EIVØR released her stunning new album ‘Tungl’ last Friday with Nuclear Blast and shared the new video for the track ‘Og Mánin Græt / And The Moon Cried’ to celebrate!
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News Posts
Ankea Festival just announced 7 more names for the second edition happening in 2027 with Pain of Salvation, Plini, Einar Solberg, Sara, Heretoir, Slow Crush and Noiduin!
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Genre-defying instrumental rock innovators Polyphia unveiled the hypnotic new track ‘With Eyes To See’ with an accompanying music video, another song from the upcoming album ‘BE NOT AFRAID’, out in October with Rise Records!
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Crippled Black Phoenix confront memory and relapse on their latest new single ‘Ravenettes’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Sceaduhelm’, set for release in April via Season of Mist!
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Genre-defying guitarist and innovator Tim Henson released ‘Original Sin’, his debut solo track, out with Rise Records!
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Puscifer release the third and final preview ‘ImpetuoUs’ of their highly-anticipated album ‘Normal Isn’t’, out next month via Puscifer Entertainment/Alchemy Recordings/BMG with a visualizer that offers a first look at the comic book series that will be launched in tandem with the album!
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Puscifer unveils ‘Pendulum’, offering a second preview of their upcoming album ‘Normal Isn’t’, set for release in February 2026 via Puscifer Entertainment/Alchemy Recordings/BMG!
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Multi-dimensional band Puscifer is back with their first new album in 5 years with ‘Normal Isn’t’, out in February 2026 and shared a first preview with the new single and video ‘Self Evident’!
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Collaborative album ‘Never Die’ from Midwife’s Madeline Johnston and Matt Jencik is set for release next week Friday July 11 on Relapse Records, but they now offer another glimpse with ‘Only Death Is Real’!
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For Your Health shared the new track ‘Flowers For The Worst Of Them’, another taste of their upcoming album ‘This Bitter Garden’, out next month with 3Dot Recordings!
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Photo Reports
Day 1 at Ankea’s Factory Stage brought plenty of variety, from Virta and Earthside to SLIFT, Kælan Mikla and This Will Destroy You. Relive some of the performances through our latest photo report! 📸🤘
For the first time ever, legendary guitar icons Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have united and are on tour with the SATCHVAI band! With the support of Ned Evett, they turned Antwerp’s Stadsschouwburg into a temple of rock where we could worship some of the genre’s gods!
True Crime industrial rock band SKYND has been on tour in Europe for a while now, and we caught them performing live in the Trix club, in Antwerp, with Knife Bride as support!
Lists
It’s finally there! The week of the very first edition of Ankea Festival! If you’re still somehow on the fence on why you should get yourself a ticket and come join us in Tampere this weekend, here are 8 reasons that hopefully will convince you!
While it’s a given that as a metalfan you’ll want to catch shows of Dimmu Borgir and Kerry King today at the first day of Tuska, we think that there are a couple more bands that deserve some of your attention, or that we think will be even more epic to see live than you might suspect with editorial picks Lord of the Lost’s festival opening show, I Am The Night, Infected Rain, Krypta, Suburban Tribe, Assemble The Chariots, Zeal & Ardor and Pendulum!
Gary’s albums of the year venture away from our more standard metal selection with a bunch of stellar punk releases from bands like The Bar Stool Preachers, Grade 2, The Darts, The Dollyrots, Rumkicks and Rancid, but also sidesteps into other music like the special brand of rock that Public Image Ltd. brings, blues rock with Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton, an acoustic Dropkick Murphys and a trip back into time, reminiscing about London’s legendary Batcave Club!
Previews
A new festival is on the horizon in Finland with Ankea Festival, so here are the details on what promises to be a pretty amazing event!
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