Finnish rockin’ metal band Miss Vain is set to release their second EP ‘Sempiternal Drive’ via Inverse Records in April 2025 and shared a first single and music video with ‘Remedy’!
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Swedish rock ‘n’ roll royalty The Hellacopters have graced us with the first single from their upcoming album ‘Overdriver’ set for release in early 2025 via Nuclear Blast Records. ‘Leave A Mark’ unites the guitar assault and anthemic, hook-laden sound they’re known for and comes with a fitting video!
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Swedish rock goddesses Thundermother shared the new video single ‘Dead or Alive’, ahead of their much-anticipated upcoming album ‘Dirty & Divine’, set for release in February 2025 via AFM Records!
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Swedish hard rockers Crazy Lixx shared their official video for the track ‘Little Miss Dangerous’, turning up the heat quite some notches! Out now via Frontiers Music!
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Finnish rockers Temple Balls shared their new single ‘Distorted Emotions (Live)’, out now via Frontiers Music, in anticipation of the release of the deluxe edition of their latest album ‘Avalanche’ and upcoming UK tour with Straight For The Sun!
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Modern rock powerhouse Pop Evil recently returned with the scorching new single ‘What Remains’, out via MNRK Heavy, and has now dropped a music video to go along with it!
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Los Angeles raven-haired rock dynamo Dorothy shares a live performance video of her explosive and unforgettable latest single ‘MUD’, which was a first taste of her upcoming album to be released via Roc Nation!
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Last week, zombie metal sensation Dominum announced to be unleashing a second album of undead goodies upon the world with ‘The Dead Don’t Die’, coming to you by the end of the year via Napalm Records, and shared a first single with the title track, featuring Ben Metzner from Feuerschwanz and dArtagnan!
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Atlanta-based rock quartet Starbenders shared their new single and video ‘Tokyo’, a first taste of their yet to be announced upcoming 4th album, set for release in early 2025 via Sumerian Records!
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Last week, legends of rock The Darkness announced their new and 8th studio album ‘Dreams On Toast’ to be set for release in March 2025 via Cooking Vinyl and shared a first single with ‘The Longest Kiss’! Pre-orders are open right now!
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Vandenberg returned with the new album ‘SIN’. The Dutch leg of his tour stopped at 10 different locations through The Netherlands, and we caught him at De Spot in Middelburg for a night of nostalgia and good rock music.
Pictures of the second night of the 2024 edition of Desert Hel, with Dome Runner, Mansion, Maan Tomu and Truckfighters!
On Friday 15.03.2024 Sonata Arctica started off their “Clear Cold Beyond” tour at Pakkahuone in Tampere together with Temple Balls as support. The show was organized by Grey Beard and TuskaLive.
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!
A selection of Rachel’s best captures of 2023, with pictures from bands like Mudvayne, Nonpoint, Drowning Pool, From Ashes To New, Shinedown, Fozzy, Butcher Babies, Sumy Cyco, Black Stone Cherry and Saliva!
A selection of Jonna’s best captures of 2023, with pictures from bands Butcher Babies, Electric Callboy, Ghost, Glenn Hughes, Gojira, In Flames, Lorna Shore, The Hu, Ville Valo, Chamber of Unlight, Asagraum, Monuments, Sodom, Batushka, Blind Guardian, and Apocalyptica!
A selection of Vaim’s best captures of 2023, after a long and grueling process of elimination, with pictures from bands like Battle Beast, Gaerea, Trollheim’s Grott, Avslut, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Amenra, Igorrr, Aesthetic Perfection, HIDE, SKYND, Ice Nine Kills, Utuk Xul, Rancid, Sick Of It All, Stratovarius, Testament, Michael Monroe, Volbeat, Hellacopters, Pensées Nocturnes, Amorphis, Biohazard, Killswitch Engage, Converge, Agnostic Front, Taake, Public Image Ltd, A.A. Williams, Butcher Babies, Clutch, Finntroll, Electric Callboy, Ghost, Gojira, Imperial Triumphant, Lorna shore, The Hu and Urne!
One of our newest photographers to have joined the team, Tommy offers a fine selection of cover bands, and gigs from the local club scene with pictures of Sabbra Cadabra, Crowley, Kraken Waker, Self Revolution, The SoapGirls, Nu-Castle, All Before, Audioslaves, Rage, Spartan Warrior, Twin Lizzy, and Red Hot Chilipinos!
It has become a true tradition that DIE HAPPY plays some warm-up gigs at the end of December for the shows or tours of the following years. In this round, it’s the ‘Pre-Anniversary Shows 2023’, preparing for the upcoming anniversary tour in 2024, celebrating their 30th anniversary as a band. Support came from Templemind at their stop in Stuttgart’s Im Wizemann in Germany!
Our Benelux and France head of accreditation and most active photographer in that region, Tom VM, made his own selection of favorite pictures he took in 2023, including some new stuff that wasn’t shared on our site before with Biohazard, Bleed From Within, Brutal Sphincter, Brutus, Electric Callboy, Michael Schenker Group, Sepultura, Arion, Blackrain, Overdrivers, Avatar, Winery Dogs, Charlotte Wessels, Devin Townsend, Dream Theater, Extreme, Ghost, Michael Angelo Batio, Arch Enemy, Doodseskader, Halestorm, I Prevail, Powerwolf and SKYND!
