News Posts

Finnish alternative hard rock trio Luponero released their new single and video ‘Everything / Nothing’, a track from their upcoming debut album to be released with Icons Creating Evil Art!

British rock icons Skunk Anansie released their brand-new single ‘An Artist Is An Artist’, their first new music in almost 3 years, out now via FLG! Catch them on their European and UK tours this spring!

Last week, iconic Finnish vocalist and bassist Marko Hietala unveiled another new track with ‘Rebel of the North’ from the upcoming album ‘Roses from the Deep’, set for release next month via Nuclear Blast Records! Catch him on tour in Finland celebrating the new release or this summer at festivals like Tuska!

LA-based Edge of Paradise announced their new album ‘Prophecy’ to be released in March via Napalm Records and shared the single ‘Death Note’ last week!

Swedish rock royalty The Hellacopters shared a video for the new single ‘Do You Feel Normal’, another taste of their new album ‘Overdriver’, which is due out on January 31st via Nuclear Blast! Catch them live in the Nordic region and Germany shortly after or this summer at festivals like our yearly home away from home Alcatraz festival in Belgium!

Franz Ferdinand shared the final single ‘Hooked’ in anticipation of the release of their new album ‘The Human Fear’ via Domino this Friday, January 10th!

Swedish hard rock goddesses Thundermother kicked off the new year with the video/single ‘Bright Eyes’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Dirty & Divine’, set for release in February via AFM Records!

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!

After having released their new studio album ‘III’ via Mighty Music recently, Danish groove hard rockers Black Oak County share a video for the track ‘Timebomb’!

Rock and metal force Avantasia is set to unleash their bombastic 10th studio album ‘Here Be Dragons’ in February 2025, their debut with new home Napalm Records! A first single is coming soon for a first taste! And make sure you catch them on their extensive arena tour across Europe shortly after the release of the album!

Photo Reports

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!

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!

Pictures of the third day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Audrey Horne, Soil, Jinjer, Korpiklaani, Gene Simmons Band and Architects!

Pictures of the second day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Finntroll, Spiritbox, Dio Disciples, Testament, Epica and Europe!

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.

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!

Day one of Tuhdimmat Tahdit in it’s all renewed version gave us Kotiteollisuus, Marko Hietala, Lost Society, Stratovarius, Mokoma, Stam1na and Amorphis. What a great festival that we sure will return to again in the future.

Interviews

We talked with the guys from Rimbacher about their debut album ‘High Hopes on the Rocks’, and how they absolutely love that classic rock sound from the 80s, which is the basis of all the music they make!

We sat down with Kriss and Aaron of Starbenders right before their headline show at On The Rocks in Helsinki, Finland to talk about their present European tour, their road and struggles of the past decade to get where they are right now and things to be looking forward to, like their brand-new single coming out this Thursday, September 26 with Sumerian Records!

We sat down with TJ Taylor, drummer of SOiL, when they dropped by in Fort Wayne, IN back in March on the “Back to the 2000s Tour”, to reminiscence about the glory years of nu metal, touring and what it’s like to get back on that stage every time!

We sat down with the Finnish rockers of The Empire Strikes to have a chat about their new album ‘Motell Scandinavia’, how come it took so long to get it out, what the idea is behind the title and some nice background bits about how some of the songs came together! Catch them live at their release show in Helsinki tonight or Spain and Germany later this year!

A chat with Mr. Lordi about the new Lordi album ‘Screem Writers Guild’ (out since March 31st via Atomic Fire Records), how he was inspired by the “Universal Monsters”, a couple of things he did differently for this album and how the process was to get to their new looks. He also gives us a brief update about a translation of his recently released monster of a book about everything Lordi!

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!

We have a chat with Patrick Walch, the man behind the successful and interesting new label Noble Demon! Check out what he has to say!

A video interview with vocalist Arde from Temple Balls about touring with Sonata Arctica and the upcoming tour with Shiraz Lane and Block Buster.

A video interview with Hannes Kett from Shiraz Lane about the past, the present and the future! Check out the full conversation!

A talk with Timmy from The New Roses about their latest album, playing at Wacken and the upcoming tour!