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!
Women-led, talented Brazilian rock band Malvada shared their new single and video ‘Fear’, out now via their new home Frontiers Music!
Melodic hard rockers The Big Deal announced the release of their upcoming new album ‘Electrified’ early 2025 via Frontiers Music and shared a first single and video with ‘Like A Fire’!
Pictures of The Darkness at Helsinki’s Kulttuuritalo with the support of Shiraz Lane.
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!
We talked with Aarni and Jaakko from Block Buster about their new album and more!
“The first time we ever tried it, I fell right on my face” “There’s a video. You wanna see it?” The guys from Crobot are anything but dull! Read the interview taken at Alcatraz festival!
“The first time we ever tried it, I fell right on my face” “There’s a video. You wanna see it?” The guys from Crobot are anything but dull! Read the interview taken at Alcatraz festival!
Danko Jones talked with us about his new album, the state of the music business overall and how good Belgian festivals are!
Danko Jones talked with us about his new album, the state of the music business overall and how good Belgian festivals are!
We had a chat with Eric Martin, the vocalist from the American Hard Rock band Mr. Big, after their show at Alcatraz 2018.
We had a chat with Eric Martin, the vocalist from the American Hard Rock band Mr. Big, after their show at Alcatraz 2018.
Ironborn started as a coverband, but brings more often own written material. Wonder what the band’s plans are for the future? Find out here.
