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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Photo Reports
We caught Bloodbound on one of their very first shows in Finland, with their support bands Altaria and Captain Black Beard. The shows were organised by Nem Agency.
Amon Amarth and Machine Head set the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany on fire in front of a large gathering of metalheads being out of their minds of excitement to see these heavy metal monsters on a stage again!
Metal bands on the rise Amaranthe and Beyond The Black have been on a co-headline tour through Europe with support from Butcher Babies and Ad Infinitum. And we were at their stop at Trix in Antwerp, Belgium to celebrate these talented men and women!
Ultima Ratio Fest has been bringing a proper collection of metal bands around Europe with Moonspell, Insomnium, Borknagar, Wolfheart and Hinayana. Sadly it seemed the crowd was mostly asleep at this stop at Backstage Munich, regardless some great metal music was played this night!
Amon Amarth is always a spectacle on a stage. Add to that the US metallers Machine Head that finally managed to get to Helsinki and the supergroup The Halo Effect and you know that the night was going to be a good one!
A while back, Bring Me The Horizon set fire to the Ameris Bank Amphitheatre in Alpharetta, Georgia with the help of the varied support with Knocked Loose, Grandson and Siiickbrain!
Soen with support of the bands LizZard and Oceanhoarse brought some metal magic to the stage of Backstage Munich. A simply perfect heavy metal night!
To bring back some good festival memories from this summer here are some impressions from day 1 of Wacken Open Air 2022 with Thundermother, Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons and Grave Digger!
Pictures of the second day of Knotfest Finland that topped everything of the day before on all levels with kings of metal Slipknot, joined by bands like Shiraz Lane, Tesseract, Stoned Statues, Cradle of Filth, Medeia, Bring Me The Horizon, and Moon Shot!
Pictures of day 1 of Knotfest Finland with Bloodred Hourglass, Stam1na, Sara, Arch Enemy, Lähiöbotox, Lamb of God, Huora, and Nightwish
Album Reviews
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