12 more releases of March 2021 we have been looking forward to for a while! Check it out!
Lists
Our 9 most anticipated releases of the first half of the month March of 2021… get ready for some real good music coming your way!
2021 promises to be quite the year again for new music releases! With our team we decided on some of the releases we’re looking forward to the most!
Maxen delivers us the best of the extreme side of metal year after year and with his albums of the year 2020 it’s no different!
Mazen lists up his favorite releases of 2019 in the black, death and heavy metal scene, check out what he thinks are interesting releases to check out!
Again, 2019 was an incredible year for music. Check out what we think were the albums of the year!
2018 was a big year for metal and especially for extreme metal, check out Maxen’s list of the best what 2018 had to bring in his opinion!
Heavy metal, doom and a touch of power in Wouter’s albums of the year 2018 list!
End of the year means albums of the year lists, so here is the one we accumulated from what our editorial team likes!
A list of the top albums of 2018, dominated by tech death releases!
Photo Reports
Apocalyptica came, saw and conquered our hearts with their renditions of even more Metallica songs from their latest album, brought to us in the middle of the chaos that was Metallica weekend in Helsinki!
Music lovers were transported into a trance during King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s psychedelic rock adventure at Vorst Nationaal in Brussels. The Australian band, notorious for their energetic live shows and experimental sounds, took the audience on a whirlwind tour of genres, from garage rock to metal and funk. Support came from their countrymates of Grace Cummings.
We caught Amaranthe and Dragonforce on their co-headline European tour at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium, with special guest Infected Rain for a night of high energy metal music!
Back in February on a cold Sunday evening, things in Tavastia got quite hot when a massive horror show took over with Wednesday 13 playing old Murderdolls tunes in the memory of Joey Jordison, culminating in with the headliner act, British extreme metal legends Cradle Of Filth.
Last week, Cyhra, together with NeonFly, started off their short Finland tour at Tampere’s YO-Talo with a blast of a show organised by Nem Agency.
The Nordic weeks in Rock over Germany have been going on. Just a week after a fabulous BEAST IN BLACK tour stop in Stuttgart, another headliner from Finland’s power-metal top-notch acts conquered another concert venue in town with a show deluxe: BATTLE BEAST on their ‘Circus Of Doom Over Europe Tour 2024’. Support was given by INDUCTION and SAINT DEAMON.
Whenever Finnish bands travel around in other parts of the world, we tend to try catch them live at least once. The “Glory and the Beast” tour brought together three of the most exciting bands in the European power metal scene: Brothers Of Metal, Gloryhammer and our Finnish friends of Beast in Black. The tour enthralled fans throughout Germany with a spectacular blend of epic melodies and high-energy performances. See and feel the power of this night of their stop-over in Stuttgart, Germany!
Last Monday, TuskaLive and Grey Beard Concerts & Management brought the carnival to town. To be precise, the Swedish band Avatar and along with them Æther Realm from the USA. Avatar played a very fun show at Olympia-Kortteli in Tampere, including magic tricks, balloons and of course some good old heavy metal.
At the end of January, Battle Beast and Merta came through Tampere’s Pakkahuone for a powerful sold out show presented by Tuhdimmat Tahdit and Master Events.
A selection of Rachel’s best captures of 2023, with pictures from bands like Mudvayne, Nonpoint, Drowning Pool, From Ashes To New, Shinedown, Fozzy, Butcher Babies, Sumy Cyco, Black Stone Cherry and Saliva!
Festival Reports
The metal day of Lokerse Feesten was hot this year, in every aspect of the word… A hot line up, but also freaking hot weather!
3 days of the best you can find in metal, rock and other related genres all came together on the Suvilahti grounds in Helsinki, what resulted in yet another great edition of Tuska!
The 2018 edition of Dynamo Metalfest was again bull’s eye, the music, the bands, the people, the organisation, the weather. Read all about it !!!
Graspop Metal Meeting went XL for the first time! A review of a chaotic, but fun weekend on our Belgian Holy Grounds.
Only the 2nd edition of The Rock Fest in Finland and we were in for one hell of a massive event!
Tuska 2017 promised to be a huge party for metal and rock lovers. With their 20th anniversary they geared up to make it one hell of a celebration…
It’s oh so quiet, it’s oh so hot…! This year’s edition was one of heat, historical events and many records!
A small, but great event with even greater bands from our local scene!
Onze impressie van dag drie van de 42ste editie van de Lokerse Feesten, ook wel gekend als de “Metaldag”…
