The Big Ol’ Nasty Getdown recently returned with apocalyptic funk prophecy for the digital age with the new track ‘When the Juice Ran Out’, featuring Angelo Moore (Fishbone), Jack Irons (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Tim Stewart (Lady Gaga), and Rodney ‘Skeet’ Curtis (Maceo Parker)!
The Last Dinner Party announced their new album ‘From The Pyre’ to be out in October with Island Records and shared a first single with ‘This is the Killer Speaking’!
London-based rock duo The Molotovs shared the video for their latest single ‘Today’s Gonna Be Our Day’, a track from their highly anticipated debut album ‘Wasted On Youth’, set for release in January 2026 via Marshall Records!
Commemorating it being 30th years ago that Foo Fighters unleashed its debut, they shared a first taste of its next chapter with the track ‘Today’s Song’, out via Sony Music!
Los Angeles based collective The Big Ol’ Nasty Getdown is back and breaking bounderies again with their new single ‘Wrong Side of the Law’, featuring Ellen Alaverdyan and Dino Jelusick!
"A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open."
Frank Zappa
Lady Linn and her Magnificent Seven announced their new album ‘Midnight Sun’ to be out in October via V2 Records, featuring their take on eleven of her favorite songs about the night! First single ‘Night Air’ of Jamie Woon is out now!
Rock trio HAIM has announced their upcoming new album ‘I quit’ set for release in June on Polydor Records and shared the new single ‘Down to be wrong’!
Dutch groove rock outfit Redikin has recently unveiled that they signed with Wormholedeath for the release of their highly anticipated debut album ‘The Crux’!
Miss Velvet has released her bold, cinematic ‘Triptych’ EP via Mother Ride Records, but not before unveiling her electrifying new single and video ‘Pistols At Dawn’!
Finland’s largest rock festival Rockfest is back this summer at a new location, and has just before the weekend completed the line-up with the addition of Manic Street Preachers, D-A-D, Millencolin, H.E.A.T., Crownshift, Sara, Awake Again and Toivo-Olavi!
Day two of Tuhdimmat Tahdit brought Michael Monroe, Moon Shot, Black Devils, Hardcore Superstar, Turmion Kätilöt, Battle Beast and the legendary Blind Guardian to Tampere’s Eteläpuisto on the second day and was great yet again! We surely will be back at this festival in the future.
We, yet again, had a blast enjoying this year’s edition of Tuhdimmat Tahdit, which brought Finntroll, Kilpi, Mustasch, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Lordi, Amaranthe and HammerFall to Tampere’s Eteläpuisto on the first day!
For their recent gig in Tampere’s Tavara-Asema, Viikate went with a different approach with what they called a “quiet concert”. While not everyone was happy with the set up of the gig we really enjoyed the calm and relaxed feeling of the show.
The Rock Orchestra travels around the country to bring their take on rock and metal classics and turn it in quite the experience both musically and visually, and brought their show to Finlandia-talo in Helsinki a couple of months ago!
Mixing classical music and metal is a well tested concept by now. The Rock Orchestra did a great job when they came to Tampere-Talo on Monday the 7th of April.
At the end of March it was time for a fantastic rock and metal opera in Stuttgart’s Schleyerhalle, Tobias Sammet’s multi musician project Avantasia held court. A fantasy stage layout built the base for a 3-hour spectacle that was packed with a long line of guest vocalists.
Jonne Aaron seemed to radiate joy and happiness throughout his entire performance last week at Tavara-Asema in Tampere, Finland. I wish all artists would enjoy performing as much as he seemed to enjoy this gig.
TOTO recently played a show at a full Nokia Arena in Tampere together with Christopher Cross, marking the end of their ‘The Dogz Of Oz’ European Tour. The evening delivered a great feeling of nostalgia.
THUNDERMOTHER’s ‘Dirty & Divine Tour 2025’ brought together an almost 100% female rock night. Together with COBRA SPELL and VULVARINE a great night of classic heavy and hard rock is traveling around Europe and we got to see them in Stuttgart on the first leg of the tour. The tour will go on with the second leg, kicking off on 21 March 2025. Get your tix soon, it might sell out fast.
This year’s “Motocultor across Europe Tour” kickoff show was at Poppodium 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands, headlined by Moldovan favorite Infected Rain and support acts Semblant, Elyose, Miruthan, and Skin On Flesh!
A Skype interview with Rob Martin from RRRags about their upcoming new album and “feel good” heavy rock perfect for a Summer roadtrip!
A video interview with vocalist Arde from Temple Balls about touring with Sonata Arctica and the upcoming tour with Shiraz Lane and Block Buster.
A video interview with Hannes Kett from Shiraz Lane about the past, the present and the future! Check out the full conversation!
A talk with Timmy from The New Roses about their latest album, playing at Wacken and the upcoming tour!
We talked with Aarni and Jaakko from Block Buster about their new album and more!
“The first time we ever tried it, I fell right on my face” “There’s a video. You wanna see it?” The guys from Crobot are anything but dull! Read the interview taken at Alcatraz festival!
“The first time we ever tried it, I fell right on my face” “There’s a video. You wanna see it?” The guys from Crobot are anything but dull! Read the interview taken at Alcatraz festival!
Danko Jones talked with us about his new album, the state of the music business overall and how good Belgian festivals are!
Danko Jones talked with us about his new album, the state of the music business overall and how good Belgian festivals are!
We had the chance to ask Amanda Somerville a couple of questions about her latest release with Trillium and her life in the music industry!
Finally! The traditional anniversary show of The Empire Strikes was able to take place again! Night of rock ‘n’ roll, here we come!
Before the grounds of “The Island of Hell” was taken over by SaariHelvetti festival, we got to welcome Apocalyptica, Wheel and Cyan Kicks for an amazing night!
A night with music of some of the best bands Finland (and Ginger Vine Management) has to offer with Luna Kills, Blame Me! and Edge of Haze!
Falling In Reverse brings us another performance that goes up in history and makes us even more eager to see live music again!
A night of Finnish hard rock around the clock with Shiraz Lane and Violent Fever absolutely kicking ass!
The newly formed Trve Cvlt Clvb played their very first show at the legendary On The Rocks club in Helsinki and we were there!
Icon For Hire came back to Finland again after 6 years of absence to bring a night of energetic and emotional rock songs!
The hard rocking Swedes of Royal Republic are back in Finland, ready to bring ‘Club Majesty’ to live on the legendary Tavastia stage!
The Used is celebrating their 20th anniversary and are touring through North America visiting smaller venues to give back to their fans!
Steel Panther set up shop in Helsinki and brought us a kickass night of fun, titties and metal! Heavy metal rules!
