News Posts

Unto Others are back with new album ‘Never, Neverland’ set for release in September via Century Media Records and shared the single ‘Angel of the Night’. Catch them on tour in Europe in August with stops at festivals like Wacken, Brutal Assault and Alcatraz Music!

Heavy metal legends Satan recently announced their upcoming new album ‘Songs In Crimson’, set for release in September via Metal Blade Records, after which they’ll embark on an extensive UK/Europe tour, including a stop at our very own Asgaard venue!

Armored Saint is set to reissue their ‘Revelation’ and ‘La Raza’ albums on vinyl next month via Metal Blade Records and are starting their European summer tour today at Headbangers Open Air, taking them also to festivals like Wacken and Alcatraz Festival!

Finnish melancholic metal act Endless Chain unleashes a music video for their new single ‘Beyond What You Believe’, another track from upcoming album ‘Agony’, set for release at the end of August! Fans of Insomnium, Swallow the Sun and Amorphis may want to pay heed!

Nothing Sacred, one of Australia’s pioneering heavy metal bands, is kicking off their highly anticipated 2024 European summer tour tomorrow at Headbangers Open Air, taking them all over Europe until they wrap things up at Speed Metal Party in Tampere, Finland halfway August!

Swedish metal vikings Brothers Of Metal revealed with ‘Heavy Metal Viking’ the first song from their upcoming new album ‘Fimbulvinter’, set for release in November via AFM Records! For a proper viking party, catch them this summer at a small selection of European festivals like Tuska this weekend, or on tour through Europe after the release of their album!

Finnish heavy metal band Oceanhoarse is back after a brief hiatus with a new line-up and a brand-new video single ‘Logos’, out now via Noble Demon!

Canadian heavy metal legends Anvil shared their latest new single ‘World Of Fools’, another track from their upcoming new album ‘One And Only’, set for release next week via AFM Records!

Saber, the hottest new heavy metal band out of Los Angeles, signs with RPM ROAR and announced their upcoming new album ‘Lost In Flames’. Fans of Judas Priest, Queensryche and Riot, keep an eye out for these rebel rousers!

American heavy metal heavyweights Armored Saint are back with a brilliant rendition of the classic track ‘One Chain (Don’t Make No Prison)’, out with a video via Metal Blade Records! Catch them on their European “Saints Will Conquer” tour this summer with stops at excellent festivals like Wacken, Brutal Assault Festival and Alcatraz Festival!

Album Reviews

The Wolves bring their mission to set the world on fire on a silver disc!

Sturdy old school heavy metal with a high dose of comedy!

The second doom record by Swedish The Order Of Israfel

Boogie all night long with the Danish King(s) of rock ‘n’ roll!

3 dudes and 2 girls from Canada on a mission to melt your face off…

The Hillbilly Zombie got his horror groove on and is planning to infect the world with it!

Thrash + Power = Winwin!

Dutch Nemesea delivers you a dose of highly addictive and catchy alternative rock with a touch of electronic!

Multi-instrumentalist and former Emperor vocalist Ihsahn graces us with his newest progressive brainchild…

BABYMETAL, surpassing boundaries and serving the haters an answer: We’re here to stay!

Interviews

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Photo Reports

Dark Tranquillity and Ensiferum set Helsinki on fire with the help of supporting bands Marianas Rest and Gwendydd! And we were all too excited that concerts like they were before all this misery are happening again in full force! Moshpits, here we come!

Shaman’s Harvest, Crobot, Any Given Sin and Hell Came Home playing at the Rockstar Lounge in Ft. Wayne, Indiana was a feast for both the ears and eyes back in the beginning of June! Highly recommended set of bands to check out whenever you can!

Pictures of the last day of Tuska 2022 with Sonata Arctica, Devin Townsend, Stratovarius, Kreator and Jinjer!

Pictures of the 2nd day of Tuska 2023 with Oranssi Pazuzu, Reckless Love, VLTIMAS, Stam1na, Blind Channel, Amorphis, Baroness and Mercyful Fate.

Pictures of the first day of Tuska 2023 with Eluveitie, Northern Kings, Lost Society, Perturbator, Beast In Black, Red Fang, Carcass and Heilung

Pictures of the warm-up show for the first edition of Hellsinki Metal Horizons with Exciter, The Hirvi, Cannibal Accident and Satan’s Fall!

Dear Mother

Dear Mother’s (first) album ‘Bullet proof’ release show in Zik Zak Ittre, BE. Warm up act by the Belgian band Cellar Twins!

Hexa Mera

9Y Grimm Anniversary series with Hexa Mera and Hunter on our stage in Asgaard and a metal karaoke after party!

Nightwish finally get to embark on their ‘Human. :||: Nature.’ World Tour and we were there for the Helsinki show!

Burning Witches and Nervosa made a stop at 7er Club, Mannheim, Germany on their current ‘Double The Metal Tour’. See the photos of their phenomenal gig right here!