News Posts

Italian/German action rock outfit The Loyal Cheaters shared first single ‘Can’t Go Out’ from their upcoming album ‘And All Hell Broke Loose’ set for release in April via Go Down Records!

After recently signing with MNRK Heavy, Waylon Reavis’ latest project A Killer’s Confession shared the video for their new single ‘Greed’!

With ‘Holy Mountain Mind’, Spain’s The Wizards proudly present another song from their upcoming album ‘The Exit Garden’, set for release via High Roller Records next week!

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)!

A couple of days ago, The Gems gave the International Women’s Day celebrations an early start by releasing an official music video for the track ‘Queens’ from their recently via Napalm Records released debut album ‘Phoenix’!

Hard rock outfit S.O.R.M shared their new single ‘Under My Skin’, featuring Doug Blair of W.A.S.P via Noble Demon!

Danish melodic hard rockers Silvera shared the title and opening track of their upcoming album with ‘World Behind Doors’! The new album will be coming out this year still via Mighty Music!

Rock overlords Danko Jones present previously unreleased ‘Electric Sounds’ bonus track ‘Waiting For You’ and announced the release of a deluxe version of the album in April!

Renowned rock sensation Bullets And Octane unleashes their explosive new single and music video ‘Space Lord Symphony’! Fans of anything that can rock your socks off should check in with these guys!

The new Finnish rock band Endline will put the melodic hard rock scene into a new shape! They just released their debut single ‘Lost’ via Inverse Records!

Photo Reports

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!

Best Of 2023 Tom VM

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!

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.

Nonpoint, one of our photographers’ favorite bands to see live, made a stop at The Eclectic Room in Angola, Indiana on their “The Milliion Watts Tour 2023” and with the help of (hed)pe, Sumo Cyco and VRSTY turned the night in an absolute barn burner!

Extreme

Extreme was on tour throughout Europe to present us their brand-new album “Six” and brought The Last Internationale with them as a support act. We caught their high energy shows at their stop at Trix in Antwerp, Belgium!

On the 10th anniversary edition of the Belgian hard rock and metal festival Blast From The Past, they did what they do best yet again: bringing the old school to a stage near you with an impressive line-up of Angel Witch, Onslaught, Exumer, Vengeance, Witchfynde, Hitten, Existance, Steelover, and Toledo Steel!