Hailing from right here in St. Louis, Inimical Drive brings the thunder. Drawing various elements from classic metal melodies, to modern American-metal brutality, without neglecting sexy rock riffs and soaring...

Bad Omens slither through boundaries, only to ultimately choke convention in the process. The quartet—Noah Sebastian [vocals], Joakim “Jolly” Karlsson [guitar], Nick Ruffilo [bass], and Nick Folio [drums]—materialize with ghostly...

Wage War have forged an ironclad hybrid of battering ram grooves, gnashing guitars, and melodic hooks in the heat of those extremes. Following the most trying year in recent memory,...

grandson molds genres, sculpting rock, hip-hop, and electronic into a vision of alternative you’ve never quite heard, seen, or felt before. Having amassed a staggering 1 billion streams and counting,...

AVATAR will save Heavy Metal. There are no weapons on this planet that can challenge might of the electric guitar. For decades metal has been the most powerful force known...

In January 2023, Sleep Theory’s first song (“Another Way”) hit 500k views on TikTok within 36 hours of its release. But what seemed like an overnight success was years in...

New Years Day is an American rock band formed in Anaheim, California, in 2005. After building a reputation strictly through promotion on the social networking website MySpace, the band released...

Oxymorrons embodies the essence of New York City, a melting pot of sounds, styles and cultures that can never be succinctly defined or shoved in a box. Comprised of vocalist...

COHEED AND CAMBRIA frontman Claudio Sanchez sits down with the Point's Donny Fandango backstage at #Pointfest on May 27th, 2023. Claudio talks video games, being on the road constantly and bringing family along for the ride, the new book, 'My Brother's Blood Machine,' putting out as much creativity into the...

Daniel Rocco, aka DES ROCS, sits down with The Point's Donny Fandango backstage at #Pointfest on May 27th, 2023. Des gives us some insight into how he balances influence with ideas and creativity, filtering out the good songs from the bad, and wearing his influences on his sleeve. Des talks...

INCUBUS DJ and keyboardist, Chris Kilmore, answers a series of questions from Rizzuto... very serious questions. Rizz and DJ Kilmore cover topics ranging from the least sexy names to the rudest animals. Kimore thinks he could take on 5 third-graders in a fight. Where is the strangest place Kilmore has...

The Point's Donny Fandango sits down with TIGERCUB backstage at #Pointfest on May 27th, 2023. The guys from Tigercub discuss their new album 'The Perfume Of Decay,' what it takes to make the most out of a 3-piece band, touring with Dinosaur Pile-Up, how they connected with Stone Gossard and...

The Point's Donny Fandango sits down with one of our #Pointfest 2023 crowd favorites, BAND-MAID! Miku Kobato, Kanami Tōno, Akane Hirose, Misa, and Saiki Atsumi from Band-Maid share what they do to prepare for a show in front of a new audience, where the "maid" aspect of the group came...

The Point's Liv Maddix catches up with THE PRETTY RECKLESS backstage at #Pointfest on May 27th, 2023. Taylor Momsen and Liv discuss their shared New England/Maine history, their #STL connection, and more. Taylor says the band is finishing up the "Death by Rock and Roll" cycle and that they've already,...

BADFLOWER took some time out to sit down with The Point's Liv Maddix backstage at POINTFEST on May 27, 2023. Frontman Josh Katz shares some of the challenges of transitioning from playing smaller intimate club shows to bigger outdoor festival shows. Joey Morrow, Anthony Sonnetti, and Alex Espiritu discuss how...

Noah Sebastian from BAD OMENS stopped by to chat with The Point's Liv Maddix backstage at POINTFEST on May 27, 2023. Noah shares some background on how "The Death Of Peace Of Mind" started as an instrumental track recorded with no actual instruments, how "Just Pretend" started as sort of...

POINTFEST 2023 featuring Incubus, Coheed And Cambria, The Pretty Reckless, Bad Omens, Badflower, Greek Fire, Band-Maid, Des Rocs, Tigercub, Inimical Drive, and more on Saturday, May 27th at Hollywood Casino...

Congratulation to KEVIN MATZKER – our Grand Prize Winner of The Rizzuto Show’s “First Responders Front Row Giveaway” for Pointfest next Saturday! Kevin is a Paramedic Firefighter in Creve Coeur...