News Posts

Punk legends Rancid shared their take on the track ‘Sex & Death’ from Motörhead, another track unveiled from the upcoming ‘Killed By Deaf: A Punk Tribute To Motörhead’ album, out this Friday October 31st!

Angel Du$t announced their new album ‘Cold 2 The Touch’ to be released in February 2026 with Run For Cover Records and unleashed the title track as a single!

Rock trio Killgurls are back with their new single ‘Cake’ on Adventure Cat Records, a much more melancholic endeavor than before, out now with a video!

Dutch punk band Antillectual shared their first ever song in their native language with ‘Voorrang Voor Rechts’, calling out the rather frightening shift to the extreme right in politics and morals all over the world, part of their upcoming exclusively Dutch project ‘Antillectueel’ coming out next month!

Earlier this month, punk legends Pennywise unveiled their take on the Motörhead classic ‘Ace Of Spades’, which is part of the upcoming punk tribute to Motörhead ‘Killed By Deaf’, out at the end of this month!

The Bloody Beetroots released their album ‘Forever Part One’ with Out of Line Music last Friday and shared a video for the track ‘I’m Not Holy’ featuring Grabbitz to celebrate!

Beloved female punk band Bad Cop BAd Cop have released their new records ‘Lighten Up’ via Fat Wreck Chords and Hopeless Records and dropped a music video for their latest single ‘Disbelief’!

Thrash/punk band Arson Charge shared second single ‘The Aftermath’ from their highly anticipated debut record ‘A Dying Light’, out next month via Anxious & Angry!

Riot grrrl outfit Bad Cop Bad Cop are back with their new single ‘I4NI’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Lighten Up’, set for release in September via Fat Wreck Chords and Hopeless Records!

London-based rock trio Dream Nails revealed the details of their 3rd studio album ‘You Wish’, out in February 2026 via Marshall Records and shared the single and video ‘Organoid’!

Lists

2023 starts off with quite the bang with new releases from VV, Anti-Flag, Imperium Dekadenz, Turmion Kätilöt, Katatonia, Kiberspassk, …and Oceans, Obituary, Suasion, Dropout Kings and Vėlių Namai!

Some of our most anticipated released for May 2021, warning: there is way more exciting music being released, this is only a small selection…

It wasn’t all bad in 2020. Although it seemed like that sometimes. An example are these awesome albums that were released this year. The bands couldn’t tour, but I’m sure they will the first moment they can. Enjoy!

Photo Reports

Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Helldorado Stage a serving of punk and hardcore with Funeral Dress, The Casualties, Cro-Mags, Madball and Life of Agony, modern metal from Sylosis and post-metal with The Ocean!

Covering a wide range of musical genres, STARS IN TOWN 2024 brought a full Friday of indie, alternative, punk, and rock with DONOTS, EDITORS and PLACEBO. Turning the historical Herrenacker in the heart of Schaffhausen old town (Switzerland) into a festival infield. An event with a very special location and flair.

Time for the last day of TOLLROCK – Day 3! No more rain, but slightly cooler temperatures but more awesome music. Live on stage a TOLLROCKERZ Band Contest with 3 local upcoming bands, DEINE COUSINE, ROGERS, BEYOND THE BLACK, ROYAL REPUBLIC and BONANSKA. What a day! We are looking forward to 2025 already and see what TOLLROCK will bring to the stage!

Big anniversary this year with TollRock taking place for 20th time! That is a serious reason to celebrate. On the additional opening day, Oi! outfit BOOZE AND GLORY opened up and the iconic H-BLOCKX took over to kick off the festivities.

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 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!

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!

Best Of 2023 Tom VM

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!

Pictures of Blood Command at On The Rocks in Helsinki, Finland.