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ROCK LANSING RETURNS SATURDAY


MAY 10 WITH EPIC LINEUP

ROCK LANSING 2025 is the ultimate rock music festival coming to Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing Michigan! Get ready for ROCK LANSING, the electrifying event that will set the stage on fire featuring some of the hottest rock acts, this is the one festival that every true rock fan can’t afford to pass up.

Join us Saturday May 10 as ROCK LANSING features heavy hitters Badflower, Ayron Jones, Crobot, Any Given Sin along with Conquer Divide, Shallow Side, Heartsick and many more rising stars (See Lineup Below)

ROCK LANSING is set to be the most talked-about music festival of the year. From hard-hitting riffs to soul-shaking solos,

ROCK LANSING promises an adrenaline-packed weekend of pure rock energy.

Ticket Info:

General Admission (GA) Tickets:

$45 regular / $50 week of / $55 day of

  • Entry to the Main festival including access to the standing and lawn chair areas.
  • Seating area to set up your own lawn chairs.

VIP Tickets:

$90 regular / $95 week of / $100 day of

  • Early Entry at 12pm with dedicated line for VIP Ticket holders.
  • Access to the VIP area with private restrooms, dedicated bar & food vendor.
  • VIP viewing area with the option to sit or stand.
  • Complimentary water bottles at the VIP bar.
  • Shade covered tented area.
  • String Bag with Poster, Sticker and laminated VIP Badge.

Feel the intensity as the ROCK LANSING stage ignites with electrifying performances, massive sound, and unforgettable moments that will leave you craving more! We’re talking epic sets, killer food, and a community of fans who live for that live music experience!

No need to break the bank at ROCK LANSING as our Throwback prices start at ONLY $45 or upgrade to a VIP Experience! Low Cost tickets, food & drink options are JUST the beginning!

Lineup

  • 9:30pm to 11pm – Badflower
  • 8:25pm to 9:25pm – Ayron Jones
  • 7:20pm to 8:20pm – Any Given Sin
  • 6:30pm to 7:15pm – Crobot
  • 5:50pm to 6:25pm – Conquer Divide
  • 5:10pm to 5:45pm – Shallow Side
  • 4:30pm to 5:05pm – Heartsick
  • 3:55pm to 4:25pm – Absolute
  • 3:20pm to 3:50pm – Riding with Killers
  • 2:45pm to 3:15pm – Assume Nothing
  • 2:10pm to 2:40pm – Homegrown Throwdown Finalist
  • 1:35pm to 2:05pm – School of Rock

GEMINI SYNDROME


Releases Powerful

New Single

“SUFFER IN SILENCE”

GEMINI SYNDROME

Origin: From Nothingness to Everything The Prequel to the LUX Trilogy

Before the LUX trilogy, there was nothing. Now, Gemini Syndrome unveils the origin story—

Origin: From Nothingness to Everything—a prequel that explores the space where transformation begins. More than just an album, it is a ritual, a sonic initiation into the unknown.

While the full experience will arrive later this year, the band is releasing one single at a time, allowing each piece of the puzzle to be absorbed before the full revelation.

Produced by Matt Good, this album is an alchemical process—raw, unfiltered, and designed to transmute chaos into clarity, destruction into rebirth. It is both their heaviest and most beautiful work to date, unconcerned with expectation and dedicated solely to truth.

“This album is about the space before everything,” says drummer -Brian Steele Medina.

“It’s the chaos, the void—where transformation begins. We stopped worrying about what people expected and just made something real, a ritual of transmutation that we want to take our listeners through, step by step. We’re releasing this album one song one at a time because each piece is part of a bigger picture, and we want each one to have a chance to breathe. It’s a journey,” adds guitarist -Meegs Rascón.

Vocalist Aaron Nordstrom continues, “This album is a departure from the norm. We didn’t want to just be loud for the sake of it; we wanted to be true. This is us, unapologetically.”

Brian Steele Medina concludes, “That’s why we’re giving ‘ORIGIN’ to the world in pieces, because each song is part of the story we’re telling—a story of authenticity, chaos, and rebirth. Each one is a piece of the puzzle.”

The album’s sound is forged by the unique contributions of each band member. Meegs Rascón delivers dark, atmospheric guitar work, blending heavy riffs with brooding melodies that push the music’s intensity. AP Paveri’s intricate basslines provide a deep, pulsing foundation, amplifying the album’s relentless energy. Brian Steele Medina commands the rhythm section with thunderous drumming—dynamic, primal, and explosive. At the forefront, Aaron Nordstrom’s vocals shift between haunting vulnerability and searing power, carving a direct emotional connection with the listener. Together, these four forces create a sonic landscape that is both primal and transcendent—a fusion of aggression, introspection, and raw authenticity.

With Origin: From Nothingness to EverythingGemini Syndrome extends an invitation— step into the unknown, embrace the process, and undergo the initiation. Each song serves as a catalyst for personal alchemy, revealing deeper truths along the way.

RAVEN BLACK


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MEET RAVEN BLACK

RAVEN BLACK are a theatrical metal act originally from Los Angeles. Their unique brand of metal – influenced by gothic, classical, and heavy metal music – is the soundtrack to vocalistRaven’s duality, as she shares her story of being a hybrid of both dark and light.

THE MUSIC

Taking from all their musical influences and mixing them

with all their favorite art, movies, ethnic background and life

experiences, every song is created to take their fans on a journey, an adventure and come out of it with new perspective and understanding. Some songs are melodic, some songs are dark, some songs are fun. Some songs are raging and psychotic, bull all the songs tell a story.

THE COMIC BOOK

A girl whose innocence was taken at a young age, overcoming her own demons, cursed by her predators, she discovers, she is half human half doll. The doll within is dark, she embraces her inner darkness and travels with her demons who protect her from the ones who seek to take her inner power. She is the key.

RAVEN BLACK is an American metal band originally founded in Los Angeles, California. Hailing as a “Dark Metal Carnival” The band has released 3 albums since 2016 and toured rigorously since, supporting acts such as Cradle of Filth, DevilDriver, Jinjer, Mushroomhead and Static-X. The band previously managed by The Oracle, (Dez Fafara of Coal Chamber and DevilDriver) and has worked exclusively with their producer Ulrich Wild (Grammy -nominated with works of Static-X, White Zombie, Deftones). 

The band is set to release their newest album in September 2025 , “BLACK SONATA” with first single “FUCK YOU” beginning

March 13, 2025 with several new singles and music videos to come, and their first live appearance of the year at Rock Fest 2025.

Comeback Kid Release Video for 20th Anniversary Version of Classic Song “Wake the Dead”


Winnipeg hardcore band COMEBACK KID are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their seminal album WAKE THE DEAD.

The band is releasing a re-recorded version of the title track of the record.

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Jonathan Hultén shares video for ‘Riverflame’ + New album ‘Eyes Of The Living Night’ out now


The stunning new album from Jonathan Hultén is out now. Titled Eyes Of The Living Night, the album has already been described as the ex-Tribulation guitarist’s best solo venture to date and builds on 2020’s lauded debut Chants From Another Place.To accompany the release, Jonathan has shared a new video today for the track ‘Riverflame’, filmed in Kollerud, Sweden, by Jakob Johansson of @kollerudproductions.

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BLOODYWOOD announce new album ‘Nu Delhi’ and share new single ‘Tadka’ – a metal tribute to Indian food


BLOODYWOOD, torchbearers and metal barrier-breakers hailing from India, are thrilled to announce their new album Nu Delhi, out 21st March via Fearless Records. Pre-order it here.

To celebrate the good news, the band has shared the video for new single ‘Tadka’. Watch it here.

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