Maryland trio Pinkshift shared the uptempo new video single ‘Vacant’, part of their upcoming album ‘EARTHKEEPER’, set for release in August via Hopeless Records!
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Pushing Veronica is back with a vengeance, dropping their blistering new single ‘WASTED’!
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German metal/punk powerhouse Brunhilde is celebrating the release of their new album ‘In Love Yours Hate’ with an intense music video for the track ‘Halali’!
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“The Baddest Man In Electronic Music” aka The Bloody Beetroots is back with another banger of a song! ‘NUMB’ features UK punk rock act Tokky Horror and blends his signature electronic music with a violent punk sound, another track from the ‘Forever’ series, out with Out of Line Music!
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London rock duo The Molotovs announced their debut album ‘Wasted On Youth’ to be out early 2026 via Marshall Records and shared with the single ‘Today’s Gonna Be Our Day’ another taste of their fresh Britpop-meets-punk sound!
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London-based rock trio Dream Nails are back with their new Pixies-inspired track ‘This is Water’, out with Marshall Records!
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Yungblud announced part 1 of his upcoming double album ‘IDOLS’, to be released in June via Locomotion/Capitol Records and a world tour promoting that album starting at the end of August in North America and wrapping up at the end of October in Italy!
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Exciting German rock outfit Brunhilde announced their new album ‘In Love, Your’s Hate’ to be out in June via their own label Count & Countess!
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Mexico rising punk rockers Luzer released their debut EP ‘La Insoportable Incrospidez Del Ser’ with Hopeless Records last week, a highly catchy and energetic release you won’t want to miss out on!
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This Spring, NOBRO, Bad Waitress and Gen and the Degenerates are joining forces for “The Go For Broke Tour” across the United States, bringing a safe home for unrepresented youth, LGBTQ+, women, and anyone who shouts for equal rights! Get your tickets now and support 3 amazing bands!
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The music industry is at it again at full force after the festival season with a massive amount of really cool releases coming out, just look at the number of our most anticipated releases for September have grown into and then we probably could have included more still. With new albums from Blind Guardian, Yungblud, Wolfheart, Slipknot, Starcrawler, Lost Society, The Hu, Vermin Womb, Vermilia, Bloodbath, Slugcrust, Electric Callboy, Innumerable Forms, Tribal Gaze, Gaerea and Graceless, it’ll be quite the month again!
With the end of summer in sight, we came across 10 releases coming out in August that our editorial team has been looking forward to the most.
Putting all the favorites of our team of writers and photographers together, we’ve come to a really diverse and interesting overall AOTY list!
An AOTY list with the usual thrash, power and heavy metal suspects, but also a couple of surprises!
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.
Photo Reports
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Helldorado Stage Ankor, Bizkit Park, Red Fang, Heideroosjes and Hatebreed!
Day 5 of the Lokerse Feesten was blast, marked by the exclusive Belgian appearance of the iconic band Korn. The day was a whirlwind of diverse acts, each bringing their unique energy to the stage with on the main stage besides Korn shows from Wargasm, Nova Twins, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes and The Dillinger Escape Plan.
The pictures of Flogging Molly taking over Helsinki with a Celtic punk party to rock the ages!
Tuhdimmat Tahdit’s second day with Brother Firetribe, Tarot, Huora, Klamydia, Suburban Tribe, Sonata Arctica and Apulanta was just as much fun as the first day!
On the last day of March 2024, there was a wonderful German punk rock evening taking place at Stuttgart’s LKA Longhorn. Berlin 2.0, Drei Meter Feldweg and Schmutzki – a beautifully staffed German language party night took place. No fancy bling-bling, just pure rock and punk in a packed to the core venue.
Sami Yaffa has worn multiple hats in various different bands such as Hanoi Rocks, Pelle Miljoona OY, New York Dolls, The Hellacopters, just to name a few but now in his 60s he is still going stronger than ever! This legendary bassist just released his second solo album in his illustrious career titled “Satan’s Helpers, Warlazer Eyes & The Money Pig Circus” and brought the album in its entirety to a packed Tavastia in Helsinki!
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.
With Gary’s selection of his favorite pictures, we dive into his 2023 in punk with The Adolescents, The Interrupters, Fea, Sloppy Seconds, The Svetlanas, The Damned, L7, Madam Bombs, Roy Ellis & The Aggrolites, The Casualties, Surfbort and Suzi Moon captured at Punk Rock Bowling, The Darts, The Soap Girls and Tokyo Honey Trap captured at some of the smalles venues in his area, and The Rumkicks and Hi-Fi Spitfires captured at Rebellion Festival!
Right in the beginning of this month, Michael Monroe, Sami Yaffa, Nasty Suicide and Karl Rockfist showed what a true rock ‘n’ roll show is when Demolition 23. took over the legendary Tavastia in Helsinki for a fully sold out show. This night was the epitome of what a rock ‘n’ roll show should be, brought to us by true legends of the Finnish rock scene!
People at the Backstage venue in Munich were eager to see The Baboon Show play the songs of their new album ‘God Bless You All’ live, and we were not disappointed! What an energetic punk and rock ‘n’ roll show was that! Support came from the equally killer Spiders, both bands you need to go see live whenever you can!
Festival Reports
The last day of Tuska was as usually the “chill-out” day, but delivered some nice surprises and great bands!
Razernij combined yet again the best of 2 worlds: good heavy music and good craftbeer! Check out our experiences here!
Leffingeleuren was a unique and special experience with rock ‘n’ roll played in a small town that probably doesn’t see much of the world otherwise…
Only the 2nd edition of The Rock Fest in Finland and we were in for one hell of a massive event!
HVNK PNKRCK 3.0 came, grabbed us by the nuts and threw us into the fray of several steaming moshpits with energetic punk, hardcore and rock ‘n’ roll!
Local talents and bigger names from Finland gather to mosh and dance on punk & hardcore for 2 nights!
