New York death metal pioneers Suffocation have announced a 2023 European tour called 'The Warmth Within the Dark'.
SUFFOCATION announce ‘The Warmth Within The Dark’ European Tour 2023
HOLY MOSES reveal album details and a new song
One of Germany's most legendary thrash metal bands, Holy Moses, announced a new album. ‘Invisible Queen’ is the title and the longplayer which be launched on April 14th, 2023 via Fireflash Records. Now, a first single has been unveiled, which is the title track. In addition, the 2-CD Digipak will include a bonus CD entitled... Continue Reading →
New ANTHEM album in April
Next to Loudness, Anthem belongs to the most known metal representatives from Japan. The band from Tokyo released well-crafted metal records like ‘Tightrope’ and after having had a hiatus until 2000 Anthem released a very solid number of records in their second era. Anthem just announced these days a next album. ‘Crimson & Jet Black’... Continue Reading →
Review eMOLECULE ‘The Architect’
eMolecule is the band of Simon Collins and Kelly Nordstrom. With 'The Architect' the two have finished their debut album, which will hit the record stores these days. The collaboration of the both started already in 2005 in Vancouver, Canada and focused at the beginning on Collins' solo career. This fueled the creativity of the... Continue Reading →
Heavier than metal – SKULL FIST will be on tour with SCREAMER as special guests
Canadian metal trio Skull Fist announced their European tour dates. The band will hit the road in late April this year and Screamer an exciting metal powerhouse with them on tour. 18 shows in 18 days in six countries - heavier than metal.
Review ZSK ‘Hass/Liebe’
ZSK is a German punk rock band, hailing from Göttingen. The guys started back in 1997 and unleashed a demo the same year. Nowadays ZSK belongs to the established bands when it comes to punk rock with a noticeable number of releases over the last 25 years. The second era of the band began in... Continue Reading →
DELAIN will embark on a tour in spring 2023
Dutch metal outfit Delain will return to Germany for five shows during spring 2023. With Diana Leah the band has a new singer on board and the new album is in the pipeline.
TARJA and the ‘Raw’-tour 2023
After having finished the Christmas tour 2022 Tarja will hit the road again in March 2023. The 'Raw'-tour includes some shows in Germany, Italy Slovenia and The Netherlands.
Review THE POOR ‘High Price Deed’
We have known that hard rock made in Australia is a quality feature at least since AC/DC. In addition, bands like Rose Tattoo and Airbourne have delighted the world with excellent rock music. In addition, The Poor have been drawing attention to themselves since 1986 with well-made hard rock. Started as The Poor Boys, the... Continue Reading →
HALIPHRON unveil album details
Dutch metal force Haliphron was formed in 2021. Sharing the same musical vision, the band worked on their debut album. ‘Prey’ that’s the title of their first longplayer which will be released on March 31st, 2023 via Listenable Records. The band comments on the album concept:" ‘Prey' is all about being a hunter - or... Continue Reading →
GRAVEWORM launched a new single
South Tyrolian metal institution Graveworm return with anew song called ‘Escorting the Soul’. The song is taken from the upcoming album ‘Killing Innocence’ which will be the first studio release of the band in eight years. Vocalist Stefano Fiori says: "Escorting The Soul is the second single of our upcoming album, a typical Graveworm-midtempo track... Continue Reading →
PRESTIGE from Finland launch a new song
Finnish thrash metal band Prestige re-issued their debut album ‘Attack Against Gnomes’ via Massacre Records and share a new song. ‘Candles’ is the title of a new track and vocalist and bassist Aku Kytölä states: "Fear not, "Candles" is not your average romantic or cheesy song. But it's still based on real life. There are... Continue Reading →
MARKO HIETALA – new live video and more
It was almost one year ago when Marko Hietala announced his departure from Nightwish. Although the bassist and singer wasn’t that much present anymore compared to the Nighwish-days, Hietala continued to perform some shows and now he launched a live video for ‘Dead God’s Son’ which was filmed during the festival season. Marko Hietala stated... Continue Reading →
Live report APOCALYPTICA, EPICA & WHEEL, Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg – January 28th, 2023
Hamburg faces tonight a kind of ‘-ca’ night with Apocalyptica and Epica being in town. The third band, being part of the ‘The Epic Apocalypse Tour’ are Wheel from Finland. The first thing one notices is a 200m queue of fans, waiting for the opening of doors of the Grosse Freiheit 36. Such a line... Continue Reading →
Review SANGUISUGABOGG ‘Homicidal Ecstasy’
The good thing with ‘Homicidal Ecstasy’ is the fact, that the Sanguisugabogg album includes a sheet with vocals. This is mainly since Devin Swank ‘pukes’ out his growls in a way that you basically are impressed but don’t follow of what he is singing, or better growling. The band from Columbus, Ohio started in 2019... Continue Reading →
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