Sophie Lloyd, courtesy. Collaborating with Trivium’s Matt Heafy was a full circle moment for guitar shredding phenom Sophie Lloyd. “There’s the picture of me when I was recording my very first EP, Delusions, back in 2016 and I was wearing this big Trivium T-shirt that I ironed on myself,” Lloyd…

RIFF photographers’ favorite concert photos in 2022 included these shots of Post Malone, Dua Lipa, The Weeknd, Jaleh, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Lil Uzi Vert, Marina Diamandis, Rico Nasty, Royal Blood, Chris Stapleton, Carly Rae Jepsen, Kid Cudi, Too $hort and Caroline Polachek. We asked our photographers to share…

Iron Maiden performs at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif. on Sept. 27, 2022. Nate McKinley/STAFF. CONCORD, Calif. — Forty years ago this month, a relatively young Iron Maiden came through the Bay Area for its second go-round on The Number of the Beast tour. The band wasn’t even headlining yet,…

Lamb Of God performs at Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif. on Sept. 2, 2021. Nathan McKinley/STAFF. CONCORD, Calif. — Lamb of God and Megadeth brought their Metal Tour of the Year to the Concord Pavilion on Thursday, where headbanging and battle vests were the order of the day. Concord, specifically, may not…

From Ashes To New, courtesy. The pandemic scuttled the release of the third album by Pennsylvania rockers From Ashes to New. Done by early 2020, the band watched weeks turn into months, with the assumption that eventually they’d be able to let the record, Panic, into the wild and hit the…