Angel Du$t unveiled the new song and video ‘DU$T’, another track from their upcoming album ‘COLD 2 THE TOUCH’, set for release in February 2026 via Run For Cover Records!
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News Posts
Michael Monroe shares another single with ‘Disconnected’, building up excitement for the upcoming new studio album ‘Outerstellar’, set for release in February 2026 via Silver Lining Music!
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Rising rock stars The Molotovs share their new single ‘Rhythm Of Yourself’ with a stylistic film noir-like video! Another track from their upcoming debut album ‘Wasted On Youth’, out in January 2026 via Marshall Records!
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Heavy rockers Beast Eagle drops ferocious new single ‘Sharp Tongue’ from the upcoming EP ‘Sorceress’, set for release next month on Golden Robot Records!
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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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Toronto’s hardest-hitting rock’n’roll trio Danko Jones shared their latest single ‘Diamond In The Rough’ with a video paying homage to KISS and featuring Marty Friedman! Another track from their upcoming album ‘Leo Rising’, set for release next month via Perception!
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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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Rock power trio Danko Jones has officially announced their 12th studio album ‘Leo Rising’ to be out in November this year via their new label Perception!
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Danko Jones dropped the party anthem ‘Everyday Is Saturday Night’, the second thunderous offering from their upcoming album, set for release in November via Perception!
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Finnish rocka rollas Rokets are set to release their third album ‘Bad Choices’ in May with Svart Records and shared a 2nd single and video with ‘Overload’!
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Photo Reports
Sunday Funday hits a little different with Black Stone Stone Cherry at The Clyde Theatre in Ft Wayne, Indiana! And with the support of Them Dirty Roses and Ayron Jones, it really was a celebration of rock music on all levels!
V’s Metal Media organised their first festival and invited us to experience ‘V’s Metal Fest’ and we were only too happy to drop by and support a budding organisation! With 10 Cats Down, #40Something, Noord, Narsic, Behind the Veil, Fabulae Dramatis, Promise Down, ArseA, Primal Creation, and No Apologies.
Day 3 at Tolminator brought doom, punk, and death metal mayhem with Ahab, Clockwork Psycho & Kataklysm, all captured by our resident photographer Tom!
Super Wednesday at STARS IN TOWN rocked Schaffhausen! From local heroes ELLIS MANO BAND to the legendary ALICE COOPER, the night was packed with unforgettable performances. UGLY KID JOE brought ’90s nostalgia with “Everything About You” & “Cat’s In The Cradle,” while ALICE COOPER’s shock rock spectacle—complete with guillotine and powerhouse guitarist Nita Strauss—blew the crowd away. Rain didn’t stop the energy, and the packed Herrenacker square proved once again: this festival is pure magic.
The line-up of Close Enemies is build by absolute legends and veterans from the rock scene, and together with support from Most Wanted, Faded and Portal 27, they put the ROCK in Detroit Rock City at The Token Lounge last weekend!
Helsinki Vampires The 69 Eyes celebrated in grand style their classic breakthrough album ‘Devils’ 20th anniversary at Ääniwalli in Helsinki a couple of weeks ago, and we were there!
The 13th (local) edition of Full Moon gave us 3 Belgian bands: party cover band Crazy Copy Cats, System Of A Down tribute band Toxicity and heavy rock and rollers Promise Down (who you also can catch at Alcatraz festival this summer)!
Finnish rock up-and-comers Ginger Evil made a proper introduction to Helsinki at the KULT Club with a release show celebrating their debut album released earlier in the year with Frontiers Music, and we saw it was good!
With their 5th album ‘Attracted To Danger’, THE NEW ROSES are currently on tour in Europe. With MOONSHOT from Finland as the support act, the German rockers are thrilling the masses. At their gig in Stuttgart, we had the pleasure of witnessing this amazing rock performance.
Pictures of The Darkness at Helsinki’s Kulttuuritalo with the support of Shiraz Lane.
Interviews
Ahead of their European shows and the release of their latest, and fifth, album ‘Vol. 5’, we sat down with Tommi and Topi from Finnish rock band The Empire Strikes to talk evolution, gear they haven’t touched in a decade, humour as survival, and the joy of making music that simply feels like them.
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We met up with Motörhead legend Phil Campbell at Alcatraz Festival this past Summer to talk about the “50 years of Motörhead” tour (that continues this November with one last run in Europe, don’t miss out), rocking out with his sons in Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons, and a bunch more things seasoned by his usual mix of humor, honesty and no-nonsense attitude!
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Wednesday 13 is celebrating the release of this 10th studio album, ‘Mid Death Crisis’, out this Friday April 25th via Napalm Records. We had the privilege of sitting down via Zoom with Duke of Spook himself to chat about the new album and going back to the roots of the horror punk style of the good old early 2000s…
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We sat down with Kriss and Aaron of Starbenders right before their headline show at On The Rocks in Helsinki, Finland to talk about their present European tour, their road and struggles of the past decade to get where they are right now and things to be looking forward to, like their brand-new single coming out this Thursday, September 26 with Sumerian Records!
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We sat down with the Finnish rockers of The Empire Strikes to have a chat about their new album ‘Motell Scandinavia’, how come it took so long to get it out, what the idea is behind the title and some nice background bits about how some of the songs came together! Catch them live at their release show in Helsinki tonight or Spain and Germany later this year!
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A good week ago at Rockfest 2023, shortly before his set at the festival, we met up with Finnish rock ‘n’ roll icon Michael Monroe, where he talked candidly about meeting Vince Neil for the first time, reconnecting with Nikki Sixx, an upcoming Michael Monroe album, the documentary about his life that is coming really soon now, the recent Lords Of The New Church reunion show and more!
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A talk with Timmy from The New Roses about their latest album, playing at Wacken and the upcoming tour!
We talked with the organisation of Roadkill Festival in Belgium to figure out what they’re all about!
We talked with the organisation of Roadkill Festival in Belgium to figure out what they’re all about!
Thundermother brings straight forward music with a lot of love for Rock’n Roll and for each other.
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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The Duke of Spook, Wednesday 13 is back with a bang, unleashing his 10th record ‘Mid Death Crisis’ via Napalm Records. Going back to where it all started for him with a more fun, campy, “leave-your-brains-at-the-door” release and a true return to his horror punk roots! We can’t wait to hear his new work live when he’ll take over the stage at Alcatraz in Belgium this summer!
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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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The Germans of J.B.O. are back to lighten up the party with their brand new party-metal album ‘Planet Pink’!
This is a really cool heavy metal/ rock ‘n roll album by Gygax. It has different vibes to it. There is a very active solo guitar, which sounds cool, but can be a bit too much as well.
Good ol’ Rock ’N Roll power, but nothing you haven’t heard before.
Pop this disc in the car radio, start driving and listen to what is half an hour of the perfect roadtrip music!
Curious for her upcoming new full release? Check out a little preview of some of her favorites that didn’t make the album!
