News Posts

Togolese metal quintet Arka’n Asrafokor unleashes another banging track with ‘Walk With Us’, released via Atomic Fire Records and calling up the warrior spirit with their music!

Serbian heavy/speed/thrash sensation Jenner is back with ‘No Time For Prayer’, another explosive track from their upcoming album ‘Prove Them Wrong’, set for release via Fighter Records early 2024!

Lord of the Lost reveals brand-new official video for their take on Roxette’s ‘The Look’, featuring Blümchen, and another track that will be featured on their cover album ‘Weapons of Mass Seduction’, set for release at the end of next month via Napalm Records!

80s glam metal unit Cobra Spell aims for world domination! In anticipation of the release of their debut album ‘666’ this Friday via Napalm Records, they unleash the single ‘Warrior From Hell’!

Belgian “Zen-metal” outfit Tim’s Favourite unleashed a second single and video of the upcoming new album ‘amaConda’ with the title track!

Singer and guitarist Thomas Gurrath is set to release his anniversary album ‘Dragongods’ in 2024 via Massacre Records under the name Blutgott, gathering all the bands from his band universe with Debauchery, Blood God and Balgeroth, and shares the Debauchery version of his ‘Devourer Of Worlds’ track!

UK’s Master’s Call finally unleashed their debut album ‘A Journey For The Damned’ today via Fireflash Records, and to celebrate shared a video for the track ‘Damnation’s Black Winds’ and announced tour dates for next year!

Faroe Islands-based metal collective Týr announced the “Battle Ballads North American headlining tour” for next year (tickets available tomorrow) and unveiled the cover art of their upcoming Metal Blades Records album ‘Battle Ballads’!

Belgian metal band Thorium shared a video for the track ‘Nightfall’, from their recently released album ‘Extraordinary Journeys Part I’!

Photo Reports

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.

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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.!

Steelchaos is always a fantastic event to get to take pictures at, especially with on day 1 shows from Satan’s Fall, Malicious, Flame, Barathrum, Belphegor and Sacramentum!

The packed Yo-Talo in Tampere, Finland was hotter than hell when Reckless Love and Dirt came by to play a show full of energy, rocking the place. Nem Agency organised yet another great show.

We caught Bloodbound on one of their very first shows in Finland, with their support bands Altaria and Captain Black Beard. The shows were organised by Nem Agency.

Amon Amarth and Machine Head set the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany on fire in front of a large gathering of metalheads being out of their minds of excitement to see these heavy metal monsters on a stage again!

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Metal bands on the rise Amaranthe and Beyond The Black have been on a co-headline tour through Europe with support from Butcher Babies and Ad Infinitum. And we were at their stop at Trix in Antwerp, Belgium to celebrate these talented men and women!

Ultima Ratio Fest has been bringing a proper collection of metal bands around Europe with Moonspell, Insomnium, Borknagar, Wolfheart and Hinayana. Sadly it seemed the crowd was mostly asleep at this stop at Backstage Munich, regardless some great metal music was played this night!

Amon Amarth is always a spectacle on a stage. Add to that the US metallers Machine Head that finally managed to get to Helsinki and the supergroup The Halo Effect and you know that the night was going to be a good one!