You don’t get many second chances with A Perfect Circle. When Maynard pulls this machine out of the shadows, it’s deliberate, it’s rare and it’s usually worth your full f**king attention.
This September, A Perfect Circle are stepping back into the spotlight for Louder Than Life 2025, one of only a handful of appearances tied to their reunion run with Puscifer and Primus earlier this year. If you’ve been following Maynard’s orbit long enough, you already know this isn’t just another festival slot, it’s a statement.
Formed in the late ’90s by Billy Howerdel and fronted by Tool’s enigmatic Maynard James Keenan, A Perfect Circle carved their own space in the alt metal/arty rock sphere. Cinematic. Brooding. Tightly wound in tension. Albums like ‘Mer de Noms’ and ‘Thirteenth Step’ weren’t just records, they were movements, scored in minor keys and smothered in existential dread.
Their last album, 2018’s ‘Eat the Elephant’, split fans down the middle, but love it or loathe it, it proved A Perfect Circle still move with purpose. Now, in a world more fractured than ever, that atmosphere feels even more relevant.
Louder Than Life 2025 marks a rare chance to hear these songs, old and new, crack open under a Kentucky night sky. Whether they go full sonic cathedral with ‘The Noose’ or strip it back for a haunting ‘Orestes’, expect a set steeped in drama, depth, and eerie restraint.
If you want chaos, plenty of bands on the bill have you covered. If you after that creeping, cerebral slow burn that only A Perfect Circle can deliver? This is your moment. Don’t blink. You might not get it again!
Where It’s Going Down
Louder Than Life hits Louisville, Kentucky from September 18 to 21. Tickets and full lineup available now at louderthanlifefestival.com. Don’t sleep on it!
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