Modern alt-rock band LYLVC shared their latest new song ‘XXX’ with a lyric video! They’re touring through the US with A Killer’s Confession and Aaron Nordstrom right now and will be joining Biohazard and Life Of Agony on their European co-headline tour in 2025!
Stars In Town recently announced part of the 2025 line-up bringing Alice Cooper’s amazing act to their stages on “Super Wednesday” and a bunch more exciting names like James Blunt, Biffy Clyro and Ugly Kid Joe!
Florida rock duo The Haunt gives zero f*cks on their latest single and music video ‘Going Under’, out now!
Helsinki-based alt-rock band Wrecking Lizzy shared the melancholic Christmas single ‘Christmas Lights’, out now!
Rising Finnish alt-metal force Luna Kills announced their highly anticipated album ‘DEATHMATCH’ set for release in April 2025 via SharpTone Records and shared another track with the new single/video ‘sugar rush’!
Finland’s celebrated Von Hertzen Brothers announced a new European run for 2025 in support of their recently released album ‘In Murmuration’!
Rock institution Franz Ferdinand shared a video for their latest single ‘Night Or Day’, a track from the upcoming album ‘The Human Fear’ to be released early 2025 via Domino!
After a hiatus year, Rockfest is back! New location, but also a rather action packed first batch of confirmed names for the 2025 edition with names like Muse, Judas Priest and Till Lindemann topping the bill!
The Bloody Beetroots are back! Signing with Out Of Line, new song ‘This is Blood’, featuring N8NOFACE and Teddy Killerz, is out now, bringing back their signature “rock-meets-dance” crossover sound and the first single from a 2-part series ‘The Bloody Beetroots Forever Pt. 1 & Pt. 2’!
French alt-metal outfit Revnoir released a new single and video last week with ‘Crève’, another banging track released by these guys who were a pleasant surprise as the openers for Future Palace when their tour dropped by Helsinki! Out via Arising Empire!
Pop Evil and Bad Wolves joined forces on the “Animal Instinct Tour” touring through the US, bringing along Sierra Pilot and ONI for the ride! We caught them at their Thanksgiving eve show at Pierre’s in Ft. Wayne in Indiana!
The last weekend of October, Apulanta played two glorious shows at Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland in front of a huge crowd of fans, and joined by Lahtis Sinfonia Orchestra. A show that somehow felt simultaneously simplistic and very grand, with a well-thought-out light show and setlist featuring rarely played tracks live!
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.
In over 25 years of band history, the BEATSTEAKS have released eleven long players, including rock masterpieces like “I Don’t Care As Long As You Sing”, “Hand In Hand,” “Hello Joe,” and “Cut Off The Top.” Simply an invitation to sing along at full volume. At this performance at the LKA Longhorn, the band impressively proved that even after countless concerts and festival appearances, they still belong to the most energetic live bands of our millennium. Support came from International Music.
Covering a wide range of musical genres, STARS IN TOWN 2024 brought a full Friday of indie, alternative, punk, and rock with DONOTS, EDITORS and PLACEBO. Turning the historical Herrenacker in the heart of Schaffhausen old town (Switzerland) into a festival infield. An event with a very special location and flair.
Fans were definitely ready to “FACE IT”, the show with Nothing More, Veil Of Maya and Of Virtue, that is! Concert-goers were lined down the sidewalk and around the block in anticipation of the concert at Kemba Live in Columbus, Ohio. And what a fantastic night it became!
Dear Mother held 4 Dutch club shows to promote the release of their new EP ‘Necessary Darkness’ with the Finnish Luna Kills invited as support for what would be their first shows outside their country, setting the stage for future international endeavors!
The “Back to the 2000s Tour” has been going strong in the US territories, taking people back to the good old days of nu metal and alternative metal/rock and Ozzfest with stellar shows from The Union Underground, SOiL, Ra and Flaw! We caught the stop at Piere’s in Fort Wayne, IN!
Enter Shikari dropped by the Zenith Kulturhalle in Munich, Germany and amazed with an electric show, supported by an explosive Fever 333 and the locals of Blackout Problems opening the night!
A selection of 30 photos that Helder likes a lot from one of his most productive year considering covering concerts, including captures of Fear Factory, Atreyu, Jinjer, Rolo Tomassi, Stone, The Kooks, Pixies, Wunderhorse, Yours Truly, You Me at Six, Lake Malice, Bloodywood, Epica, Avatar, The 69 Eyes, Nova Twins, Cam Cole, Sabaton, The Lumineers, Grailknights, All For Metal, The Baboon Show, Combichrist, Megaherz, The BossHoss, Cancer Bats, Kvelertak, Fixation, Ignea, and Butcher Babies.
At Tuska 2024, we had a quick chat with Lotta from Luna Kills about their first ever show at the festival, how they’ve been doing since we last talked a couple of years ago, their first tour outside of Finland in support of Dear Mother and hints at what’s next…
We sat down with Jessie and Eleni of Ankor after their show at this year’s Tuska Festival, the last stop of a crazy weekend that took them to 3 different countries in 3 days, and had a short chat about their busy summer, the way they like to release new music and how 2024 really seems to be a big year for the band.
Yesterday, they announced a major European tour for 2025 which will take them to most countries of the continent. You won’t want to miss out on that, tickets are available starting tomorrow!
Last summer, we sat down with Johannes from Avatar for a short chat about how 2023 had been so far after their explosive opening show at Tuska 2023, how he experienced that show, and how he feels like the band is in its best form right now, ready to take over the world!
Today we’re already sitting down with Fixation again to have a chat about their soon-to-be released new album, but back in February, we already had a short conversation with vocalist Jonas Hansen about touring with Devin Townsend, their music and what he hopes to accomplish with it, some of his personal vocal inspirations, and how he would describe their music using just visuals.
A chat with Sara Strömmer of Shereign about the release of their debut album “Ghost Diaries”, the themes and artwork of the album, the planned release shows with Dark Sarah and how she would describe the band in images, with a very interesting result!
Watch the interview we had with the people from the up-and-coming Finnish alternative rock band Luna Kills about the band, their music and the new album!
Watch the chat we had with Vallu and Bini from the Finnish alternative rock outfit Blame Me! about their upcoming new album ‘The Invisible You’!
A video of the chat we had with Ero and Nile of the new Finnish alternative rock outfit St. Aurora about their music and upcoming debut EP ‘They All Remember’!
I got to chat with Sharone and discuss her upcoming album Morbid Illusion as well as Cinco De Mayo outfits, archery adventures and inspirations!
A chat with Ariel Bloomer and Shawn Jump of Icon For Hire about their music and way of life just before they hit the stage in Helsinki!
