Gigantm show off their doomy rock stylings with new single ‘Necron99’, a track from their upcoming self-titled album that is coming our way in September! Recommended for fans of Fu Manchu, Mastodon and Red Fang…
News Posts
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!
Silvera proudly presents their fifth single and video ‘Gone Too Far’, featuring guest vocals by Guernica Mancini from The Gems, another track from their upcoming album ‘World Behind Doors’, set for release in August via Mighty Music!
Swedish metal vikings Brothers Of Metal revealed with ‘Heavy Metal Viking’ the first song from their upcoming new album ‘Fimbulvinter’, set for release in November via AFM Records! For a proper viking party, catch them this summer at a small selection of European festivals like Tuska this weekend, or on tour through Europe after the release of their album!
Rock duo Bones UK released the single ‘BIKINIS’, a track from their upcoming sophomore album ‘SOFT’, set for release in September via Sumerian Records!
Fever 333 unleashes their brand new song and music video ‘New West Order’, bringing the West Coast hip hop to the hard rock scene, out via 333 Wreckords Crew and Century Media Records! Catch them live all over the place in the US and Europe later this year!
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!
If you’re a rock fan rocking a “dad bod” and looking for your theme song, or you’re just looking for a banger of a summer track, don’t look any further! Finnish hard rock trio Luponero unleashed ‘Dad Bod Rok God’ upon the world recently!
Swedish rockers Eclipse unveiled their new single and video ‘Falling To My Knees’, out via Frontiers Music, in anticipation of their upcoming summer tour that’ll take them to festivals all over Europe, including one of our favorites: Alcatraz in Belgium!
Boston psychedelic hard rockers Worshipper dropped a new lyric video for the super heavy track ‘Heroic Dose’, the next single from their upcoming ‘One Way Trip’ album, set for release in July via Magnetic Eye Records!
Photo Reports
Tuhdimmat Tahdit’s second day with Brother Firetribe, Tarot, Huora, Klamydia, Suburban Tribe, Sonata Arctica and Apulanta was just as much fun as the first day!
Day one of Tuhdimmat Tahdit in it’s all renewed version gave us Kotiteollisuus, Marko Hietala, Lost Society, Stratovarius, Mokoma, Stam1na and Amorphis. What a great festival that we sure will return to again in the future.
Vandenberg returned with the new album ‘SIN’. The Dutch leg of his tour stopped at 10 different locations through The Netherlands, and we caught him at De Spot in Middelburg for a night of nostalgia and good rock music.
On Friday 15.03.2024 Sonata Arctica started off their “Clear Cold Beyond” tour at Pakkahuone in Tampere together with Temple Balls as support. The show was organized by Grey Beard and TuskaLive.
The “Back to the 2000s Tour” has been going strong in the US territories, taking people back to the good old days of nu metal and alternative metal/rock and Ozzfest with stellar shows from The Union Underground, SOiL, Ra and Flaw! We caught the stop at Piere’s in Fort Wayne, IN!
One of our newest photographers to have joined the team, Tommy offers a fine selection of cover bands, and gigs from the local club scene with pictures of Sabbra Cadabra, Crowley, Kraken Waker, Self Revolution, The SoapGirls, Nu-Castle, All Before, Audioslaves, Rage, Spartan Warrior, Twin Lizzy, and Red Hot Chilipinos!
It has become a true tradition that DIE HAPPY plays some warm-up gigs at the end of December for the shows or tours of the following years. In this round, it’s the ‘Pre-Anniversary Shows 2023’, preparing for the upcoming anniversary tour in 2024, celebrating their 30th anniversary as a band. Support came from Templemind at their stop in Stuttgart’s Im Wizemann in Germany!
Our Benelux and France head of accreditation and most active photographer in that region, Tom VM, made his own selection of favorite pictures he took in 2023, including some new stuff that wasn’t shared on our site before with Biohazard, Bleed From Within, Brutal Sphincter, Brutus, Electric Callboy, Michael Schenker Group, Sepultura, Arion, Blackrain, Overdrivers, Avatar, Winery Dogs, Charlotte Wessels, Devin Townsend, Dream Theater, Extreme, Ghost, Michael Angelo Batio, Arch Enemy, Doodseskader, Halestorm, I Prevail, Powerwolf and SKYND!
