First edition of the charity festival named Aütfëst, held in Bruay-La-Buissière, France. Profit goes to Autism related organisations. With shows from Overflow Guy, Titans Rage, Death Structure, Kamizol K, Overdrivers, Xaon, and BlackRain!
Still about 10 months to go, Alcatraz has announced the first 50 confirmed acts for the 2024 edition of one of Belgium’s greatest rock and metal fests!
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Baltimore hard rockers The OddEven unleashed some heavy riffs upon the aliens in their new ‘Whiskey’ music video/single! A track from their upcoming ‘Darkness’ album, set for release in January 2024 via Eclipse Records!
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The Sonata Arctica “Arctic Storm Finland Tour 2023” has been a massive success, and we got to go to one of the first stops at Pakkahuone in Tampere. With them, they’re bringing the glam rock favorites Reckless Love and the energetic alternative rock/metal upstarts Luna Kills!
After a long wait we finally got a regular Sonata Arctica gig again in Finland as they kicked off their “Arctic Storm Finland tour 2023”. At the end of September, they hit the stage in Tampere’s Pakkahuone, together with Reckless Love and Luna Kills. A great night organised by TuskaLive and Grey Beard Concerts and Management.
German modern metal outfit Venues have just released their brand-new single ‘Oblivion’, including a killer video!
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Explosive rock trio The Gems announced their debut album ‘Phoenix’ to take flight early 2024 via Napalm Records and share a 2nd single with ‘Send Me To The Wolves’!
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We sat down with Svalbard at Alcatraz 2023 to have a chat about their new album ‘The Weight of the Mask’ (out October 6th via Nuclear Blast) and the importance of the mental illness topic on it, talking about what they would say to someone who struggles and what they hope the music could mean to their listeners.
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People at the Backstage venue in Munich were eager to see The Baboon Show play the songs of their new album ‘God Bless You All’ live, and we were not disappointed! What an energetic punk and rock ‘n’ roll show was that! Support came from the equally killer Spiders, both bands you need to go see live whenever you can!
Kvelertak unleashed a visual spectacle with the short film for the track ‘Morild’ from their latest album ‘Endling’, released last month via Rise Records/Petroleum Records! Catch them raging all over Europe on tour starting this weekend!
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