News Posts

Power metal powerhouse Beast In Black announced they’ll be very special guests for the legendary Helloween on their “40 years” anniversary tour in Europe in 2025! And on the stop in Helsinki, they’ll be playing a full set to celebrate a decade of the Beast! Something you won’t want to miss out on!

Helloween is working hard on a follow-up to their acclaimed reunion album, released a couple of years ago via Reigning Phoenix Music, but are also gearing up to go on a massive “40 Years Anniversary Tour” in 2025 and 2026, and have announced the dates for the European leg in 2025 with very special guests Beast In Black!

Legendary power metal institution Helloween has forged a new alliance by signing with Reigning Phoenix Music for their upcoming studio album, set for a 2025 release!

After the great success of their first Pumpkins United tour, Helloween is happy to announce a second and brand new version to come to a venue close to you!

Alcatraz has just added 14 new names to their bill, check them out here!

Photo Reports

Another year is over and our photographer Tom Treuten is still doing what he loves most: concert photography. Since October 2021 we’re a home for his photographic work and these are some of his personal highlights of 2025 that he hopes you’ll enjoy them as much as him, with pictures of VULVARINE, STEPFATHER FRED, ANKOR, DONOTS, WOLFMOTHER, THUNDERMOTHER, SKINDRED, TUK SMITH & THE RESTLESS HEARTS, SALTATIO MORTIS, PARKWAY DRIVE, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, MOONSHOT, MEGADETH, KISSIN’ DYNAMITE, HELLOWEEN, ENGST, GATECREEPER, ENEMY INSIDE, DISTURBED, DANKO JONES, BEAST IN BLACK, APRIL ART, EMIL BULLS, ELUVEITIE, AVANTASIA, ARCH ENEMY, AMENRA, NITA STRAUSS, and COBRA SPELL!

At the end of last year, power metal legends HELLOWEEN were taking their 40th anniversary tour through Europe and they lit up Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart, Germany with a jaw-dropping show. Finnish next generation power metallers BEAST IN BLACK kicked things off, before the main act unleashed pyro, confetti, and pure metal magic. A night of epic riffs and fan-fueled celebration!

Check out the pictures from our time in our favorite prison Alcatraz!

Album Reviews

The songwriting on Helloween’s 17th album “Giants & Monsters” is top-notch performance, offering plenty of electrifying riffs, engaging choruses, and fast-paced songs that are glamorously inspiring. Out via Reigning Phoenix Music since last week Friday, August 29th.

This album is special because all the members of Helloween are now playing together for the first time, something that fans have long been waiting for or only could dream of. The good news is that the band likes this line up too and Helloween is planning to release more music with it.

Festival Reports

Our personal highlights of the first day of the very first edition of Hellsinki Metal Festival with Voivod, Asagraum, Clawfinger, Monuments, Sodom, Blind Guardian, Impaled Nazarene and Apocalyptica!

Wacken 2018 was definitely a shiner of an edition! Go have a look at our experiences and see you next year!

We gooiden onszelf weer heel vrijwillig in de gevangenis voor een geweldig festival op Alcatraz in Kortrijk!

Check out the pictures from our time in our favorite prison Alcatraz!

Previews

The first edition of brand-new festival Hellsinki Metal Festival is quickly approaching and they’ve constantly been sharing more details and updates. So it was about time to gather what we already know about the fest in a preview…

Lists

With 2021 being again a bit of a weird year, while looking forward to a hopefully better 2022, lets look back at some of the albums I enjoyed the most this past year.