with later releases including A Head Full of Dreams, Everyday Life, Music of the Spheres, and Moon Music. Where does Mylo Xyloto sit in the discography for you?

Everyone's going to see SOAD and Korn. Here are 5 acts lower on the poster that could be the highlight of your day: 1. Acid Bath — This is their reunion after 28 YEARS. They broke up in 1997 after bassist Audie Pitre was killed by a drunk driver. If you're into sludge metal, this might be the most important set of the entire festival. Don't sleep on this. 2. Knocked Loose — Arguably the hottest heavy band on the planet right now. Their live show is a wrecking ball. Get there early if you want to survive the pit. 3. Glassjaw — Post-hardcore legends who never got the mainstream recognition they deserved. If you know, you know. 4. Carpenter Brut — Synthwave/darkwave that sounds like a John Carpenter movie came to life. Completely different energy from everything else on the lineup — in the best way. 5. Poison the Well — Early 2000s post-hardcore that influenced half the bands on this lineup. A perfect "I was there" moment. Who else are you adding to this list? Drop your underrated picks

There is an unmatched, chaotic energy in band photography from the late 70s, right before massive stadium tours smoothed out the rough edges. Looking at AC/DC between 1976 and 1979 is the perfect example—they don’t look like global rock gods yet, just a gang of guys who plugged into a wall and turned it all the way up. We need to get better at archiving this specific era of photography on the wiki. The unpolished, cramped-stage, cigarette-smoke-in-the-lens shots are pure history. The stadium years are documented to death, but the club days are where the actual story is. Who has the best pre-1980 band photos? Drop your favorite unpolished shots of legendary bands before they blew up.

We always talk about The Cure like they arrived fully formed as these untouchable goth pioneers, but looking back at their actual early years, it’s a miracle they survived at all. Their first label was a German disco imprint that dropped them because the music was too depressing. Then there’s the time they got kicked off a Generation X tour because Lol Tolhurst stumbled into a backstage bathroom and accidentally peed on Billy Idol. Even when they hit their creative stride recording 'Pornography', they were basically living in a literal mountain of empty lager cans and sleeping on the floor of the record label office. And let's not forget Robert Smith's dad making him go back on tour after he quit during a fistfight with Simon Gallup in Strasbourg. It makes their massive stadium success later on feel even more insane. What’s your favorite unhinged story from a band’s early days? Is there any group that had a messier come-up than early Robert Smith and co?

A recently resurfaced photo from a legendary Metallica gig in California 23 years ago is a brutal reminder of the band's unmatched live energy during that era. Looking back at the raw crowd shots and setlists from the early 2000s, it's wild to see how global titans playing massive venues still carried the ferocious hunger of a gritty garage act. They just had this rare ability to make a sprawling arena feel like a sweaty, claustrophobic club show. Archiving these specific eras—the deep-cut setlists, the tour lore, and the nights where everything just clicked perfectly on stage—is exactly why we're building out their wiki over on The Band Index. It’s too easy to lose the history of these defining shows, and digging into their gig archive is the absolute best kind of rabbit hole.