One of our writers about discovering Inmate: “While being at Metaldays in Slovenia, I got to know Slovenian metalcore band Inmate. After an energetic performance where lead singer Marko Duplišak jumped from the stage, over the steel fences and into the crowd, Then ran one lap in the circle pit, jumped back over the fence and jumped on stage and still had enough breath to sing, I was curious to find out more about this band. Drummer Jure Grudnik gave me their CD.”

Their 2021 album ‘The Salt’ is an album with a lot of feelings. There’s positivity, there’s negativity, there’s love. It makes you think, wondering if you are doing the right thing. This album could mean a 1000 things to a 1000 different people, but that’s what’s music is all about. All of this is poured into a Trivium-like melodic metalcore style.

With singles from Wolfheart, Electric Callboy, Luna Kills, Aeveris and Bastarður we introduce our new article series in which we recommend and highlight some of the singles that really impressed us and stuck by us recently! More coming soon!

Pictures of the second day of Knotfest Finland that topped everything of the day before on all levels with kings of metal Slipknot, joined by bands like Shiraz Lane, Tesseract, Stoned Statues, Cradle of Filth, Medeia, Bring Me The Horizon, and Moon Shot!

The first batch of names for the Wacken Open Air 2023 edition was announced over the weekend and pre-sales start in an hour! Don’t miss out!

In case you weren’t convinced yet and are still debating if you want to get tickets still last minute, check out the 5 reasons why we think you should go for it…

A great night of modern metal with Infected Rain and Awake Again at On The Rocks in Helsinki!

Pictures of a great night of modern metal at On The Rocks in Helsinki with Infected Rain and Awake Again.

Gojira

Finally, after all the delays, we got a double serving of the Gojira at 013 Poppodium in Tilburg, Netherlands. With both shows being sold out, they were quite the explosive nights, especially with added to that support acts Alien Weaponry and Employed to Serve!

Day 2 of Sauna Open Air was a blast with a great Line Up, including Battle Beast, Avantasia, Doro and Five Finger Death Punch. The festival was organised by RH Entertainment and Master Events.

The recording of Killswitch Engage’s epic pandemic era live stream, ‘Live at the Paladium’ out via Metal Blade, is a masterclass in banging tracks and killer metalcore, both of modern times and from back in the day!