After a good ten years, the masterminds of stoner rock, TRUCKFIGHTERS, return with a brand‑new full‑length record titled ‚Masterflow‘. This album is bound to make waves in the scene, because Swedish duo Oskar “Ozo” Cedermalm and Niklas “Dango” Källgren from Örebro are back with a vengeance. Stoner rock at its best is coming at you.

German hard rockers Lynx shared the new single and video ‘Trinity of Suns’, the third track revealed of their upcoming album of the same name, set for release in a couple of weeks via Dying Victims Productions!

French modern rock artist Laura Cox is back with previously unreleased single ‘Not Your Story’, out now with earMUSIC!

Finnish industrial misfits King Satan formed an unholy union with the Queen of slide guitar Erja Lyytinen and unleashed the new track ‘Black Magick Rock ‘n’ Roll’!

Belgian rock institution Triggerfinger kicked off the beginning of a new era with their latest single ‘Come Clean’!

2025 was another great year of concert photography for Rachel’s neck of the midwest, having covered bands like Nonpoint (first and last band captured in 2025!), Black Stone Cherry, Asking Alexandria, Ivent Animate, Aurorawave, Ayron Jones, Close Enemies, The Plot In You, VCTMS, What Lies Below, Powerman5000, Northlane, and 2 very special local to her bands, Graveyard Daisies and Never Again!

Hard rock outfit The B.O.S. shared their bluesy new single and video ‘Ice Cream Cone’, the first single from their upcoming album ‘Volume 2’, set for release this spring!

Sunday Funday hits a little different with Black Stone Stone Cherry at The Clyde Theatre in Ft Wayne, Indiana! And with the support of Them Dirty Roses and Ayron Jones, it really was a celebration of rock music on all levels!

Ahead of their European shows and the release of their latest, and fifth, album ‘Vol. 5’, we sat down with Tommi and Topi from Finnish rock band The Empire Strikes to talk evolution, gear they haven’t touched in a decade, humour as survival, and the joy of making music that simply feels like them.

Michael Monroe shares another single with ‘Disconnected’, building up excitement for the upcoming new studio album ‘Outerstellar’, set for release in February 2026 via Silver Lining Music!