Heavy/Power metal outfit Hammer King presented their second single ‘King For A Day’, yet another uplifting anthem from their upcoming album ‘Make Metal Royal Again’, out in August via Reaper Entertainment!
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News Posts
British heavy rockers FURY are blazing forward with ‘What’s It Gonna Be?’, the new video and single from the upcoming album ‘Interceptor’, set for release in September via Mighty Music!
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The twisted, theatrical misfits of Raven Black return with their most sinister offering yet: ‘This Little Piggy’! Out now with a just as haunting animated music video!
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Canadian metal outfit Famous Strangers shared their new music video and single ‘L.S.C.’, right in time for their festival shows at Armstrong Metal Fest and Loud As Hell Open Air!
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Belgian hard rock and metal festival Blast From The Past is back on December 6 with an amazing line-up of 8 acts like Adrian Vandenberg, Medieval Steel, Savage Grace, Highway Chile, ADX, Toxikull, Opium Heathen and Thorium! Get your tickets now!
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British heavy metal band FURY are set to unleash their new album ‘Interceptor’ in September with Mighty Music and shared a video for the title track!
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Swedish metal institution Eleine announced their new EP ‘We Stand United’ to be out in September via Reigning Phoenix Music and reveal a video for ‘Never Forget (Live at Masters of Rock 2024)’! Catch them at one of their limited festival stops like SaariHelvetti, or later this year as special guests for Primal Fear!
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Swiss heavy metal powerhouse Burning Witches announced their new studio album ‘Inquisition’ to be out in August via Napalm Records and shared a video for the title track!
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Sabaton released their new single and cinematic video ‘Hordes Of Khan’ last week, another taste of their upcoming new album, which is set to be released with Better Noise Music later this year!
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Germany’s heavy/power metal royalty Hammer King proudly present their new single and music video ‘Make Metal Royal Again’, the anthemic title track of their upcoming studio album, set for release in August via Reaper Entertainment!
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Photo Reports
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!
Our recently joined photographer Lindy is excited to see what 2024 is going to bring for her, but for now, let’s have a look back at some of her favorite pictures she took in 2023 at shows from bands like Across the White Water Tower, Alesana, Autopsy Affair, Brand of Sacrifice, Currents, Emmure, Greyhaven, Knuckle Puck, Magg Dylan, Magnolia Parl, Midnight Threat, Norma Jean, Origami Angel, Pink Shift, Saliva, See You Space Cowboy, Silverstein, Sweet Pill, The Contactees, The SoapGirls, Virginia, and We Came As Romans!
A selection of 30 photos that Helder likes a lot from one of his most productive year considering covering concerts, including captures of Fear Factory, Atreyu, Jinjer, Rolo Tomassi, Stone, The Kooks, Pixies, Wunderhorse, Yours Truly, You Me at Six, Lake Malice, Bloodywood, Epica, Avatar, The 69 Eyes, Nova Twins, Cam Cole, Sabaton, The Lumineers, Grailknights, All For Metal, The Baboon Show, Combichrist, Megaherz, The BossHoss, Cancer Bats, Kvelertak, Fixation, Ignea, and Butcher Babies.
Album Reviews
Gomorra’s debut album ‘Divine Judgement’ is truly a blast packing fast, aggressive and groovy riffs and overall virtuosity.
In the world of Lordi, the band has been around for half a century already, resulting in this fictional compilation album with songs from every decade!
This is a beast of an album. Trivium always goes down to the core of emotions. They go deep and you hear that in their albums.
“Forever Black” is full of epic riffs a bone-crushing old school heavy metal album. Cirith Ungol still remains as one of the main pillars of heavy metal.
Heavy metal bangers, catchy tracks and socially aware themes… Liv Sin delivered yet another burner of a metal album, do check it out!
Body Count is in the house! And as they say with every release: they are still as angry as ever! Get ready for some good metal music…
On March 6th, 2020, Blue Öyster Cult return with the remaster of their album ‘Heaven Forbid’, out via Frontiers Music!
After 6 years Tyr is back with a brand new album ‘Hel’. Find out here why it took them so long and why it was worth the wait.
The third full-length studio album from Fresno, California based outfit Haunt emphasizes further on complex melodies and guitar harmonies.
The debut album from Canada’s SYRYN boasts some classic power metal. Check it out!
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