Spinal Tap is back! The movie ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’ is coming to theatres in September and will come with a new album out via Interscope Records, including the just shared epic re-recording of the classic cut ‘Stonehenge’ featuring Elton John!
Orbit Culture released 3rd single and video ‘Hydra’ from their upcoming album ‘Death Above Life’, set for release in October via Century Media Records!
Hard rock/heavy metal band Hell in the Club returned with their new single and music video ‘The Devil Won’t Forget Me’ out via Frontiers Music!
Belgian heavy metallers Speed queen have revealed another song from their upcoming album ‘…With a Bang!’ (out in September via High Roller Records) with the video for ‘The World Ends Tonight’!
Dogma unveils ‘Be Free’, a “lost” track from their debut album, and a new ritual unleashed before continuing their European invasion starting with Wacken in a couple of days!
Metal geeks arise! Cold Slither is here with their self-titled debut album, out since last Friday via Reigning Phoenix Music and unleashed a blistering animated music video for the track ‘Zartan’s Revenge’ to celebrate!
Belgian combat metal powerhouse FireForce has returned with the new, furious single ‘Living On The Edge’, out via ROAR including a music video!
Sweden’s metal vikings Amon Amarth released their new single ‘We Rule The Waves’ and its video with Metal Blade Records, and it couldn’t be a more fitting track for these guys! Get ready to get pumped up!
Swiss heavy metal act Burning Witches unleashes the music video for new single ‘High Priestess Of The Night’, another track unveiled from their upcoming new album ‘Inquisition’, set for release in August via Napalm Records!
Finnish legends Amorphis released their new single ‘Bones’ the second preview of their upcoming album ‘Borderland’, set for release in September via Reigning Phoenix Music.
This year’s “Motocultor across Europe Tour” kickoff show was at Poppodium 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands, headlined by Moldovan favorite Infected Rain and support acts Semblant, Elyose, Miruthan, and Skin On Flesh!
Every year we like to look back at the amazing shows we captured, and in 2024 Anna/ScarletMemory Photography covered bands like Vola, Apulanta, Marko Hietala, Cyan Kicks, Stam1na, Kotiteollisuus, Blind Channel, Cyhra, Sigh, Everwave, Sonata Arctica, Neonfly, Altamullan Road, Avatar, Raskasta Joulua, Beatrix, Battle Beast, Steve ‘n’ Seagulls, Áilu Valle, Amoc and Trio Boogiemen mostly in Tampere, Finland!
Pictures of the “Rise from the North” tour striking down in Helsinki, Finland with In Flames, Arch Enemy and Soilwork bringing some of the best the world of melodic death metal has to offer!
Kamelot’s “Awaken the World Tour 2024” stopped by the Trix venue in Antwerp, Belgium. And together with supporting acts Frozen Crown, Blackbriar and Ad Infinitum, they made the event a complete package of symphonic and power metal brilliance!
Myles Kennedy chose Hamburg to start his European tour in support of his third solo album ‘The Art of Letting Go’, bringing the blues rockers of Black River Delta with him as support, and delivering a night of musical excellence to his fans!
Symphony X delivered a spectacular show on the stop at The Black Lab in Wasquehal, France of their European tour with support from Edge of Paradise!
Pictures of the people who made Hellsinki Metal Festival 2024 great yet again!
Pictures of the second day of Hellsinki Metal Festival 2024 with on stage 1 shows from Kreator, Meshuggah, Doro and Blackbraid!
Pictures of the third day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Audrey Horne, Soil, Jinjer, Korpiklaani, Gene Simmons Band and Architects!
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Helldorado Stage Eternal Champion, Green Lung, Orange Goblin, Baroness, Danko Jones and Clutch!
Darkthrone on its 20th album tackles the old era of traditional metal in a very conventional method. Although some of the tracks may lack the raw organic sound, nevertheless “Astral Fortress” is an epic blackened and doom-laden heavy metal record that is gritty and bold to its core! Out via Peaceville Records.
8 years after the near perfect ‘The Year is One’, one of the longest running Finnish doom acts Spiritus Mortis has returned with a new lineup and a fifth album ‘The Great Seal’, easing down a bit on the heavy doom riffery and replacing it with simply epic sounding heavy metal. Out on Svart Records since last Friday.
Made out of part Eternal Champion and part former Magic Circle comes Sumerlands’ sophomore on Relapse Records ‘Dreamkiller’ which sees these heavy metal warriors take on a more AOR oriented approach. So strap yourself into the Delorean, fire up the flux capacitor and head for the Sumerlands. They don’t have roads there.
Sweden’s finest all-female hard rock band and #1 rock export Thundermother have released their newest album ‘Black and Gold’ via AFM Records and it’s yet again filled with heartfelt and solid rock songs that are primed to take over the world!
After last year’s impressive fictional compilation album “Killection”, Lordi is back with an even more mind-blowing release as they unleash a back catalogue of 7 albums with “Lordiversity”!
The Germans of J.B.O. are back to lighten up the party with their brand new party-metal album ‘Planet Pink’!
Sabaton is back singing about “The War To End All Wars”, telling stories that took place during WW1, going all the way from the beginning to the very end.
Finnish heavy metal band Battle Beast just released their new album »Circus of Doom«, on which they perfected their usual sound while still adding a lot of new flavours into the mix. Definitely recommended.
Kyle Pfeiffer aka Blacklite District released a brand new rockin’ record that holds a lot of promise after getting his life back on track!
Cherokee delivers some old school hard rock and heavy metal vibes with their debut full-length ‘Blood & Gold’!
