ray luzier of korn at sonic temple 2025<\/span><\/p> After 13 years, Crossfade<\/a> made their long-awaited return to the stage at Sonic Temple. The alt-metal\/post-grunge outfit reunited last year<\/a>, first putting a pair of festival shows on the books \u2014 one was already mentioned and the other is elsewhere in Ohio at the 2025 installment of the Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival.<\/p>\n Known for standouts such as “Cold” and “Colors” off their self-titled platinum-selling 2004 debut, the four-piece played songs from all three of their albums. Contending with I Prevail, who were lighting up the Temple Stage inside the stadium, they pulled a more than sizable crowd that was eager for a first look at the group in more than a decade.<\/p>\n And they saved the best for last, closing things out with “Cold.”<\/p>\n As noted in the Facebook post below, fans snatched up all the merch Crossfade had brought to the fest a staggering three hours before their 7PM set. They are\u00a0so<\/em> back!<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Bands Who Broke Up + Ones Who Reunited in 2024<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Unfortunately, Alice in Chains<\/a> had to drop off the festival bill. The grunge legends were forced to cancel the entirety of their brief tour<\/a> following a “non-life-threatening medical emergency” pertaining to drummer Sean Kinney.<\/p>\n The trek was supposed to kick off in Connecticut on May 8 with an appearance at Sonic Temple scheduled for Sunday, May 11.<\/p>\n As festival promote Danny Wimmer himself noted, you can’t “replace” Alice in Chains. However, he did challenge hometown hero Caleb Shomo to reroute Beartooth<\/a>‘s tour to Columbus, Ohio on a day off to come rock the stadium.<\/p>\n And rock the stadium they did!<\/p>\n Shomo, who also got to spend Mother’s Day with his mom in attendance, declared from the stage that\u00a0Beartooth will always answer the call to come rock and the band ripped through 13 songs in a little under an hour.<\/p>\n beartooth at sonic temple 2025<\/span><\/p> For just the 99th time in their career (according to setlist.fm<\/a>) Metallica played the\u00a0…And Justice For All<\/em> deep cut “The Shortest Straw.”<\/p>\n The performance came during the thrash legends’ first set of the long weekend, where they ran through 15 other songs that have all been a primary focus of the M72 world tour.<\/p>\n “Orion,” which has also been a fixture, had never been played in Ohio before, so that was it’s own kind of treat as well.<\/p>\n “The Shortest Straw” came third in the set after the blistering one-two punch of “Creeping Death” and “Harvester of Sorrow,” which brought the stadium to a frenzy.<\/p>\n metallica at sonic temple 2025<\/span><\/p> This year’s Sonic Temple lineup looked quite a bit different than years past. The DWP team does a remarkable job of shaking it up from year to year as it is, but this time they went all-in on brutal music from underground upstarts to longstanding veterans.<\/p>\n How did the crowd respond?<\/p>\n THEY LOVED IT!<\/p>\n Cannibal Corpse<\/a>, Arch Enemy<\/a> and Whitechapel<\/a>\u00a0all headlined side stages and pulled massive crowds during the headliner inside the stadium (Metallica on Friday and Sunday). That’s pretty damn impressive.<\/p>\n Elsewhere (while the sun was still up), fans tore up the pit to the likes of Gatecreeper<\/a>, Frozen Soul<\/a>, PeelingFlesh, All Shall Perish<\/a>, The Black Dahlia Murder<\/a>, The Acacia Strain<\/a>, Obituary<\/a>, Sanguisugabogg<\/a> and Shadow of Intent<\/a>.<\/p>\n During those sets, DWP felt a lot like it stood for Down With Pulverizing.<\/p>\n all shall perish at sonic temple 2025<\/span><\/p> One major highlight of festivals is that there’s a lot of opportunity for onstage collaborations, cameos, guest appearances… whatever you want to call it.<\/p>\n When Poppy<\/a> played “V.A.N.”, the collaborative track with Bad Omens<\/a>, we had a feeling she wouldn’t be doing it a second time on the same day with the latter’s set later in the day. Bummer.<\/p>\n But we did<\/em> get to see Grandson<\/a> hop onstage with Saturday night headliners Linkin Park, performing “One Step Closer” with the band. Something unexpected is always nice to see!<\/p>\n Grandson has been opening select dates of Linkin Park’s world tour in support of their latest album,\u00a0From Zero<\/em> and, yes, he’d been joining them for this very song on the trek already. But it’s different when you’re at a festival versus your own headlining tour and to showcase a still rising artist on such a big song in a moment like this is important for the longterm health and future of the music we love so much.<\/p>\n See photos from Day 1 of the 2025 edition of the Sonic Temple Festival in Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Chad Childers, Loudwire<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n See photos from Day 2 of the 2025 edition of the Sonic Temple Festival in Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Chad Childers, Loudwire<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n See photos from Day 3 of the 2025 edition of the Sonic Temple Festival in Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Chad Childers, Loudwire<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n See photos from Day 4 of the 2025 edition of the Sonic Temple Festival in Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Chad Childers, Loudwire<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCrossfade Play First Show Since 2012<\/h3>\n
Beartooth to the Rescue<\/h3>\n
Metallica Play a True Rarity<\/h3>\n
Death Metal and Deathcore Win Big, From Noon to Late at Night<\/h3>\n
Linkin Park Bring Up Grandson for “One Step Closer”<\/h3>\n
Sonic Temple 2025: Day 1<\/h2>\n
Sonic Temple 2025: Day 2<\/h2>\n
Sonic Temple 2025: Day 3<\/h2>\n
Sonic Temple 2025 Photo Gallery Day 4<\/h2>\n