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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News Posts
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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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)!
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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’!
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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!
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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!
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Photo Reports
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.
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.
Album Reviews
The Germans of J.B.O. are back to lighten up the party with their brand new party-metal album ‘Planet Pink’!
The Florida rockers of Fortune Child are about to release their debut full-length ‘Close to the Sun’! Get ready for some good old-fashioned rock!
Kissing Dynamite is ready to rock again and spread rock music all over the world! With positivity as the key message.
Kyle Pfeiffer aka Blacklite District released a brand new rockin’ record that holds a lot of promise after getting his life back on track!
Great rock by the talented guys from Beyond The Labyrinth, both seated in history and contemporary sounds!
There are modern rock and melodic metal parts in this EP, there are classical parts, there are parts where it’s all combined into one. But most of all, I love storytelling and these Tales are amazing.
With Vengeance, Twelve Foot Ninja continues to build on their path to becoming one of the more crazy hard-to-define bands within the metal genre.
Back, and vulnerable, Badflower delivers us an album that is a little on the lighter side musically but packs a punch lyrically.
Atreyu delivers a mix of passion, rhythm and guitar riffs with motivational lyrics and drive while maintaining it easy to jam!
A dark aesthetic, melodic vocals, and sick riffs. That’s just SOME of what you get from Sharone and her newest album Morbid Illusion
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