Belgian hard rock band Painted Scars has now shared an official video for their most recent single ‘Higher’!
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British rock icons Skunk Anansie released the Blackhill remix of their track ‘Meltdown’ from their latest album ‘The Painful Truth’, out with FLG!
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Kissin’ Dynamite announce their final album with Hannes Braun, to be released in September on their own label!
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Eva Under Fire shared the new song ‘The Words You Say’ from their upcoming second album ‘VILLAINOUS’, out next month with Better Noise Music!
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Belgian outfit Painted Scars shared their new single ‘Higher’, a track from their upcoming album set to be released in 2027! A music video is coming soon!
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Canadian metalheads Famous Strangers announced their upcoming self-titled debut album to be out in August and are officially releasing their first single ‘Ghosts of Men’ tomorrow!
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Steel Panther is back with their first new song in several years and first new music released with their new label Frontiers Music, celebrating mothers all around the world in their signature way on ‘The Mother’s Day Song’!
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Five Finger Death Punch announced the European leg of their 20th anniversary world tour yesterday to be happening in the beginning of 2027 with special guests Lamb of God and support from Bleed from Within!
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French heavy psychedelic rock band SLIFT shared ‘The Day of Execution’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Fantasia’, out in June with Sub Pop! Catch their show on release day at the very first edition of Ankea Festival in Finland!
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Hard rock/heavy metal band Hell in the Club unveiled a video for the track ‘The Ocean’, from their last year with Frontiers Music released album ‘Joker In The Pack’!
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If you are still looking for a great summer destination, our homecountry of Belgium has some great events to offer, so here are 7 festivals that might make it a great place to go for you this year with the very last Wildfest this weekend, dunk!festival, Graspop Metal Meeting, Litha Fest, Lokerse Feesten, Rock Werchter and Alcatraz!
If you are still looking for a great summer destination, here are 12 festivals that might make Finland the ideal place to go for you this year with Sonic Rites this weekend, Rockfest, Tuhdimmat Tahdit, Nummirock, Tuska, John Smith Festival, SaariHelvetti, Dark River Festival, Hellsinki Metal Festival, the CoolHead Live concert series, Sastamalan Torijuhlat and Hevipäivät!
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!
Tomorrow 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?
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!
The 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!
If 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!
Interviews
A chat with Mr. Lordi about the new Lordi album ‘Screem Writers Guild’ (out since March 31st via Atomic Fire Records), how he was inspired by the “Universal Monsters”, a couple of things he did differently for this album and how the process was to get to their new looks. He also gives us a brief update about a translation of his recently released monster of a book about everything Lordi!
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A chat with Sara Strömmer of Shereign about the release of their debut album “Ghost Diaries”, the themes and artwork of the album, the planned release shows with Dark Sarah and how she would describe the band in images, with a very interesting result!
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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!
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