We set the hard task for our photographers to choose the best 30 pictures that they have shot in 2023 out of possibly thousands of captures, and here is the result of Tom Treuten’s selection with Butcher Babies, Fateful Finality, Fear Factory, Thundermother, Hypocrisy, Spiritbox, Behemoth, Dog Eat Dog, The Cult, Skillet, Agnostic Front, Scorpions, May The Silence Fail, Cannibal Corpse, Ataraxy, Dark Funeral, Goldmann, Solstafir, Ingested, Antiheld, Lansdowne, Völkerball (Rammstein Tribute), Fettes Brot, Danko Jones, Royal Republic, Team Tot, and Mindead!
After a long break, Gluecifer, who are one of Norway’s finest rock exports, played 3 gigs on their ‘Kings of Rock Tour 2023’ in Germany. We were lucky enough to be able to catch one of these shows for you at LKA Longhorn in Stuttgart! Power-rock trio The Demtones gave a solid support as opening act.
Lists
10 reasons why you should go to Tuska 2024
Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Atmospheric Black Metal, Avant-garde Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Black Metal, Blues Rock, Crossover, Darkwave, Death Metal, Deathcore, EBM, Folk, Folk Metal, Gothic Metal, Groove Metal, Grunge, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Heavy Rock, Industrial, Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Metal, Metalcore, Modern Metal, Nu Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Psychedelic Black Metal, Thrash MetalTomorrow it’s again that time of the year: Tuska weekend is upon us! If somehow you weren’t convinced yet that you need to go, here are 10 reasons we believe should be enough motivation to still get a ticket if any are available still! Going from a great line-up, to Tuska KVLT, Tuska Expo expanding further and simply an amazing atmosphere! See you there!
While we are still regularly looking back at what 2023 brought us, we of course also need to look forward. So here is the first edition of our 2024 series of articles where we bring the editorial team’s most anticipated releases with Escuela Grind, Green Day, The Empire Strikes, Saxon, Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes, Static-X, The Gems, Lucifer, Manticora and Hiraes in January!
Annet’s favorite albums of the year 2023 involve a mix of punk rock and modern metal, bringing in loads of emotions going from deep and intense, to fun and light with albums from Green Day, Enter Shikari, Hexa Mera, Chris Maragoth, Powerwolf, Nanowar of Steel, Angus McSix, Blink-182, Gloryhammer and Bury Tomorrow!
For the second day of Alcatraz 2023, our team picked out 13 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Schizophrenia, Crystal Viper, Brand of Sacrifice, Twilight Force, Gaerea, Predatory Void, Midnight, Tribulation, Belphegor, Biohazard, Godflesh, Exciter and Amorphis! Who are you especially looking forward to on the second day of the festival?
10 reasons why you should go to Alcatraz 2023
Alternative Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Black Metal, Blackened Death Metal, Blues Rock, Crossover, Dark Metal, Death Metal, Deathcore, Doom Metal, Extreme metal, Folk Metal, Garage Rock, Groove Metal, Hard Rock, Hardcore, Hardcore Punk, Heavy Metal, Heavy Rock, Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Metal, Metalcore, Metallic Hardcore, Modern Metal, Nu Metal, Post-metal, Post-rock, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Punk, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Symphonic Metal, Technical Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Vintage RockWith 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!
10 artists you should check out at Tuska 2023
Alternative, Alternative Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Metal, Coldwave, Death Metal, EBM, Electronic Music, Folk Metal, Gothic, Groove Metal, Grunge, Hard Rock, Hardcore, Hardcore Punk, Heavy Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Modern Metal, Rock 'n' Roll, Sludge MetalThe 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!
10 festivals that make Finland a great summer destination in 2023
Alternative, Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Avant-garde Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal, Deathcore, Electronic Music, Extreme metal, Folk, Folk Metal, Glam Metal, Groove Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Hip Hop, Indie, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Modern Metal, Pop, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Punk, Punk Rock, RnB, Synth, Thrash MetalIf you are still looking for a great summer destination, here are 10 festivals that might make Finland the ideal place to go for you with #Horizon23, Rockfest, Tuhdimmat Tahdit, Nummirock, Tuska, John Smith Festival, SaariHelvetti, Dark River Festival, Hellsinki Metal Festival and Flow Festival!
2022 was yet again an exceptional year for music. After putting together the favorite releases of most of our members, we came to our editorial top featuring the latest releases from bands like Wolfheart, Muse, Ghost, Electric Callboy, Kreator, Malevolence, Heilung, Machine Head, Wiegedood, Psychonaut, Lorna Shore, Bad Omens, Sylvaine, Parkway Drive, Lamb Of God, Rammstein and Zeal & Ardor!
With the end of summer in sight, we came across 10 releases coming out in August that our editorial team has been looking forward to the most.
February 2022 is yet again brimming with great releases, here’s a small selection of our most anticipated ones!
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