MC50 is releasing another explosive new live album with ’10 MORE’, out in December via earMUSIC, capturing the crazy energy of the 2018 world tour to celebrate one of rock’s most radical and influential bands, MC5!
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News Posts
The Finnish rockers of Shiraz Lane are about to unleash their new album ‘In Vertigo’ (out this Friday via Frontiers Music) and in anticipation launched their own beer ‘Stone Cold Lager’, inspired by the opening track and in collab with Coolhead Brew!
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French rock powerhouse, singer and songwriter Laura Cox returns with the bold new stand-alone single ‘No Need To Try Harder’, out via earMUSIC/Verycords!
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The raven-haired rock star from Los Angeles, Dorothy, has returned! The new single ‘MUD’ grooves, and rocks and will get you nodding along in no time! Out via Roc Nation, details on a new album are coming soon!
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Myles Kennedy to release his third solo album ‘The Art Of Letting Go’ via Napalm Records in October and share the debut single ‘Say What You Will’ with an accompanying video!
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Finnish horror blues punks Black Totem are back to haunt your lives with their upcoming third album ‘III: Sacrifice Tonite’, to be released via Svart Records in June, and unleashed the title track upon this world!
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The iconic Slash announced his highly anticipated sixth solo album ‘Orgy of the Damned, set for release in May via Gibson Records, and filled with blues classics and special guests! With the announcement comes a first single with the Howlin’ Wolf blues standard ‘Killing Floor’, featuring Brian Johnson of AC/DC on vocals and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith on harmonica!
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The Swedish root rockers of Siena Root shared a music video for ‘Winter Solstice’ in anticipation of the kickoff of their live season supporting their latest album ‘Revelation’ (out via Atomic Fire Records / Reigning Phoenix Music)!
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Sweden’s most promising new rock band The Gems are gearing up to release their debut album ‘Phoenix’ this Friday, January 26, via Napalm Records and are sharing the single ‘Fruits Of My Labor’ to overcome the last couple of days before that!
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The Black Keys kicked off their 2024 with the release of their new single ‘Beautiful People (Stay High)’, a track from their upcoming 12th studio album ‘Ohio Players’ set to be released in April via Nonesuch/Warner Records.
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Photo Reports
V’s Metal Media organised their first festival and invited us to experience ‘V’s Metal Fest’ and we were only too happy to drop by and support a budding organisation! With 10 Cats Down, #40Something, Noord, Narsic, Behind the Veil, Fabulae Dramatis, Promise Down, ArseA, Primal Creation, and No Apologies.
The line-up of Close Enemies is build by absolute legends and veterans from the rock scene, and together with support from Most Wanted, Faded and Portal 27, they put the ROCK in Detroit Rock City at The Token Lounge last weekend!
Myles Kennedy chose Hamburg to start his European tour in support of his third solo album ‘The Art of Letting Go’, bringing the blues rockers of Black River Delta with him as support, and delivering a night of musical excellence to his fans!
The Black Crowes are back on stages in summer 2024 with their ‘Happiness Bastards’ tour, named after their latest long-player album released earlier this year in March. Together with the Jim Jones All Stars as support act, they bring a detailed classic rock show on the stages. We are very happy to present you some impressions of their tour stop in Stuttgart, Germany last Thursday!
Pictures of the second night of the 2024 edition of Desert Hel, with Dome Runner, Mansion, Maan Tomu and Truckfighters!
Sami Yaffa has worn multiple hats in various different bands such as Hanoi Rocks, Pelle Miljoona OY, New York Dolls, The Hellacopters, just to name a few but now in his 60s he is still going stronger than ever! This legendary bassist just released his second solo album in his illustrious career titled “Satan’s Helpers, Warlazer Eyes & The Money Pig Circus” and brought the album in its entirety to a packed Tavastia in Helsinki!
John J. Presley proved at Backstage in Munich that darkness can be beautiful with his blues rock project, what turned out to be a quite intimate, almost private show for those who came out to enjoy the music!
Earlier this month, we were attending the last European show of The Winery Dogs “202III world tour”, and this show at the 013 Poppodium in Tilburg, Netherlands, was recorded and filmed for the upcoming live album! Support came from guitar virtuoso Dave Cureton!
The cowboys from Berlin proved again how great they are in all aspects! We caught The BossHoss putting the Zenith in Munich, Germany on fire with their country rock party!
Abraham Alexandre and The Lumineers, blues and folk together hand in hand at a huge party at the Tollwood Festival in Munich last week!
Interviews
Finnish rockers Shiraz Lane are back with ‘In Vertigo’ (out October 24th via Frontiers Music) — their most vibrant, uplifting, and heartfelt chapter yet. We sat down with Hannes and Jani to talk about fresh energy, finding balance in chaos, and the joy of making music that moves both body and soul.
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A good week ago at Rockfest 2023, shortly before his set at the festival, we met up with Finnish rock ‘n’ roll icon Michael Monroe, where he talked candidly about meeting Vince Neil for the first time, reconnecting with Nikki Sixx, an upcoming Michael Monroe album, the documentary about his life that is coming really soon now, the recent Lords Of The New Church reunion show and more!
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A Skype interview with Rob Martin from RRRags about their upcoming new album and “feel good” heavy rock perfect for a Summer roadtrip!
Lists
From the amazing line-up of Tolminator 2025 we picked 10 acts we believe deserves your attention and time for you to check out at the festival if you’re there or at home if you’re not. A couple of them already played yesterday, like Vulvarine, High Parasite and Ghost Bath, but there is still plenty to discover and see with bands like Midnight, Cro-mags, Me And That Man, Party Cannon, Insanity Alert, Dopethrone and Mimi Barks!
With about a week to go, we put together 10 reasons why we think you should consider to still get yourself a ticket for Alcatraz 2024 and join in with the fun! With a stellar line-up, including some of the best the Belgian scene has to offer and a great organization trying to improve your festival experience year after year, it’s promising to be one hell of a weekend again!
With less than 2 weeks to go, we put together 10 reasons why we think you should consider to still get yourself a ticket for Alcatraz 2023 and join in with the fun!
7 epic singles again selected by us of last week with Psychonaut, Before The Dawn, Black Mirrors, Wednesday 13, Sowulo, Ciemra and Skyforger! Highly recommended to check them out if you haven’t yet!
August proves to be a highly exciting and surprisingly full month for new releases! Here is a small selection of those that are most anticipated by our editorial staff!
