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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Lex Legion, featuring members of the classic King Diamond lineup, unleashed yet another single from their upcoming self-titled debut album with ‘Gypsy Tears’ out with MNRK Music Group!
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NWOBHM legends RAven are kicking off leg one of their “Can’t Take Away The Fire European Tour 2026” next week!
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Evergrey unveiled the third single and video ‘Leaving The Emptiness’ from their upcoming album ‘Architects Of A New Weave’ out in June via Napalm Records! Catch them live next month at select festivals including Graspop!
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Finnish metal band Segmentia has reinvented itself and recently unveiled their first single ‘Before The Dawn’, now with a matching dark and atmospheric video, out with Inverse Records!
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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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American heavy metal icons Armored Saint present their new single ‘Hit A Moonshot’, another taste of their upcoming ‘Emotion Factory Reset’ album out with Metal Blade Records in May! Catch them live this summer in Europe at festivals like Brutal Assault and Alcatraz!
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Upheaval Festival 2026 completed its line-up awhile back and it’s absolutely delicious, with headliners Gojira and Papa Roach and plenty of popular acts both from the US and abroad! Seems like a fest you won’t want to miss out on if you’re any bit close!
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Traditional heavy metal force Sulphur And Mercury unveiled their new single ‘Sulphur Eternal’, out now with Time To Kill Records!
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Finnish melodic metal act After Infinity return with sophomore release ‘Beyond Eternity’, out this Fall via Rockshots Records and unveils the first tracks with ‘King With No Crown’ featuring Paolo Ribaldini of Delain, Leverage and Seraphiel, and ‘Hands of Time’ featuring Aitor Arrastia of Metal De Facto!
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Saturday at the Clyde Theatre it Smelled Like a Freakshow with Avatar rolling into Fort Wayne with their “Don’t Go In The Forest tour”, bringing along the amazing Italian symphonic death metallers Fleshgod Apocalpyse and Texan death metal grinders Frozen Soul!
33 Years after their “last” show, Belgian cult thrash outfit Dead Serious is back and played live in our own venue Asgaard with the support of Steamroller and Phoenix Rebellion! Of course we were there!
The Infected Rain and Butcher Babies co-headline “Mutation Phase in Europe tour” dropped by at DVG Club in Kortrijk for an amazing night of modern metal, supported by Black Spikes!
Belgian modern metal outfit Behind the Veil proudly presented their new EP “Betrayed by Shadows’ with a release party at DVG club Kortrijk, supported by Ironborn and X-Pozed!
We almost forgot to post this one… as we do every year, we ask our photographers to pick their best and most favorite captures of the past year, and 2025 brought acts like Borknagar, Doro, Machine Head, Ne Obliviscaris, Room 13, Vola, Infected Rain, Luna Kills, Kickin Valentina, Art Nation, SatchVai Band, Arkona, Kreator, Cro-Mags, Bury Tomorrow, Electric Callboy, BTL and Ankor in front of Tom V.M.’s camera!
In the beginning of the month, Butcher Babies hosted an electrifying show at Piere’s in Fort Wayne, Indiana along with Lylvc and Remember Me! Catch Butcher Babies live on their co-headline tour with Infected Rain in Europe right now!
In 2025 Anna/ScarletMemory Photography covered again tons of bands and events both in Finland and Germany with her favorite captures being of shows from Amoral, Apocalyptica, Apulanta, Battle Beast, Blind Guardian, Bloodred Hourglass, Bush, Catch Your Breath, Cemetery Skyline, Cyan Kicks, Finntroll, Hammerfall, In Flames, Indica, Leverage, Lordi, Michael Monroe, Nothing More, Popeda, Powerwolf, Sabaton, Shade Empire, Sonata Arctica, The Legendary Orchestra, The Rock Orchestra, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Toto, Volbeat and Wednesday 13.
At the end of last year, power metal legends HELLOWEEN were taking their 40th anniversary tour through Europe and they lit up Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart, Germany with a jaw-dropping show. Finnish next generation power metallers BEAST IN BLACK kicked things off, before the main act unleashed pyro, confetti, and pure metal magic. A night of epic riffs and fan-fueled celebration!
