Atlanta glam rockers Starbenders have released their new single ‘June’, another track from their upcoming album ‘The Beast Goes On’, set for release in February via Sumerian Records!
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News Posts
Starting the month and new year with a kick in the teeth, The Molotovs release their new single ‘Get A Life’, delivering the punk fury that will open the debut album ‘Wasted On Youth’, out by the end of the month with Marshall Records!
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Italian rockers IT’sALIE announced their new studio album ‘Wild Games’ to be out in February 2026 via Frontiers Music and shared a first single with ‘Waiting For The Rain’!
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Rising rockstar Austen Starr announced her debut album ‘I Am The Enemy’ to be out in February 2026 via Frontiers Music and unveiled another single with ‘Medusa’!
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MC50 is releasing another explosive new live album with ’10 MORE’, out in December via earMUSIC, capturing the crazy energy of the 2018 world tour to celebrate one of rock’s most radical and influential bands, MC5!
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Finnish rock legend Michael Monroe announces new studio album ‘Outerstellar’ to be released via Silver Lining Music in February 2026 and shared a first new single ‘Rockin’ Horse’ with a hilarious video!
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Finnish rockers The Empire Strikes have thrown another rock ‘n’ roll blast of a song into the world with ‘Elwood & Jake’, in anticipation of next month’s release of their fifth album ‘Vol. 5’!
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Des Rocs released a new single with ‘This Land’, which is also the theme song of the recently released new ‘Borderlands 4’ game, and is working on the final touches on his new album to be released in 2026 with Sumerian Records!
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Swiss hard rock legends GOTTHARD continue their chart-topping momentum with the release of their electrifying new single ‘Ride The Wave’. featured on their upcoming mini album ‘More Stereo Crush’.
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Back from making their rounds at several major European festivals, Leprous announced their brand-new live release ‘An Evening Of Atonement’ to be out in October via InsideOutMusic and shared a first video/single with ‘Like A Sunken Ship’! Catch them live this fall in Europe on their headline tour with special guests Gåte and support Royal Sorrow!
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Photo Reports
Another year is over and our photographer Tom Treuten is still doing what he loves most: concert photography. Since October 2021 we’re a home for his photographic work and these are some of his personal highlights of 2025 that he hopes you’ll enjoy them as much as him, with pictures of VULVARINE, STEPFATHER FRED, ANKOR, DONOTS, WOLFMOTHER, THUNDERMOTHER, SKINDRED, TUK SMITH & THE RESTLESS HEARTS, SALTATIO MORTIS, PARKWAY DRIVE, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, MOONSHOT, MEGADETH, KISSIN’ DYNAMITE, HELLOWEEN, ENGST, GATECREEPER, ENEMY INSIDE, DISTURBED, DANKO JONES, BEAST IN BLACK, APRIL ART, EMIL BULLS, ELUVEITIE, AVANTASIA, ARCH ENEMY, AMENRA, NITA STRAUSS, and COBRA SPELL!
In 2025 Anna/ScarletMemory Photography covered again tons of bands and events both in Finland and Germany with her favorite captures being of shows from Amoral, Apocalyptica, Apulanta, Battle Beast, Blind Guardian, Bloodred Hourglass, Bush, Catch Your Breath, Cemetery Skyline, Cyan Kicks, Finntroll, Hammerfall, In Flames, Indica, Leverage, Lordi, Michael Monroe, Nothing More, Popeda, Powerwolf, Sabaton, Shade Empire, Sonata Arctica, The Legendary Orchestra, The Rock Orchestra, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Toto, Volbeat and Wednesday 13.
Popeda played their last gig of 2025 at Tamperes Tavara-Asema on December 13. An evening that wasn’t only fun to watch but exceeded my expectations.
DANKO JONES was touring Europe to support their 12th studio long player ‘Leo Rising’. A triumphant journey through the venues of the continent, and most places have been sold out. This was true for the Mannheim gig as well, a fully packed concert hall and eagerly anticipating crowd were the perfect ingredients for a memorable night and the classic rock of support Tuk Smith and The Restless Hearts was a perfect tastemaker to get things going!
