News Posts

Brazilian punk sensation Karen Dió is back and wants you to meet ‘Bexy’ on her new single, out now with Hopeless Records! Catch her live in Europe this summer at a bunch of festivals!

Essex punk duo The Meffs are releasing their second album ‘Business’ in September via FLG and have just unleashed a video for the title track!

Norwegian rock ‘n’ roll powerhouse The Cocktail Slippers shared their new single ‘Joyride’, the title track of their upcoming album, set to be released with Wicked Cool Records!

Bay Area punk veterans Western Addiction returned with their new single ‘Let’s Keep the Circle Small’, a first track shared from their upcoming album ‘Psychedelic Munitions’ set for release in May with Fat Wreck Chords!

Belgian underground trio Shewolff shared the new track ‘Guillotines’ from upcoming debut mini-album ‘We’re All Gonna Fukking Die’ set for release in May with Dying Victims Productions!

War On Women announced their new album ‘Time Under Tension’ to be out in May with Smartpunk Records and shared their new single ‘Messages Unsent’!

Punk outfit Koyo announced their new album ‘Barely Here’ to be out in May via Pure Noise Records and shared the new single and video ‘Irreversible’!

The rockers of SPRINTS shared their cover of Le Tigre’s track ‘Deceptacon’, out with Sub Pop and City Slang!

NOFX drops hard-hitting political anthem ‘Minnesota Nazis’ amidst federal ICE raids sweeping the US!

Glam punk goth’n’roll outlaws Gypsy Pistoleros share their new single ‘Dark Faerie Tales’, the title track of their upcoming album set for release in April with The New Church Records and Plastichead Distribution!

Photo Reports

Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Helldorado Stage Ankor, Bizkit Park, Red Fang, Heideroosjes and Hatebreed!

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!