At the end of last year, The Offspring was traveling through Europe with special guests Simple Plan on their “Supercharged Worldwide in ’25 tour” and one of our reporters was at the stop at the ING Arena in Brussels, Belgium and was blown away with yet another great show! If you somehow missed them in Belgium, or want to see them again, The Offspring will play at Graspop 2026! So you there!

Agnostic Front unleash the lyric video for “You Say”, a ferocious blast of hardcore defiance from their latest album ‘Echoes In Eternity’, released last year with Reigning Phoenix Music. They start the European leg of the “Echoes In Eternity Tour” with WISDOM IN CHAINS and RAW BRIGADE as support next month, don’t miss out!

Hardcore punk trailblazers A Wilhelm Scream are set to release their next album ‘Cheap Heat’ at the end of next month through Creator-Destructor Records and shared their new single ‘Let It Ride’!

Portuguese post-hardcore firestarters Junkbreed dropped a new video for ‘Misantrophe’, a track from their latest album ‘Sick Of The Scene’, released last year via Raging Planet!

In 2025 Anna/ScarletMemory Photography covered again tons of bands and events both in Finland and Germany with her favorite captures being of shows from Amoral, Apocalyptica, Apulanta, Battle Beast, Blind Guardian, Bloodred Hourglass, Bush, Catch Your Breath, Cemetery Skyline, Cyan Kicks, Finntroll, Hammerfall, In Flames, Indica, Leverage, Lordi, Michael Monroe, Nothing More, Popeda, Powerwolf, Sabaton, Shade Empire, Sonata Arctica, The Legendary Orchestra, The Rock Orchestra, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Toto, Volbeat and Wednesday 13.

Glam punk goth’n’roll outlaws Gypsy Pistoleros share their new single ‘Dark Faerie Tales’, the title track of their upcoming album set for release in April with The New Church Records and Plastichead Distribution!

Finnish High School Dropouts are proving that pop punk is far from dead with their take on Taylor Swift’s ‘Love Story’, out now!

Yellowcard have released the new feature version of the track ‘Bedroom Posters’, bringing in Good Charlotte! The original track was featured on their latest album ‘Better Days’, out with Better Noise Music!

Punk rock icons New Found Glory recently shared their new single ‘Beer and Blood Stains’, another taste of their upcoming album ‘Listen Up!’, set for release next month with Pure Noise Records!

Finnish hardcore unit Rats Will Feast are releasing their new EP ‘An Evocation’ in April via Time To Kill Records!