SKINDRED’s explosive Stuttgart show on their current Europe tour featured electrifying sets from SICKRET and ALIEN ANT FARM, culminating in a masterclass of Reggae Metal led by Benji Webbe and his powerhouse bandmates. On a frosty November night, the legendary LKA Longhorn was set ablaze.
We got to see a glimpse of Witch Fever, Bush and Volbeat when they came to Tampere’s Nokia Arena as the stop in Finland of the ‘Greatest Of All Tours’ tour! An event by Live Nation Finland.
Happoradio are currently on a concert hall tour through Finland and we managed to see them during their sold out gig at Tampere-Talo on the 27th of September. An event by Soldout Management.
The Rasmus started their ‘Weirdo’ tour at Tavara-Asema in Tampere, Finland on the release day of their new album of the same name, with a setlist full of songs from the new album as well as many of their greatest hits.
Apulanta and Sinfonia Lahti gave us a great experience with their recent gig at the end of August at Tampere’s Ratina Stadium. A massive production by Nelonen Media Live that didn’t leave any needs unsatisfied.
TollRock 2025 Day 1 was not only blessed with wonderful weather but with an impressive line-up on the first day. Starting with Lost Sanity (TollRockerz Band Contest Winner 2024), followed by April Art, Emil Bulls, Fiddlers Green, Skindred and Rock Rising gave an impressive list of artists. The audience was thrilled by the great live performances of all bands on stage. The expectations for day 2 have been raised to an almost unbeatable level.
Album Reviews
It burns, and it burns bright. Finnish rock band Ginger Evil’s debut album ‘The Way It Burns’ is polished yet rebellious, a stylistic buffet from blues swagger to radio-ready anthems. Out with Frontiers Music.
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If you’ve ever asked “Who the f** is Danko Jones?”, their 12th album answers loud and clear. ‘Leo Rising’ brings back the swagger, the attitude, and the punch. Classic Danko: raw, catchy, dirty rock ’n’ roll with zero apologies. Out next week Friday November 21st via Perception!
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After being on my radar for a while Dampf have outdone themself with their new album ‘No Angels Alive’ that was released on 23 of August via Silver Lining Music. This album is extremely catchy and almost all songs live rent free in my head after a couple of listens.
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Blink-182’s new album ‘One More Time’ brings you straightforward power chords, clean vocals and pure punk rock. Varying between different paces and energies, this will be youth sentiment taking you back a couple of decades for many people among us. Released via Columbia Records!
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Black Stone Cherry have their eighth studio album, ‘Screamin’ At The Sky’, set for release on Friday 29th September via Mascot Records. After a rather not so hard and heavy styled album, we are happy to say that they’re back with 12 hard, heavy, blues-rock infused songs, the BSC we all fell in love with in the past!
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Guess who’s back? Danko Jones are releasing their 11th full-length album ‘Electric Sounds’ this Friday via AFM Records, and deliver an album that’s bound to be a classic in the pantheon of modern rock… the typical Danko Jones sound with a higher speed, and more grooves than before, proving that after over a quarter of a century they still kick ass. Highly recommended!
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There are so many emotions going through the songs from The New Roses, and most of it is determined by the first guitar note that you hear. Maybe that’s why this album is called ‘Sweet Poison’; because the same memory can make you smile, tear up, or both at the same time. That’s what makes me exited every time this band releases a new album; You know you’re going to be in for something that makes you get a smile on your face. Released via Napalm Records!
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‘Rise’ is a pretty average album. It’s been executed fine, but it can’t hold up to the pretty high standard The Rasmus has set in the past. The songs are very catchy but not that much more. That “something” that made The Rasmus great is just mostly missing on this record. Out since today via Playground Music, what do you think of it?
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Sweden’s finest all-female hard rock band and #1 rock export Thundermother have released their newest album ‘Black and Gold’ via AFM Records and it’s yet again filled with heartfelt and solid rock songs that are primed to take over the world!
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Sublime sleazy garage grunge full of swagger, bravado, confidence and great, great tunes.
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