Just before the summer festival season properly starts we’re getting a long list of great & interesting releases! Get ready for this!
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Photo Reports
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!
Lists
Gary’s albums of the year venture away from our more standard metal selection with a bunch of stellar punk releases from bands like The Bar Stool Preachers, Grade 2, The Darts, The Dollyrots, Rumkicks and Rancid, but also sidesteps into other music like the special brand of rock that Public Image Ltd. brings, blues rock with Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton, an acoustic Dropkick Murphys and a trip back into time, reminiscing about London’s legendary Batcave Club!
If you are still looking for a great summer destination, here are 10 festivals that might make Finland the ideal place to go for you with #Horizon23, Rockfest, Tuhdimmat Tahdit, Nummirock, Tuska, John Smith Festival, SaariHelvetti, Dark River Festival, Hellsinki Metal Festival and Flow Festival!
Festival Reports
The 3rd day of Graspop Metal Meeting 2023 brought a lot of firsts for our team member there, seeing shows of Architects, Rancid and Pantera, but also some of her favorites like Halestorm, In Flames and of course, the band that is very near and dear to her heart: Parkway Drive!
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One of our reporters survived Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival 2023 in Las Vegas last month, and once he got sobered up and rested, he managed to remember 10 absolute highlights of the event!
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Previews
The Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival 2023 in Las Vegas takes place in about a month and serves an impressive line-up with punk rock bands from the whole possible range you can think of! A place you must be at if you’re any bit into this kind of music…
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Album Reviews
NYHC legends Madball are back with a vengeance and bringing you a series of badass hardcore tracks “For The Cause”!
