Fantasy metal warrors Castle Rat revealed their new album ‘The Bestiary’ to be out in September with King Volume Records and Blues Funeral Recordings and a US and Europe tour following the release! For those who can’t wait that long, they’ll be invading Europe starting next week for club shows and festival appearances!
British hard rock and heavy metal revelation FURY has signed with Mighty Music for the release of their next album later this year! A bold new chapter starts now, going from an independent band to backed by a major label!
Legendary heavy metal supergroup Down signed with Nuclear Blast Records and are in the final stages of recording their new full-length, out in 2026!
Recently, the mighty Sabaton surprised by signing to new label Better Noise Music for the release of their next album and shared the epic single and video ‘Templars’ as the first new music at their new home!
Germany’s rising metal force The Night Eternal signed to Metal Blade Records for the next chapter of their journey! Catch them live throughout Germany, but also festivals like Hellfest and Alcatraz this summer!
Finland’s leather metal maniacs Tyrantti and pro wrestling promotion FCF Wrestling are joining forces in an unprecedented alliance, bringing the hottest summer event in Helsinki with “Lihaa Mattoon!”, an evening filled with live action, beer, hot food and heavy metal!
Explosive hard rock and metal band Queen of Spades releases their next single ‘Stagnant’, a song about how depression feels.
This summer we’ll get to enjoy them bringing their metal circus to the Alcatraz festival stage for an exceptional show, but if you’re going to miss out on that, no worries! Avatar just announced their 2026 Europe and UK headline tour “A Night To Be Torn Apart” with special guests Alien Weaponry, tickets available starting tomorrow April 25th!
North Texas metal powerhouse Warhog returns with new single ‘Future Shock’, the newest chapter in their ongoing conceptual saga ‘The Dystopian Chronicles, Vol. III’!
German metal band Roxxcalibur unleashed the new single ‘Wheels’, another track from their upcoming album ‘NWOBHM – From The Vaults’, set for release in May on Limb Music!
There’s always two sides to every story…
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!
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!
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.!
