Bokassa and Planet of Zeus brought a bunch of stoner and attitude to On The Rocks Helsinki in the beginning of September, kicking off our weekend properly!

To bring back some good festival memories from this summer here are some impressions from day 1 of Wacken Open Air 2022 with Thundermother, Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons and Grave Digger!

Michael Monroe unveiled a big surprise for his upcoming 60th anniversary show in Helsinki: the original line-up of the legendary Hanoi Rocks will rise on stage again!

Belgian rock sensation Black Mirrors announced their upcoming new album ‘Tomorrow Will Be Without Us’ to be released in November via Napalm Records and share a first single with ‘Hateful Hate, I’ll Kill You’!

Finnish one-man industrial rock project The Fair Attempts released the new track ‘My Frozen Heart’ in an attempt to reflect how one feels in the center of conflict!

Uber goth and Finnish love metal pioneer Ville Valo released the 2nd single ‘Echolocate Your Love’ from his upcoming solo album ‘Neon Noir’!

The very last day of Graspop 2022 was the one that fitted our reported the best with amazing shows from bands like Crossfaith, Evil Invaders, Alestorm, Alice Cooper, The Offspring, Deep Purple and Sabaton. What a way to wrap up this event that everyone had been looking forward to so much!

The Finnish rockers of Thy Row announce a special 1 year anniversary vinyl edition of their successful 2021 release ‘Unchained’, to be released via Rockshots Records!

The 3rd day of Graspop 2022 mostly brought memorable moments for our reporter there with Europe, Eisbrecher and Five Finger Death Punch on the scorching heat!