News Posts

Chicago rockers Ignescent recently announced their new studio album ‘Eternal’ to be released in March 2026 via Frontiers Music and shared the video single ‘Joker’!

Rising rockstar Austen Starr announced her debut album ‘I Am The Enemy’ to be out in February 2026 via Frontiers Music and unveiled another single with ‘Medusa’!

Hard rock/alt-metal band Glasgow Kiss release the storm inside with their new video and single ‘Forsaken’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Down In Flames’ set for release in December via Eclipse Records!

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!

Finnish rock legend Michael Monroe announces new studio album ‘Outerstellar’ to be released via Silver Lining Music in February 2026 and shared a first new single ‘Rockin’ Horse’ with a hilarious video!

Heavy rockers Beast Eagle drops ferocious new single ‘Sharp Tongue’ from the upcoming EP ‘Sorceress’, set for release next month on Golden Robot Records!

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!

Toronto’s hardest-hitting rock’n’roll trio Danko Jones shared their latest single ‘Diamond In The Rough’ with a video paying homage to KISS and featuring Marty Friedman! Another track from their upcoming album ‘Leo Rising’, set for release next month via Perception!

LA-based hard rock outfit Holy Wars returned with the haunting new single ‘Metamorphosis’, an industrial rock fusion bringing together the intensity of Nine Inch Nails and HEALTH with soaring vocals reminiscent of Evanescence, out with Pale Chord/Rise Records!

Finnish rockers Temple Balls announced their return last week with the new single and video ‘There Will Be Blood’, out now via Frontiers Music!

Photo Reports

BTL

A PreParty for everyone who already arrived in Geraardsbergen for WildFest that was starting the next day with Beyond The Labyrinth and Sin City Rebels… We were also there to capture the atmosphere!

Asking Alexandria brought their tour to the Clyde Theatre in Ft Wayne, IN and put on a great show with the help of support acts From Ashes To New, Royale Lynn and What Lies Below! Those who were not there really missed out!

Finnish rock up-and-comers Ginger Evil made a proper introduction to Helsinki at the KULT Club with a release show celebrating their debut album released earlier in the year with Frontiers Music, and we saw it was good!

At the end of March it was time for a fantastic rock and metal opera in Stuttgart’s Schleyerhalle, Tobias Sammet’s multi musician project Avantasia held court. A fantasy stage layout built the base for a 3-hour spectacle that was packed with a long line of guest vocalists.

THUNDERMOTHER’s ‘Dirty & Divine Tour 2025’ brought together an almost 100% female rock night. Together with COBRA SPELL and VULVARINE a great night of classic heavy and hard rock is traveling around Europe and we got to see them in Stuttgart on the first leg of the tour. The tour will go on with the second leg, kicking off on 21 March 2025. Get your tix soon, it might sell out fast.

The tradition at GrimmGent is for all photographers to set up our personal collection of our favourites. Always an illustrious collection, sometimes with shots that haven’t even been published here. This is my Tom Treuten selection of highlights in 2024.

Pop Evil and Bad Wolves joined forces on the “Animal Instinct Tour” touring through the US, bringing along Sierra Pilot and ONI for the ride! We caught them at their Thanksgiving eve show at Pierre’s in Ft. Wayne in Indiana!

With their 5th album ‘Attracted To Danger’, THE NEW ROSES are currently on tour in Europe. With MOONSHOT from Finland as the support act, the German rockers are thrilling the masses. At their gig in Stuttgart, we had the pleasure of witnessing this amazing rock performance.

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!

Pictures of the third day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Audrey Horne, Soil, Jinjer, Korpiklaani, Gene Simmons Band and Architects!

Interviews

We have a chat with Patrick Walch, the man behind the successful and interesting new label Noble Demon! Check out what he has to say!

A video interview with vocalist Arde from Temple Balls about touring with Sonata Arctica and the upcoming tour with Shiraz Lane and Block Buster.

A video interview with Hannes Kett from Shiraz Lane about the past, the present and the future! Check out the full conversation!

A talk with Timmy from The New Roses about their latest album, playing at Wacken and the upcoming tour!

We talked with Aarni and Jaakko from Block Buster about their new album and more!

“The first time we ever tried it, I fell right on my face” “There’s a video. You wanna see it?” The guys from Crobot are anything but dull! Read the interview taken at Alcatraz festival!

“The first time we ever tried it, I fell right on my face” “There’s a video. You wanna see it?” The guys from Crobot are anything but dull! Read the interview taken at Alcatraz festival!

Danko Jones talked with us about his new album, the state of the music business overall and how good Belgian festivals are!

Danko Jones talked with us about his new album, the state of the music business overall and how good Belgian festivals are!

We had a chat with Eric Martin, the vocalist from the American Hard Rock band Mr. Big, after their show at Alcatraz 2018.