A couple of weeks ago, Brazilian punk rocker Karen Dió announced her second EP ‘Fugaz’ to be released in August with Hopeless Records and unleashed the new single ‘Free Yourself’!
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Rising punk group Winona Fighter shared a fan-filmed video for their latest single ‘Bombs Away’, out via Rise Records!
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Japanese punk band Dizzy Sunfist signed to Fat Wreck Chords and shared a new video/song with ‘The Dream Is Not Dead (Fat Wreck Version)’ to celebrate!
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California punk band Ceremony announced their new album ‘Tell Me Your Dream’ to be out in August via Relapse and shared their new single ‘Death Destruction Mayhem’!
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Rising punk group Winona Fighter is back with explosive new single ‘Bombs Away’, out now via Rise Records!
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Belgian punk rockers Caught Up shared the single ‘Daily Grind’ a couple of weeks ago, the first track unveiled of their upcoming EP ‘The End Begins’, out in June with White Russian Records!
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NOFX drops hard-hitting political anthem ‘Minnesota Nazis’ amidst federal ICE raids sweeping the US!
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North American hard rock band Kissing Kaos unveiled their new single ‘Chaos Inside’, a track from their upcoming debut album set for release with Mighty Music!
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Yellowcard have released the new feature version of the track ‘Bedroom Posters’, bringing in Good Charlotte! The original track was featured on their latest album ‘Better Days’, out with Better Noise Music!
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Punk rock icons New Found Glory recently shared their new single ‘Beer and Blood Stains’, another taste of their upcoming album ‘Listen Up!’, set for release next month with Pure Noise Records!
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Photo Reports
Last month, the 6th edition of HKI SKEPU FEST took place in Helsinki to celebrate (skate) punk and everything surrounding that scene with on the first night bands like Critical Low, Glass Wipe, Malvina and Snuff!
Hed pe is a veteran band with 30 years under their belt and are well known for their eclectic blend of nu-metal, reggae, hip-hop and punk rock. They have really created and sustained a unique niche in the industry and it’s not surprising they continue to show up for their loyal fans, who in turn made the night at The Eclectic Room in Angola, IN great!
In over 25 years of band history, the BEATSTEAKS have released eleven long players, including rock masterpieces like “I Don’t Care As Long As You Sing”, “Hand In Hand,” “Hello Joe,” and “Cut Off The Top.” Simply an invitation to sing along at full volume. At this performance at the LKA Longhorn, the band impressively proved that even after countless concerts and festival appearances, they still belong to the most energetic live bands of our millennium. Support came from International Music.
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.
Festival Reports
The very last day of Graspop 2022 was the one that fitted our reported the best with amazing shows from bands like Crossfaith, Evil Invaders, Alestorm, Alice Cooper, The Offspring, Deep Purple and Sabaton. What a way to wrap up this event that everyone had been looking forward to so much!
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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!
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Week 37 brought us a bunch of wholesome, heavy and unique songs and videos from bands like Dust In Mind, SKYND, Lorna shore, Starbenders, In Flames, Vévaki, King Dude, Sahg and Electric Callboy. Go check them out if you haven’t yet!
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.
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