Tony Kakko’s Himmelkraft unveiled their first single and lyric video ‘Uranium’, a taste of what is to come with their self-titled debut album set for release in March 2025 via Reaper Entertainment!
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LA-based NWOTHM heroes Saber have announced their much-anticipated next album ‘Lost In Flames’ to be released via ROAR in February 2025 and unleashed a video for the title track!
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Belgian band Rotzak recently released their latest single ‘Sloom’, the first taste of their upcoming album ‘HEADRUSH’, set for release in February 2025 via Bearded Punk Records and Charon Collective!
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Rock and metal force Avantasia is set to unleash their bombastic 10th studio album ‘Here Be Dragons’ in February 2025, their debut with new home Napalm Records! A first single is coming soon for a first taste! And make sure you catch them on their extensive arena tour across Europe shortly after the release of the album!
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After a hiatus year, Rockfest is back! New location, but also a rather action packed first batch of confirmed names for the 2025 edition with names like Muse, Judas Priest and Till Lindemann topping the bill!
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Finnish rockin’ metal band Miss Vain is set to release their second EP ‘Sempiternal Drive’ via Inverse Records in April 2025 and shared a first single and music video with ‘Remedy’!
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Beyond the Gates announced the first wave of bands for the 2025 edition with the return of King Diamond for the first time in almost 2 decades, special sets from Abbath, Triptykon and Destruction, and on top of that I Am Morbid, Hellbutcher, Hellripper and Dark Sonority!
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Environmental metal project Savage Lands announced their debut album ‘Army of the Trees’ to be released early 2025 via Season of Mist and shared a video for the title track!
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German metal institution Grave Digger unleashed another video single with ‘Killing is my Pleasure’, a track from their upcoming 2025 ‘Bone Collector’ album, set to be released via RPM & ROAR!
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The bewitching visionary that is White Crone unveils the title track from her upcoming sophomore release ‘The Conscript’, a love letter to the grand era of metal and lyrical homage to mystical storytelling traditions of yore, out now for your enjoyment!
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Album Reviews
GWAR’s first release with The Berserker Blothar holding the reigns after losing their long-time ringleader Oderus Urungus!
The offspring of Apollo delivered a hell of an album, he would be proud with such a result. Portnoy, Sherinian, Sheehan, Scoto and Bumblefoot made an instant classic !!
Without any doubt one of the freshest winds in heavy metal I’ve heard since long…
Japanese Crossfaith is back to get you dancing and banging your head at the same time together with some nice guest appearances! I can say only one thing: we want more!
The Second Coming of the indomitable Tau Cross, forged like a good blade!
Possibly the birth of the next big thing in “vintage rock” is to be found in Finland, check out their groovy, heavy rock now!
Drop everything you’re holding, stop everything you’re doing. You’ll need your hands and ears free to pick up this heavy metal!
The Mob is back and they are here to stay. Groovy songs and sticky tunes that will make your booty move.
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Photo Reports
The triumphant return of the Danish Volbeat to Munich for two sold-out nights at the Olympiahalle was quite the sight to behold, and with them came the ragga metallers of Skindred and US rockers Bad Wolves!
On a cold day in October, Volbeat came to warm us up with their hard rock and heavy metal circus at the Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland. With them, they had the UK ragga metallers Skindred and the US rockers of Bad Wolves, and we saw it was good!
We caught the power metal feast that is Powerwolf’s Wolfsnächte 2022 tour with support acts Dragonforce and Warkings at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp!
Earlier this month, Finland’s favorite hard rock monsters Lordi rocked the legendary Tavastia venue playing the first of their last three tour dates of “Lordiversitour” in their native land Finland!
Lordi and his monsters visited Backstage Munich with the “Lordiversitour” and we had a whole lot of fun! With them came the German power metallers of Almanac and the popular Czech metallers Dimitry and we saw it was good!
We were stunned by the visual and musical feast that was the Trinity of Terror Tour when we caught Black Veil Brides, Ice Nine Kills, Motionless In White and Atreyu on the stage of MVP Arena in Albany, NY!
TuskaLive as per usual gave us yet another nice show with the up-and-comers of Silver Bullet and Finnish legends Stratovarius at Pakkahuone in Tampere last Friday!
Grilling season was figuratively and quite literally opened when The European Siege tour starring Unto Others, Carcass, Behemoth and Arch Enemy hit Jäähalli in Helsinki with their first sold out show of the tour.
Ex-Spoil Engine’s guitarist Bart Vandeportaele’s new band Mantah released their first Album ‘Evoke’ with a release show in Club de B in Torhout, Belgium while (also ex-Spoil Engine) Iris’ new band Three Times Royal warms up the crowd right after opener Secondhand Saints!
Steelchaos day 2 was yet another spectacle, both musically and visually, with shows from Chevalier, Horna, Cadaveric Incubator, Torture Killer, Lord Fist and the epic “Black Metal” anniversary celebration by Venom Inc.!
