Papa Roach announced new dates for the European leg of the 2026 “Rise Of The Roach” World Tour, with support from Landmvrks and Sleep Theory!
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News Posts
Sicksense is back with their new single ‘Artificial Irrelevance’, a social commentary on modern internet culture and a track from their upcoming EP ‘Funerals’, set for release in September!
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Finnish modern melodic metal outfit Unén released their fiery new single and video ‘Dancing in Flames’, a taste of what is to come!
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Motionless In White shared the new single and video ‘R.I.P.’, featuring Skylar Grey! Another track unveiled of their upcoming album ‘Decades’, set for release in about a month via Roadrunner Records!
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Modern metal force Imminence signed to Sumerian Records for the next chapter of their careers and shared their new single ‘The Sword That Never Bends’! Catch them live all over Europe this summer at festivals like Alcatraz and Summer Breeze and early next year on a massive headline tour!
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Lithuanian up-and-coming metal outfit Black Spikes shared another new single and video with ‘MOTINA’ last week, a track from their upcoming album ‘Ydos’, to be released in August via Napalm Records!
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BAEST announces fellow Aarhus metal outfit Deadnate as special guests on their upcoming Europe Fall “Colossal tour 2026”, bringing together 2 Danish bands to showcase what their country has to offer for the next generation of heavy music!
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French metal band Sunborn signed to the roster of Solid State and shared their new single and video ‘Infinity Pool’ to celebrate!
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Tropic Gold return with their brand new single ‘WITCH HOUSE’, featuring Harpy, their first new release on their new label BLKIIBLK!
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Ukrainian modern metal upstarts Ignea announces their new album ‘Monumental’ to be out in October via Napalm Records!
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Photo Reports
Avatar dropped by the legendary Helsinki venue Tavastia on their “The Great Metal Circus 2024” tour, bringing their visual spectacle and theatrics properly to Finland. With them they brought the US metallers of Æther Realm, really blowing up the night!
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.
A chaotic fuelled blood rampage. That’s what Malevolence released upon Newcastle. Together with Rough Justice and Pain of Truth they laid down absolute destruction at the University Students Union!
Once again the Backstage München received an explosive night with Tenside dropping by for a hometown show showcasing their brand-new album ‘Come Alive Dying’, and very special guests For I Am King and The Oklahoma Kid!
Last week, after a fantastic 2023, Bury Tomorrow started the new year with a victory lap in their own country with a small UK tour with the support of metalcore/modern metal greats We Came As Romans and Kingdom of Giants! We caught up with them at the Boiler Shop in Newcastle for what was an amazing show!
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!
A selection of Vaim’s best captures of 2023, after a long and grueling process of elimination, with pictures from bands like Battle Beast, Gaerea, Trollheim’s Grott, Avslut, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Amenra, Igorrr, Aesthetic Perfection, HIDE, SKYND, Ice Nine Kills, Utuk Xul, Rancid, Sick Of It All, Stratovarius, Testament, Michael Monroe, Volbeat, Hellacopters, Pensées Nocturnes, Amorphis, Biohazard, Killswitch Engage, Converge, Agnostic Front, Taake, Public Image Ltd, A.A. Williams, Butcher Babies, Clutch, Finntroll, Electric Callboy, Ghost, Gojira, Imperial Triumphant, Lorna shore, The Hu and Urne!
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.
Besides starting the new year properly looking to the future, this month we’re also still looking back at all the awesomeness that 2023 brought us. One of those awsome things was the already 3rd edition of the by Bloodred Hourglass curated festival Black Box Mikkeli. They were able to bring a killer line-up again on the 2nd day of their event with besides a fantastic show by themselves, Insomnium, Gaerea, Balance Breach, I Am Your God and Lastout!
Our Benelux and France head of accreditation and most active photographer in that region, Tom VM, made his own selection of favorite pictures he took in 2023, including some new stuff that wasn’t shared on our site before with Biohazard, Bleed From Within, Brutal Sphincter, Brutus, Electric Callboy, Michael Schenker Group, Sepultura, Arion, Blackrain, Overdrivers, Avatar, Winery Dogs, Charlotte Wessels, Devin Townsend, Dream Theater, Extreme, Ghost, Michael Angelo Batio, Arch Enemy, Doodseskader, Halestorm, I Prevail, Powerwolf and SKYND!
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