At the beginning of this month, Blood Command announced to have signed with Arising Empire for the next chapter in their career, and unleashed the brand-new single ‘We Could Be Heaven’ to celebrate!
We’re already looking forward for that promised 2025 new album and seeing them rip up the stage at next year’s Tuska Festival!
Industrial infused nu-metal misfits Wristmeetrazor shared a new music video for ‘DogdayGod’ at the end of last month, a track from their latest release ‘Degeneration’, out via Prosthetic Records!
People in the UK, don’t miss out on their tour early 2025!
Shinedown’s Eric Bass announces his debut solo album ‘Eric Bass Presents: I Had A Name’, set for release in February 2025 and shared a first track and video with ‘Mind Control’!
GORE. released their EP ‘A Bud That Never Blooms’ via Spinefarm and dropped a video for the track ‘Heaven Is Above Me’ to celebrate!
Boston based metal act Major Moment released a heartfelt and emotive animated video for the track ‘You’ll Never Know’, out now on all streaming platforms!
Up-and-coming alt-metal unit Defences presented their new single ‘Breathe It In’ with a visualizer, the last single before the release of their new album ‘Shadowlight’, set for release next month via Long Branch Records!
Metal powerhouse Slaughter To Prevail released their highly anticipated new single ‘Behelit’ coming with a video with animation from the acclaimed manga series ‘Beserk’!
Alt-metal act Mallavora unleashed their latest epic single ‘It’s Not Enough’, a single from their upcoming EP ‘Echoes’ which is set to be released next month via Marshall Records and a step towards forging a community where everyone can belong!
Finnish band Royal Sorrow, formerly known as Edge of Haze, signed an international deal with InsideOutMusic and shared the brand-new video single ‘Metrograve’ to celebrate!
Bloodywood is back! They announced to have signed with Fearless Records for the next chapter of their career, and unleashed the new single ‘Nu Delhi’, a homage to their home city!
Within Temptation dropped by in Helsinki on their “Bleed Out tour 2024” that is taking over arenas all over Europe and treated us to a visual and musical spectacle like only they can deliver. With them they brought guest artists to do some songs with them and support band Annisokay!
Myles Kennedy chose Hamburg to start his European tour in support of his third solo album ‘The Art of Letting Go’, bringing the blues rockers of Black River Delta with him as support, and delivering a night of musical excellence to his fans!
Smash Into Pieces were back in Finland a while back, and we got to see their show at Tampere’s Pakkahuone, where they played in front of a full house alongside Cyan Kicks. A wonderful night of good music and atmosphere, hosted by Live Nation Finland.
GHØSTKID came back to Finland to play an excellent show at Tavastia in Helsinki, and they brought with them Within Destruction and SETYØURSAILS for a splendid night of modern metal and metalcore!
Hed pe is a veteran band with 30 years under their belt and are well known for their eclectic blend of nu-metal, reggae, hip-hop and punk rock. They have really created and sustained a unique niche in the industry and it’s not surprising they continue to show up for their loyal fans, who in turn made the night at The Eclectic Room in Angola, IN great!
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Helldorado Stage Ankor, Bizkit Park, Red Fang, Heideroosjes and Hatebreed!
Day 5 of the Lokerse Feesten was blast, marked by the exclusive Belgian appearance of the iconic band Korn. The day was a whirlwind of diverse acts, each bringing their unique energy to the stage with especially on the Club Studio Brussel quite the mix of genres with Woyote, Ho9909, The Warning and Klakmatrak!
Day 5 of the Lokerse Feesten was blast, marked by the exclusive Belgian appearance of the iconic band Korn. The day was a whirlwind of diverse acts, each bringing their unique energy to the stage with on the main stage besides Korn shows from Wargasm, Nova Twins, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes and The Dillinger Escape Plan.
The popular US horror movie inspired metalcore outfit Ice Nine Kills came to Munich and, helped by From Fall to Spring and Ghost Kid, left a trail of blood in the TonHalle.
Tuhdimmat Tahdit’s second day with Brother Firetribe, Tarot, Huora, Klamydia, Suburban Tribe, Sonata Arctica and Apulanta was just as much fun as the first day!
Smash Into Pieces and Cyan Kicks are taken over the world one gig at a time, steadily increasing their following and crowds. And these bands filling up Tampere’s Pakkahuone for a night of great fun was a testament to the success of both bands!
With 3 bands being shining lights for (the future of) metal, and all 3 of them having a brand-new album in their pocket, Amaranthe, Dragonforce and Infected Rain turned Black Box Helsinki into a true celebration of heavy music about a month ago!
Cradle of Filth has been showing Europe why they are considered legends of the metal scene and killed it at the stop in Tampere, Finland where we caught their show at a packed Pakkahuone. And with the very special guests Wednesday 13 playing Murderdolls and Sick ‘n Beautiful, it was a night that many won’t forget soon!
Tesseract came, saw, and absolutely conquered with a mesmerizing and mindblowing set of music at Tavastia in Helsinki, and with them they brought Unprocessed and The Callous Daoboys for a night of proggy delights!
After a long wait we finally got a regular Sonata Arctica gig again in Finland as they kicked off their “Arctic Storm Finland tour 2023”. At the end of September, they hit the stage in Tampere’s Pakkahuone, together with Reckless Love and Luna Kills. A great night organised by TuskaLive and Grey Beard Concerts and Management.
A night in New Hampshire, the Shinedown “Revolutions Live Tour” struck down at BankNH Pavilion, and brought with them Papa Roach and Spiritbox for an amazing evening of modern metal/rock!
This night was Iron Maiden night! After one of their greatest performances ever last year at Graspop Metal Meeting expectations were real high for the band’s return this year. But they left our reporter with somewhat of disappointed feeling after the show at Sportpaleis in Antwerp with support from The Raven Age.
Imminence came back to Finland to play an absolutely killer show for a completely sold out On The Rocks in Helsinki, with the support of the Norwegian deathpop maniacs of Blood Command!
Back in March, Electric Callboy set down one of the parties of the year at Vanha Ylioppilastalo in Helsinki, and did it 2 nights in a row in front of a completely sold out room. We can hardly wait to see these guys kill it again at Tuska Festival and at their headline position at Alcatraz this festival summer! Support came of course of the band to watch, Future Palace!
Last month, Turmion Kätilöt kicked off 2023 with their biggest production to date at Jäähalli in Helsinki, celebrating both their 2 decades of existence and the release of their 10th album ‘Omen X’ and with the help of Lord of the Lost and Proteus!
