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!
Nashville symphonic power metal band Valkyrie’s Fire signed a worldwide deal with Eclipse Records and are set to release their debut EP ‘Ascension’ in November!
We sat down with Onni and Kevin from Assemble the Chariots at Tuska 2024 to talk about their new album ‘Unyielding Night’ (set for release on July 19th via Seek and Strike), how this is the start of a whole universe they’re creating, with the sound they’ve always envisioned for the band from the beginning. And we came back from the talk with 2 things ingrained in our heads: listen to the album from start to finish, and make sure you make it to the release show at On The Rocks in Helsinki where they’ll play the album in its whole for what sounds like a unique experience…
Symphonic metal collective Imperia revealed the details on their upcoming new album ‘Dark Paradise’, set for release next month via Massacre Records and shared a first video single with ‘Better Place’!
Symphonic melodic metal overlords Rhapsody Of Fire are celebrating the release of their new album ‘Challenge the Wind’ via AFM Records with a lyric video for closing track ‘Mastered by the Dark’! Catch them this summer at festivals like the amazing John Smith Rock Festival in Finland!
Swedish dark symphonic sensation Eleine unleashed the video and single ‘Suffering’ via Reigning Phoenix Music and announced their 2024 “We Shall Remains” European tour! Don’t miss out!
Montreal’s Valfreya’s ‘Dawn Of Reckoning’ is a blackened folk descent into mythological madness and is available for your listening pleasure as of today!
Symphonic extreme metal outfit Paradise In Flames meld classical and metal music in new video single ‘Concerto No 6 Minor, Cold Spring’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Blindness’ set for release in June!
Anneke van Giersbergen, the talented Dutch singer, guitarist and songwriter, has been captivating audiences with her unique blend of rock, metal, and folk music for quite some years. And she’s been on the road exploring new musical territories with her ‘Heavy Strings’ tour in 2024. Earlier this month we caught up with her at Stuttgart’s Theaterhaus where she presented metal and rock classics in a semi-classical arrangement.
Italian symphonic metal band Rossometile shared their new single and video ‘Gehenna’, the title track of their upcoming seventh album, set for release in May!
