Caliban unlashed the very last single before their upcoming album ‘Back From Hell’ drops on April 25 on Century Media Records with the explosive track ‘Dear Suffering’, featuring Joe Bad from Fit For An Autopsy! We can’t wait to see them live on their upcoming headline tour in Europe or at summer festivals like Alcatraz!
News Posts
German death metal outfit Nightbearer unleashed the single ‘His Dark Materials’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Defiance’, set for release in June via Testimony Records!
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Power metal band Aeon Gods is set to tour Europe in April and May, supporting Imperial Age, to bring the epicness of their debut album ‘King Of Gods’ to stages all over the continent!
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German black metal act DAGDRØM announces their debut album ‘Schauder’ to be out in May and shares a first single with ‘Ascheregen’!
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Berlin based rock band Kadavar shared the second single ‘Hysteria’ from their upcoming new album ‘I Just Want To Be A Sound’, out in May via Clouds Hill!
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Mavis unleash their most electrifying track to date with ‘Sentinel Hill’, out via Arising Empire right now!
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German metalcore band Samurai Pizza Cats joined the Century Media Records roster for the release of any upcoming new music! Expect new stuff next month!
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Feuerschwanz unleashed their new track ‘Knightclub’ with a fiery video, out via Napalm Records, just in time for their appearance in the semi-finals of the German selection for this year’s Eurovision tonight!
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Nuclear death metal quintet Cytotoxin announced their new album ‘Biographyte’ to be out in April via Unique Leader Records! Catch them on tour that same month for some brutal shows around Europe!
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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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Photo Reports
The German alternative metal band ENEMY INSIDE is on the road to promote their latest studio album, ‘Venom’, out via Reigning Phoenix Music. Accompanying them are LETTERS SENT HOME, completing the line-up for the ‘Venom Europe Tour 2025’ as the support act for the majority of the stops. One of the 18 gigs took place in Stuttgart, in the cosy club atmosphere of ‘Im Wizemann Studio’.
THUNDERMOTHER’s ‘Dirty & Divine Tour 2025’ brought together an almost 100% female rock night. Together with COBRA SPELL and VULVARINE a great night of classic heavy and hard rock is traveling around Europe and we got to see them in Stuttgart on the first leg of the tour. The tour will go on with the second leg, kicking off on 21 March 2025. Get your tix soon, it might sell out fast.
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.
Gig Reports
If you’re looking for a night of classic heavy metal and hard rock at top level, the “Dirty & Divine Tour” of Thundermother is the place to be! Together with Cobra Spell and Vulvarine, they proved to be at the top of their game in Stuttgart! The second leg of the tour starts in a couple of weeks, time to get those tickets!
The Saatanan Riehuvat Liekit tour struck Roeselare, giving us one of the best black metal shows I’ve seen in a while…
