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Finnish rock band Shiraz Lane announced their new studio album ‘In Vertigo’ to be out in October via Frontiers Music and shared the new single ‘Come Alive’ to celebrate the announcement!

Australian rocker Cassidy Paris unveiled her new single ‘Stronger’, featuring Pete Lesperance, and out now via Frontiers Music!

Hard rock/heavy metal band Hell in the Club returned with their new single and music video ‘The Devil Won’t Forget Me’ out via Frontiers Music!

Dogma unveils ‘Be Free’, a “lost” track from their debut album, and a new ritual unleashed before continuing their European invasion starting with Wacken in a couple of days!

Las Vegas dark rockers The Nocturnal Affair are returning to Europe next week, joining Wednesday 13 and Drowning Pool on selected dates of their Europe summer tours!

UK rockers Star Circus release the video for their latest single ‘Masquerade’, a track from their new album ‘From The Wreckage’, out now on Renaissance Records!

Black Veil Brides are back with their first piece of new music since last year’s single. The next phase of the band begins with ‘Hallelujah’ out now via Spinefarm!

Belgian hard rock and metal festival Blast From The Past is back on December 6 with an amazing line-up of 8 acts like Adrian Vandenberg, Medieval Steel, Savage Grace, Highway Chile, ADX, Toxikull, Opium Heathen and Thorium! Get your tickets now!

German metal/punk powerhouse Brunhilde is celebrating the release of their new album ‘In Love Yours Hate’ with an intense music video for the track ‘Halali’!

Cinematic hard rock/melodic metal band Morningstar ignites the spirit with their explosive new anthem ‘Free’, out now on all streaming platforms!

Festival Reports

Grimm Gent took a trip South to explore the fourth edition of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Festival in Longwy, France.

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Photo Reports

Vandenberg

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.

Pictures of the second night of the 2024 edition of Desert Hel, with Dome Runner, Mansion, Maan Tomu and Truckfighters!

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!

A selection of Rachel’s best captures of 2023, with pictures from bands like Mudvayne, Nonpoint, Drowning Pool, From Ashes To New, Shinedown, Fozzy, Butcher Babies, Sumy Cyco, Black Stone Cherry and Saliva!

A selection of Jonna’s best captures of 2023, with pictures from bands Butcher Babies, Electric Callboy, Ghost, Glenn Hughes, Gojira, In Flames, Lorna Shore, The Hu, Ville Valo, Chamber of Unlight, Asagraum, Monuments, Sodom, Batushka, Blind Guardian, and Apocalyptica!

A selection of Vaim’s best captures of 2023, after a long and grueling process of elimination, with pictures from bands like Battle Beast, Gaerea, Trollheim’s Grott, Avslut, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Amenra, Igorrr, Aesthetic Perfection, HIDE, SKYND, Ice Nine Kills, Utuk Xul, Rancid, Sick Of It All, Stratovarius, Testament, Michael Monroe, Volbeat, Hellacopters, Pensées Nocturnes, Amorphis, Biohazard, Killswitch Engage, Converge, Agnostic Front, Taake, Public Image Ltd, A.A. Williams, Butcher Babies, Clutch, Finntroll, Electric Callboy, Ghost, Gojira, Imperial Triumphant, Lorna shore, The Hu and Urne!

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!