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Going strong for over two decades now, Pendulum still delivers their classic drum ‘n’ bass tracks live with great precision and earth-shattering sound. Nowadays, they’re gaining more popularity within the metal community, which was evident in the audience—more and more metalheads filled the crowd, inciting wild mosh pits during this Monday show. It was truly heartwarming to see people of all ages, all the way up to the upper rafters, dancing and enjoying life to the fullest—even on a Monday evening. That’s the true Pendulum live experience. With support from British sister duo ALT BLK ERA, it was a truly entertaining night to dance your worries away about the upcoming week. Check out the pics down below!

Happoradio are currently on a concert hall tour through Finland to promote their recent release ‘Ojaan ja allikkoon‘. The sold out show in Tampere lasted for about 2 hours including an half an hour break, with the first half focusing more on the slower songs while the second half had slightly higher energy.

DISTURBED is celebrating the 25th anniversary of their album ‘The Sickness’ with an extensive tour. MEGADETH is a part of the package and promises a portion of great and virtuous thrash metal.

After announcing that MEGADETH will release their last, self-titled album in January 2026, this was a great opportunity to see them perform live. And they delivered an inspiring performance that was only a first taste of a hopefully upcoming farewell tour.

DISTURBED had set up a bombastic stage with a large pyramid built from metal grid cubes. Within these cubes the stage lights, LED screens and a lot of pyro-effects and fire had been installed. Master of the show was clearly vocalist David Draiman. The whole band was bursting with joy and the spark immediately jumped over to the audience. It was a worthy anniversary celebration that covered not only tracks from ‘The Sickness’ but a large variety of the DISTURBED repertoire and including ‘Shout’ (originally by TEARS FOR FEARS) and of course their viral hit ‘Sounds Of Silence’ (originally by Simon & Garfunkel).

A night you wouldn’t want to miss!

Visions of Atlantis played their first ever show in Tampere on September 24th at Olympia-kortteli. The show was also their first headlining show and their 3rd show ever in Finland. Local support was provided by Dark Sarah.
A very fun pirate party by TuskaLive.

A full night of Australian metalcore was hosted in Stuttgart’s Schleyerhalle when PARKWAY DRIVE had one of their stops of the ’20 Years Anniversary Tour Europe’.

They brought friends, in the form of two fellow bands, along from Down Under: THE AMITY AFFLICTION and THY ART IS MURDER. This explosive package promised the real deal for any die-hard metalcore fan. And nobody would be disappointed at the end of the night. THE AMITY AFFLICTION had the honours of opening up the night and were followed by THY ART IS MURDER. Both delivering a strong stage performance and heating up the audience very well.

Finally everybody got the real deal with PARKWAY DRIVE. The band and dancers entered the venue gladiator style with waved flags, breaking their way through the crowd to the stage from the back of the hall. The first two songs were performed on a small stage in front of the main stage and finally the enormous main stage was revealed with a bang after the runway came down from the ceiling.

PARKWAY DRIVE delivered without doubt. Flames and pyros, awesome lights and sound, a choreographed show with dancers, three ladies with string instruments and the flame lit floating gangway. It was a spectacular show that will be pretty hard to beat.

Lucky us in Ghent, we got the honour of getting the first date on Eivør and Ásgeir‘s fall tour this year! Or, “The one where things can go wrong”, to quote Eivør. Ah but the way those minor mishaps become bonding moments with the audience make the shows all the more special!

Elinborg gave us the perfect start to the evening, setting the mood masterfully. When it gets so quiet you can hear a pin drop because everyone’s mesmerised, you’re in for a special treat.

On Sunday the 14th of September we found ourselves at Tampere’s Tavara-Asema yet again, this time to see Marko Hietala‘s ‘Roses from the Deep‘ tour. Leverage, who provided support, were a very pleasant surprise and I thoroughly enjoyed their performance.

Marko Hietala and band, including guest singer Jonna Geagea from Nylon Beat, also did a great job performing Marko‘s solo project songs as well as some medleys of his greatest hits with Nightwish and Tarot and even some covers of Black Sabbath, Katri Helena, Nylon Beat and Jonna’s Problem.

A Loud Farewell: Friday Night’s Concert at Black Hawks MC’s Chopper Show Weekend in Hamme

Last Friday, we headed to Hamme for the kick-off evening of the Black Hawks MC’s Choppershow weekend, drawn not by the bikes — which were only on display Sunday — but by the live music lineup planned for Friday night. The evening started off with a solid set by Poseydon, warming up the crowd. But the band we were most eager to see was Hexa Mera, who took the stage next.

Back in November 2024, the band announced they’d be going on an “indefinite hiatus” after 15 years of activity. While they haven’t ruled out a return someday, it’s clear that for now, Hexa Mera is stepping away from the stage for the foreseeable future. Hexa Mera holds a special place in our hearts — they’ve been a regular guest at our bar & venue Asgaard, performing there almost annually. Their connection with us runs deep, and that made Friday’s show all the more emotional.

We had hoped to book them for one last show at Asgaard as a send-off, but we were just a bit too late — their schedule was already closed. That didn’t stop us from enjoying every second of their powerful, emotionally charged set on Friday though.

Closing the night was Impact, a seasoned cover band that kept spirits high and bodies moving. But for us, the highlight — and bittersweet heart of the evening — was clearly Hexa Mera. Their departure will leave a noticeable gap in the Belgian metal scene, and maybe an even bigger one in our community.

If this was indeed the last time we’d see them live for a while, it was a damn good way to go out.

For those who missed it: there’s one last chance to see them. They will play their last set at Peiroanfest in Mol (BE), on Friday, October 10th.

The Rasmus are by far the band I have listened to the longest, literally since I was a child, and yet I had never seen them live until now. So I was really excited to finally make it to one of their gigs. The majority of the audience were women around my age, so I’m gonna assume that many of them found The Rasmus when they released ‘In the Shadows‘ back in the early 2000s. Back then they were very internationally known and that still showed on the show at Tavara-Asema, as there were many flags from different countries scattered throughout the crowd.
The evening started off with Cvlt Ov The Svn which I unfortunately missed as it wasn’t very well advertised that there would be any support band.

The Rasmus themselves entered the stage right on time, at 21.00 with ‘Rest in Pieces‘ from their new album ‘Weirdo‘. The setlist in general was fantastic, with a very health mix between new material and the best-of-the-best of their older songs. The crowd obviously loved it and the atmosphere was amazing. There were some technical problems in the beginning, but they didn’t seem to be too much of a problem. What was a problem though, at least for me, were Lauri’s vocals. Hopefully that was just due to it being the start of the tour and him not yet fully being tuned in, but his voice was not great and left me kinda disappointed. 

Wrapping up the festival, Tom caught the final bursts of energy on Day 4 of Tolminator — featuring Mordkaul, Brutal Sphincter, Milking the Goatmachine, and TLMNTR. A fitting end to an unforgettable week of heavy music and pure festival spirit.