Couture symphonic metal band ANA is still touring with Danzig, Twin Temple and Burning Witches in the US right now and recently shared a music video for the track ‘Following the Wind’ from their recently released album ‘Motivated by Death’, sharing some of live vibes, out via Eclipse Records.
GORE. unveiled their new EP ‘…Then You Cannot Love Me’ to be out early next month via Spinefarm Records and shared the video single ‘Crucified’! Catch them on tour with I Prevail in Europe starting tomorrow, don’t miss out!
Modern melodic and symphonic metal outfit Temperance shared the new single and video ‘The Tower: Lean Into Fear’, another track from their upcoming Tarot-driven album ‘Arcani’, out next month via Napalm Records!
Trivium unleashed their furious new single ‘Dead Inside of Me’ with Roadrunner Records, the first new music since their last album and a taste of what is to come! Catch them on tour later this year in North America with In Flames, Orbit Culture, Fit For An Autopsy and Frozen Soul!
Orbit Culture are releasing ‘Death Above Life (Deluxe Edition)’ with Century Media next month and have shared the new single ‘Nuclear God’, honoring their fans with the video that comes with it. Catch them live still this year on their European tour with Amon Amarth and North American tour with Trivium!
Outlier released their new single and video ‘Graveyard Masterpiece’, out now everywhere via Oxide Records and announced their upcoming tour with Dark Divine and Fire From The Gods!
Last week, HOKKA shared the anthemic new single ‘Vampire’, featuring Samy Elbanna and Jussi 69, a perfect addition to your Halloween playlists, out now with Nuclear Blast!
Swedish metal band Eleine dropped their new single and visualizer ‘Liars Linger’, another track from their upcoming fifth studio album ‘The Water Taste Of Blood’, out in December! Make sure to catch them on their European headline tour starting in a couple of weeks, you won’t want to miss out on this!
Last week, French heavy music outfit Novelists unleashed their latest new single and video ‘Ravage’, a track that has been catching quite some attention all around the world!
French modern metalcore force Revnoir shared their powerful new single ‘Fracture’, a gripping anthem channeling fear, resistance and determination to keep fighting, and marking the start of the pre-order of their upcoming album ‘Sometimes I feel you, sometimes I don’t’, out in November via Arising Empire!
After almost seven years, Northlane finally returned to Finland last month as the last stop of their European summer tour and they came back stronger than ever! Balance Breach got the night started before the Australian metalcore act turned the venue into a sea of moshpits and crowd surfers.
We caught the Avatar “In the Airwaves tour” at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels with the support from Alien Weaponry and Witch Club Satan. Sometimes these shows are just a work of art, and a nice reminder that rock and metal shows are for everyone and every age.
Luna Kills has been showing off their new album ‘Deathmatch’ to Europe, and we caught them at their stop in Belgium, at Club Hell in Diest, with the support of Dutch alt-metal upstarts Pacemaker!
Eluveitie proved to us to be in top form when they dropped by in Helsinki at the end of January on their “ÀNV Rising- Europe pt I” tour with the support of the always energetic Infected Rain and first time visitors Ad Infinitum! An event by TuskaLive.
With 3 bands being shining lights for (the future of) metal, and all 3 of them having a brand-new album in their pocket, Amaranthe, Dragonforce and Infected Rain turned Black Box Helsinki into a true celebration of heavy music about a month ago!
“The Great Metal Circus 2024” landed in Helsinki, where Avatar turned being at Tavastia that night into something absolutely spectacular and memorable! And the support Æther Realm came all the way from the US to Finland for the very first time, doing a great job at warming up the crowd!
Modern metal outfit CyHra came to present their latest album ‘The Vertigo Trigger’ to their Finnish fans starting with a show at Yo-Talo in Tampere, with support band Neonfly, turning the night into a celebration of good music and community!
A night in New Hampshire, the Shinedown “Revolutions Live Tour” struck down at BankNH Pavilion, and brought with them Papa Roach and Spiritbox for an amazing evening of modern metal/rock!
Legendary Belgian metal band Channel Zero finally got to celebrate their 30th anniversary (a few years late due to the pandemic) at Cactus Club in Brugge, a small venue that was a perfect setting for an intense, energetic and somewhat intimate show. Support came from modern metal/nu metal stars on the rise Mantah!
Ice Nine Kills finally made it to Finland for 2 sold out shows, and we were at the Helsinki show in Vanha Ylioppilastalo back in May with support from special guests SKYND and openers Lansdowne! They quite literally killed it!
Rising Australian alt-metal stars Northlane brought their European summer tour to a close in Helsinki, ending the run with a final show at Tavastia. With local metalcore outfit Balance Breach joining them for the evening, the historic venue provided the setting for one last night of heavy music before the tour wrapped up!
From mosh pits and conga lines to hard rock, alt metal and genre-blending performances, the Lookout and Rising Stages had plenty to offer on day one of Upheaval Festival. Relive sets by Kingdom Collapse, Zero 9:36, Normundy and Izzy Reign in our photo report.
Smoke and poor air quality couldn’t stop day one of Upheaval Festival. LANDMVRKS, Story Of The Year, Poppy, and Gojira put on unforgettable shows on the Upheaval Stage!
From Heriot’s genre-bending heaviness to Converge’s explosive hardcore chaos, Kavka Zappa witnessed one hell of a night.
The Infected Rain and Butcher Babies co-headline “Mutation Phase in Europe tour” dropped by at DVG Club in Kortrijk for an amazing night of modern metal, supported by Black Spikes!
“The New Flesh tour” struck down at De Vierde Zaal in Gent, and from the energetic start with Life Cycles, to the technical explosion of Revocation and the crushing intensity of Distant, to the controlled climax of Sylosis… Each band contributed in its own way to a memorable evening, hosted by Return Bookings and yours truly!
Belgian modern metal outfit Behind the Veil proudly presented their new EP “Betrayed by Shadows’ with a release party at DVG club Kortrijk, supported by Ironborn and X-Pozed!
Lord of the Lost, together with Ad Infinitum, came to Tampere’s Tavara-Asema in the beginning of last week as part of their “Tovr Noir” Europe tour. An Event by TuskaLive and Grey Beard.
Three of the biggest names in modern metal joined forces with Amaranthe, Epica and Charlotte Wessels on the “Arcane Dimensions Tour” and made a stop in Helsinki, Finland!
Avatar’s “In the Airwaves Tour” hit Brussels at Ancienne Belgique with Alien Weaponry and Witch Club Satan for an amazing night of theatricality and music!
