We sat down with the Finnish rockers of The Empire Strikes to have a chat about their new album ‘Motell Scandinavia’, how come it took so long to get it out, what the idea is behind the title and some nice background bits about how some of the songs came together! Catch them live at their release show in Helsinki tonight or Spain and Germany later this year!

Hard rockers Paralandra dropped new single ‘Love Of My Life’, a track from their upcoming album ‘The Body Electric’, set for release in April! Think power riffs and soaring, stadium-sized vocals!

Danish hard rock band Junkyard Drives celebrates the rebellious side of rock in their new single ‘Tearaway’!

Chilean/Belgian vocal powerhouse Dani Hart unleashed the first new single ‘After I’m Gone’, a track from her upcoming EP ‘Slaying Bluebeard’, scheduled for release later this year!

Heavy rock queens Thundermother unleash the music video for the furious new single ‘Speaking of The Devil’, out via AFM Records!

Swedish heavy metal band Corroded teamed up with dark drum ‘n’ bass producer Zardonic and his friend Andy Malex for a killer remix of their track ‘Rain’ from the latest album ‘Plague’, released via Despotz Records!

Sweden’s most promising new rock band The Gems are gearing up to release their debut album ‘Phoenix’ this Friday, January 26, via Napalm Records and are sharing the single ‘Fruits Of My Labor’ to overcome the last couple of days before that!

The shred masters of Striker have resurrected that nostalgic 80s saxophone metal sound in their latest single and video ‘Give It All’! Another track from their upcoming album ‘ULTRAPOWER’, set for release next month!

While we are still regularly looking back at what 2023 brought us, we of course also need to look forward. So here is the first edition of our 2024 series of articles where we bring the editorial team’s most anticipated releases with Escuela Grind, Green Day, The Empire Strikes, Saxon, Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes, Static-X, The Gems, Lucifer, Manticora and Hiraes in January!

Swedish rockers tAKIDA released the lyric video for the new single ‘Sickening’, another track from their upcoming album ‘The agony flame’ set for release next month via Napalm Records!