The sixth studio album ‘Host’ by the Swedish heavy metal powerhouse Portrait, channels 80s speed metal and NWOBHM on its fourteen new tracks. Out on Metal Blade records.

Finnish melancholic metal act Endless Chain unleashes a music video for their new single ‘Beyond What You Believe’, another track from upcoming album ‘Agony’, set for release at the end of August! Fans of Insomnium, Swallow the Sun and Amorphis may want to pay heed!

Nothing Sacred, one of Australia’s pioneering heavy metal bands, is kicking off their highly anticipated 2024 European summer tour tomorrow at Headbangers Open Air, taking them all over Europe until they wrap things up at Speed Metal Party in Tampere, Finland halfway August!

Time for the last day of TOLLROCK – Day 3! No more rain, but slightly cooler temperatures but more awesome music. Live on stage a TOLLROCKERZ Band Contest with 3 local upcoming bands, DEINE COUSINE, ROGERS, BEYOND THE BLACK, ROYAL REPUBLIC and BONANSKA. What a day! We are looking forward to 2025 already and see what TOLLROCK will bring to the stage!

Day 2 of TollRock showed the other face of Eifel weather, but couldn’t stop the crowd nor the artist from having a blast: BASEMENTROCK, HOSTAGE, CLAWFINGER, U.D.O. and BIZKIT PARK took over the stage to rock the audience.

Big anniversary this year with TollRock taking place for 20th time! That is a serious reason to celebrate. On the additional opening day, Oi! outfit BOOZE AND GLORY opened up and the iconic H-BLOCKX took over to kick off the festivities.

In the fires of Mount Doom, deep in the lands of Mordor, Morgul Blade forged another album, their sophomore record ‘Heavy Metal Wraiths’. Out on No Remorse Records.

Tuhdimmat Tahdit’s second day with Brother Firetribe, Tarot, Huora, Klamydia, Suburban Tribe, Sonata Arctica and Apulanta was just as much fun as the first day!

Day one of Tuhdimmat Tahdit in it’s all renewed version gave us Kotiteollisuus, Marko Hietala, Lost Society, Stratovarius, Mokoma, Stam1na and Amorphis. What a great festival that we sure will return to again in the future.

Last year, Holding Absence released ‘The Noble Art Of Self Destruction’, an album that left quite an impression on one of our writers, an album that tells a beautiful story on top of a bed of beautiful music. It is metalcore, but very melodic and not as heavy as you would think, released via SharpTone Records!