This year Lemmy Kilmister left this mortal realm 10 years ago. Mötorhead, the band that Lemmy brought to life, was founded 50 years ago. Phil Campbell joined Mötorhead over 40 years ago. What a list of anniversaries, and what better reasons to celebrate? We caught Phil Campbell and The Bastard Sons in Stuttgart, Germany on one of the stops of their “50 years of Mötorhead” celebration tour, with support from Airstrike!
Sabaton played a close to sold out show at the SchleyerHalle in Stuttgart, Germany together with The Legendary Orchestra a couple of weeks ago. Full power from start to finish.
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Finland’s summer festival season is stacked again. From underground black metal rituals to lakeside legends and city concerts with global names, we picked 12 events worth your time this summer with Steelfest, Allas Live, Sonic Rites, Ankea, Nummirock, Tuska, CoolHead Live, Dark River Festival, John Smith Rock, Ilosaarirock, Hellsinki Metal Festival and SaariHelvetti
Pakanafestarit returns to Espoo in just two weeks: a celebration of Nordic folklore, rituals, community, and one of the strongest line-ups yet, from folk icons Värttinä to pagan metal force Havukruunu and so much more from The Gallows Dance to Kallomäki, Ilkka Heinonen, Rauni, Iterum Nata and Ínkar and of course plenty of vendors yet again! Here are the top reasons why we think you should join us there…
For the second day of Alcatraz 2025, our team picked out 8 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Myrath, KNIFE, Baest, Drowning Pool, Rivers of Nihil, Nailbomb, Caliban and Avatar! What bands are you really looking forward to for this Friday at Alcatraz? Let us know in the comments!
The first day of the third edition of Hellsinki Metal Festival is filled with an impressive line-up of metal bands of almost every subgenre, completed with some special ones. Of course you need to go see King Diamond headlining tonight, but there is so much more to discover, so our editorial team picked out 7 bands that they think you definitely shouldn’t miss out on with Rabbit Cult, Gost, Kanonenfieber, Forbidden, Fear Factory, Candlemass and Moonsorrow! What bands are you really looking forward to today? Let us know in the comments!
For the first day of Alcatraz 2025, our team picked out 8 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Messa, Frayle, 3 Inches of Blood, thrown, Cabal, Crystal Lake, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons and Heriot! What bands are you really looking forward to for this Friday at Alcatraz? Let us know in the comments!
Brutal Assault is a proper celebration of everything that is metal and/or extreme and there is something great to be found at any time of the day! We picked out 8 bands that you should go see on the first day of this year’s edition, with High Parasite, Gutalax, Landmvrks, Blood Fire Death, Slow Crush, Patriarchy, Fear Factory and Drowning Pool, because they’ll be more than worth your time!
On the last day of Alcatraz 2025, we get 10 more fantastic Belgian bands served up, going from mesmerizing atmosphere makers like Briqueville and Alkerdeel, to absolute mayhem from bands like Bark, Devastatiön, Slaughter Messiah and Cobracide, hardcore legends Congress and Whatever It Takes, rockers Promise Down or goth-tinged heavy metallers Cult of Scarecrow! Something for everyone and again proof how rich the Belgian heavy music scene is…
This weekend is the highlight for us and many among us in Belgium with the 2025 edition of Alcatraz Festival, but if you still haven’t decided to go, here are 10 reasons why we believe you should just go ahead and go get you some tickets still… What are you looking forward to the most for this year’s edition?
Only a handful of days left before Helsinki gets a healthy shot of heavy and dark music with the third edition of Hellsinki Metal Festival! If you’re still confused and wondering if you should go or not, check out 8 reasons we believe should convince you… Beware, get your tickets today as tomorrow the price will go up again!
If you want to experience a true metal holiday with zero worries and all the possible fun you can think of, Tolminator is the place to be. Here are 10 reasons why we think you should join us there next week…
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