News Posts

Majestic Mountain Records’ roster is getting another great Finnish band richer with the signing of the stoner rockers of Kaiser! To celebrate they unleashed the single ‘Brotha’, out now everywhere!

Finnish metal band Black .44 are back after nine years and shared a first single and video ‘Again’ from the upcoming sophomore album ‘Bloodlines’, set for release in February 2025 via Inverse Records!

The Atlas Moth has announced a graphic novel titlet ‘Coma Noir’, inspired by the 2018 album of the same name released via Prosthetic Records!

High On Fire shared an official video for their earlier released single ‘Burning Down’, a track from their upcoming new album ‘Cometh the Storm’, set for release in April via MNRK Heavy!

Australian modern metal force Flaming Wrekage announced their new album ‘Terra Inferna’ to be released in April and shared a second single with ‘Ghosts’!

Boogie metallers Leather Lung shared the ripping single ‘Empty Bottle Boogie’, a single from their upcoming album ‘Graveside Grin’, set for release via Magnetic Eye Records in March!

Sparzanza are back! Six years after the release of their last album, the Swedes are returning with a bang with the brand-new single and video ‘Bad Motherfucker’, out now via Despotz Records!

Norwegian stoner punk outfit Bokassa release the perfect soundtrack to conquer the busiest and most passive-aggressive of seasons with the heavy hitter that is ‘Let’s Storm The Capitol’, another track from their upcoming album set for release next year via Indie Recordings!

Bokassa is back with a brand new track, ‘Garden of Heathen’, featuring no one less than Lou Koller from Sick Of It All on vocals! It’s also the first single of their upcoming album set for release via Indie Recordings!

Photo Reports

Ufomammut stopped in Ghent with their 25th-anniversary celebration tour in collaboration with VIERNULVIER, Democrazy and Dunk! Records. And with Huracán booked as support, the night delivered on a hefty dose of stoner and psychedelic music!

Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Helldorado Stage Ankor, Bizkit Park, Red Fang, Heideroosjes and Hatebreed!

Kvelertak is continuing to take Europe by storm on their “Krøterveg Te Helvete Tour” presenting their latest work, in the company of Cancer Bats as support. We were there at the Backstage venue in Munich, Germany last week!

The kings of weed metal Bongzilla brought the smoke with them to a packed house at Kuudes Linja in Helsinki, Finland and delivered their usual absolutely crushing wall of sound to a highly anticipating crowd. Support came from the Finnish black metal outfit Frigid Winter.

The coalition of the Norwegian stoner punks of Bokassa and Greek stoner rockers of Planet of Zeus rocked the house seriously. On The Rocks Helsinki was the place to be and those who weren’t there missed out on some good fun!

Pictures of the first day of Tuska 2023 with Eluveitie, Northern Kings, Lost Society, Perturbator, Beast In Black, Red Fang, Carcass and Heilung

Pictures of the second day of brand new festival Desert HEL again filled with fuzz, groove and rock ‘n’ roll with some amazing bands!

Lists

Once you go heavy, you never go back… Wouter’s albums of the year hold on to the good olden days of Heavy Metal!

A full year of incredible releases that we are trying to cram into a list of “albums of the year”, here we go again…