Every year in August, Blackpool gets overtaken by punks, and this year was no different. We had a good start at the first day of Rebellion Festival 2023 with shows from The Meffs, Deecracks, Svetlanas, Teenage Bottlerocket, Sloppy Seconds and Cock Sparrer!

Second day at an exciting edition of Alcatraz with H.E.A.T., Sepultura and Biohazard on the main stage!

Punk outfit The Iron Roses announced their self-titled album to be released in October via Iodine Recordings and SBÄM and unleashed a first track with ‘Screaming For A Change’! Get ready for a protest anthem you can dance your heart out to!

Svalbard announce their highly anticipated new studio album ‘The Weight Of The Mask’ to be released in October via Nuclear Blast and share a 2nd single with ‘Faking It’!

A true challenge for him, our photographer went to capture the performance art that is a live show of HIDE at Kuudes Linja in Helsinki a couple of months ago, with support from Keretik!

HIDE is easily the most oppressive, yet mesmerizing live performance I’ve had the pleasure of experiencing, and a couple of months ago at Kuudes Linja in Helsinki I got another chance of being blown away by them. Support came from the gloomy metalpunk locals of Keretik.

Metfest 2023 at the Tollwood area in Munich, Germany… a celebration with superheroes, warriors, good music and of course mead, with Feuerschwanz, Fiddler’s Green, Warkings and Grailknights!

The first Tuska 2023 day is here! In a handful of hours the gates will open and 3 days of heavy music will begin! Besides the headliners and some big names, we’ve picked out about 10 bands and artists we believe you should give a shot while you’re at Tuska this weekend with Vended, Kouta, Foreseen and Miseria Ultima today, A.A. Williams, Orbit Culture, Dirt and Nakkeknækker tomorrow, and Vermilia and URNE on Sunday!