After just recently announcing signing with Reigning Phoenix Music, All For Metal is already back to rock out with us by unleashing the music video for their take on the classic ‘Rock You Like A Hurricane’!
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News Posts
For the Swifties among us: DragonForce just unleashed an official video for their cover of the Taylor Swift track ‘Wildest Dreams’, which will be a bonus track on the upcoming album ‘Warp Speed Warriors’, set for release next month via Napalm Records!
Also, don’t miss out on seeing them live on tour with Amaranthe and Infected Rain throughout Europe starting next week already! It’ll be a party!
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Tuska completed their 2024 line-up with the addition of Kerry King and 6 domestic acts with Kaunis Kuolematon, The Abbey, NightStop, Suotana, Malformed and Shereign. The Tuska KVLT bands still need to be announced, though! Get your tickets now!
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Witherfall released their new single and video ‘What Have You Done?’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Sounds Of The Forgotten’!
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German heavy metal band on the rise All For Metal signed to Reigning Phoenix Music and are working on a second full-length! Catch them on tour in Europe with their now labelmates Lordi starting next month!
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UK’s heavy metal shooting stars Tailgunner welcome a new drummer with the Finn Jani Pasanen! Right on time for their upcoming tours with U.D.O. and Riot (V) and UK tours the following months!
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German heavy metal legends Accept announced their new album ‘Humanoid’ to be released in April via Napalm Records, with a first single and video coming at the end of this month! And following the new album, they will go on an extensive tour through South America and Europe this year still!
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Faroe Islands viking metal collective Týr is set to release their new album ‘Battle Ballads’ in April via Metal Blade Records and shared a new single with ‘Axes’!
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Finland’s favorite monsters Lordi announced All For Metal and Supreme Unbeing as the support acts for the upcoming European tour “Unliving Pictour Show 2024” that kicks off in a bit over a month!
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Canadian heavy metal force Striker are Kings of the Ring with new wrestling music video for the track ‘Sucks To Suck’, celebrating the release of their new album ‘ULTRAPOWER’ on last Friday!
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Album Reviews
The roots of NWOBHM resonates throughout the whole album with zeal and passion.
If you only want distorted guitars, then Battle Beast’s latest is 50/50 for you. If you want to hear the art of composing and the use of different elements that are mastered by the band, then this album will most definitely touch you.
Pounder’s debut full-length album is quite refreshing and the band has managed to bring some energizing tunes without emulating other bands.
This album is yet again amazing. When you hear the music, you know it’s While She Sleeps.
Are you ready to enter the kingdom of Thorium to honour their king and their God?
Conclusion: “Clockwork Immortality” is a good album by Lovebites, definitely room for improvement in an own individual sound and storytelling. Definitely give it a couple of listens, you won’t regret it.
Striker released their latest album Play To Win, an album which can’t go by unnoticed. Wether you like it hard and heavy, or rather have it a little slower, these guys can do it all !
Geeky good times aside, Gama Bomb still have a penchant for social commentary, criticizing current events with a sharp and witty sense of humour.
Compared to his previous solo albums, ‘For the Love of Metal’ has a better sound quality, has songs that get your body moving and this one definitely makes a statement. It’s one hell of a hard rock album, full of powerful songs to rock out to.
French brutal death metal ensemble Benighted bless us with their new EP Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Master.
Photo Reports
The first stop on Katatonia’s and Sólstafirs co-headlineing tour was Pakkahuone in Tampere, Finland with SOM as support act. If you’re still hesitant about getting tickets for a show near you, let these captures convince you!
After years of waiting Pain finally made it back to Finland! We made it to their show at Olympia-Kortteli in Tampere, organised by Nem Agency. Finnish modern metallers Detset also did a great job as their support.
German veterans of Heavy Metal Grave Digger are back on tour with their ‘Knights and Riots Tour 2023’. Together with Cellar Stone from Greece and Mystic Prophecy they entered the stage at LKA Longhorn, Stuttgart, Germany on 17th January 2023.
Swedish melodeath legends In Flames filled Jäähalli in Helsinki with a massive crowd, along with fellow melodeath instigators At The Gates and up-and-comers Imminence and Orbit Culture to warm us up!
Amorphis came to show why they are one of Finland’s favorites and with them the folk metal legends Eluveitie ripped up the stage at Jäähalli in Helsinki, right after Dark Tranquillity and Nailed To Obscurity warmed up the crowd!
On December 18th, 2022 Nightwish performed their last German gig of the ‘Human :II: Nature’ tour 2022 at Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart. Together with Turmion Kätilöt and Beast in Black, an all Finland based metal night was going to take place.
We made it to the final show of this year’s Raskastan Joulua tour at the Nokia Arena in Tampere, saved by the band and Master Events from cancellation, and the perfect way to celebrate Christmas and heavy metal music in Finland!
We caught Ra at their stop at Piere’s in Fort Wayne, Indiana while being on the road for their “From One 20th Anniversary Tour”, with support from A Killer’s Confession, Blood of Heroes and The Illegals!
The triumphant return of the Danish Volbeat to Munich for two sold-out nights at the Olympiahalle was quite the sight to behold, and with them came the ragga metallers of Skindred and US rockers Bad Wolves!
