German metal duo Mantar present their video for ‘Cosmic Abortion’, a track from their recently released album ‘Post Apocalyptic Depression’, out via Metal Blade Records.
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News Posts
German black metal act Verheerer announced their new album ‘Urgewalt’ to be out in April via Vendetta Records and unleashed the first single and video ‘Totenvolk’!
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Berlin based rock band Kadavar released the music video for their single ‘I Just Want To Be A Sound’, the title track for their upcoming album, set for release in May via Clouds Hill!
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Anika announces her new album ‘Abyss’, set to be released in April on Sacred Bones and shares her lead single/video ‘Hearsay’! Catch her on her European tour this spring!
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Metalcore icons Caliban announced their new album ‘Back From Hell’ set for release in April via Century Media Records and shared a video for the title track featuring Jonny McBee from The Browning! Catch them on their headlining tour this spring with In Hearts Wake, Cabal and Assemble The Chariots or this summer at festivals like Alcatraz!
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Sludge metal duo Mantar unleashed the scathing new single and video ‘Rex Perverso’, another track from their upcoming new album ‘Post Apocalyptic Depression’, set for release next month via Metal Blade Records!
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Electric Callboy is taking you “up and down”… their new single ‘Elevator Operator’ is out right now via Century Media Records! Catch them live on their many shows at summer festivals like Hellfest, Tuska or Lokerse Feesten, and of course their world tour starting at the end of this year!
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German thrash metal legends Destruction unleashed 2nd single ‘A.N.G.S.T.’ from upcoming album ‘Birth Of Malice’, set for release in March via Napalm Records!
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Nuclear death metal quintet Cytotoxin strikes back with their 2nd standalone single ‘Condemnesia’, out now including a matching video!
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Brand-new symphonic/epic metal band Skytribe made their debut with the single ‘Kingdom of the Sky’, unveiled last week with a video via Reaper Entertainment!
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Photo Reports
20 years of HÄMATOM and an anniversary album are good reasons for the band to go on a ’20 Jahre Für Euch’ tour through Germany and celebrate German metal. With them as support are the Berlin rockers from ENGST, who impressed with their mix of rock, punk, and a pinch of pop. The openers in Stuttgart were the punk rockers from FOCUS.
If you didn’t choose to attend WITHIN TEMPTATION’s ‘Bleed Out Tour 2024’ stop in the Porsche Arena on the 3rd of December in Stuttgart and its surroundings, you missed out! Their show was a visual event of its own that ranges in the absolute top without a doubt. Support acts BLIND8 (Ukraine) and ANNISOKAY (Germany) completed the line-up to make it an outstanding concert highlight!
This year, all Thrash Metal fans in Europe received a special treat, an early Christmas present: KREATOR & ANTHRAX feat. TESTAMENT. All three bands were in a class of their own that evening – there was no support, only headliners. This evening will be remembered by all thrashers for a long time.
40 years – what an anniversary for the Brazilian metal icons SEPULTURA. At the same time, it’s a ’40 Years Farewell Tour – Celebrating Life Through Death’. With 15 albums to their name, puts on a great show, supported by JESUS PIECE, OBITUARY and JINJER. What a goodbye for a legendary band, MHP Arena in Ludwigsburg, Germany literally boiled over!
With their 5th album ‘Attracted To Danger’, THE NEW ROSES are currently on tour in Europe. With MOONSHOT from Finland as the support act, the German rockers are thrilling the masses. At their gig in Stuttgart, we had the pleasure of witnessing this amazing rock performance.
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!
Time to celebrate 35 years of psychedelic stoner rock: we caught MONSTER MAGNET at one of their stops on their anniversary tour, bringing us together with support DAILY THOMPSON a night full of psychedelic infused Stoner-Rock at LKA Longhorn in Stuttgart, Germany! And they showed that they’re still an excellent live band and still the benchmark against which established and upcoming bands must measure themselves.
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.
On September 3, 2024, the Liederhalle in Stuttgart transformed into a mystical place as HEILUNG continued their current tour. The band, known for their unique blend of archaic sounds and modern elements, captivated the audience and delivered a performance that will be remembered for sure. And with Zeal & Ardor as support, we couldn’t have imagined a better night!
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!
Album Reviews
Third studio album “Dauþalaikaz” from German black metal band Urfeind offers a cold and bleak kind of black metal. The album comes recommended for fans of Bethlehem and Forteresse, out now via Nine to Zero Productions since January 10th.
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Aeon of Awareness’ new album ‘Rarohenga’, named after the subterranean realm where spirits of the deceased dwell after death, according to Māori tradition, is an excellent result of the band expressing themselves through the music itself and the deeper meaning between the lines. Out independently this Friday!
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The new album “Wake Up the Wicked” from the German power metal act Powerwolf brings the band again to highlight each track stuffed with heavy rocking anthems and a bold twist of power metal style. Out via Napalm Records!
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Chris Maragoth just released his first album, ‘Gatherer of Souls’. Some of the songs have already been released before, and have been remastered for this album. Some songs are brand new. This album contains mostly instrumental melodic death metal/modern metal tracks, worked on by Chris alone or together with other artists, bringing a lovely collection of melodeath-inspired modern metal tracks!
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Carnal Tomb’s third album “Embalmed In Decay” is a must for fans of Entombed, this is a rotten old school death metal record, out via Testimony Records.
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“Touchdown” is one of U.D.O.’s best albums in the last decade and fans should expect some ballsy aggressive tracks and raw classic heavy metal that has a distinctly German vibe. The album was released on August 25th, 2023 via Atomic Fire Records.
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Germany has been a home for many heavy metal and thrash metal bands in the past, and The Night Eternal is no exception. “Fatale” combines many elements from the NWOBHM era and occult heavy metal, this is a very catchy and infectious album, released via Ván Records.
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Erzfeynd second full-length album “Muspilli” invokes pagan and medieval atmospheres, mastermind Nahdrut Herlarecks utilizes a vast composition and brings a grandeur saga to his sonic oeuvre and with the music woven into grand atmospheric qualities. Out on Ván Records.
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Wairua is the spirit of a person. Like when you die, it’s the spirit, or wairua, that leaves the body. To me, it feels like we are a spirit, and we get to go on a journey through this EP
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The Germans of J.B.O. are back to lighten up the party with their brand new party-metal album ‘Planet Pink’!
