Two bands with impressive development have joined forces and embarked on a European tour. Green Lung and Unto Others are currently on the road with a stop in Hamburg at Gruenspan. Herndon, Virginia rockers Satan's Satyrs complete the package, and it's the latter that kicks off the evening with a 30-minute set. Satan's Satyrs play... Continue Reading →
Live report PANTERA, POWER TRIP & CHILD BITE, Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg – February 6th, 2025
Tonight it gets loud and wild at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg. Thrash metal icons Pantera are in town to play a show and with them on tour are two more bands. Power Trip and Child Bite are part of the package that promises some furious metal power. While it's clear that the doors will... Continue Reading →
Live report GRAVE DIGGER, VICTORY & RIGORIOUS, Markthalle, Hamburg – January 24th, 2025
Hamburg's Markthalle will be the venue for three German metal bands tonight. It is heavy metal veterans Grave Digger and the revived Victory, who are currently on the road, with Rigorious as the opening act on this leg of the tour. Rigorious is a relatively new band, formed in 2021. With two released longplayers the... Continue Reading →
Live report THE HALO EFFECT, PAIN & BLOODRED HOURGLASS, Markthalle, Hamburg – January 17th, 2025
Hej metalheads, hur mår ni? This could be a line we might have heard a few times today at Hamburg's Markthalle as a Scandinavian metal package stops at the venue to present some thunderous metal from the north. Gothenburg's melodic death metal enthusiasts The Halo Effect have just started their current tour and with them... Continue Reading →
Live report DIE HAPPY & FRIDO, Gruenspan, Hamburg – December 30th, 2024
As Lemmyversary in Hamburg's Markthalle it is another beloved tradition that German alternative rockers Die Happy start a four show tour between Christmas and New Year's Eve. Unfortunately, this tradition comes to an end today as the band is on the Last Christmas Tour and tonight's show at Gruenspan in Hamburg is the last show... Continue Reading →
Live report LEMMYVERSARY Vol. VIII: MOTÖRIZER & OZZYFIED, Markthalle, Hamburg – December 28th, 2024
As reported in previous years, Lemmyversary is a beloved tradition in Hamburg. It's between Christmas and New Year's Eve, when the German Motörhead enthusiasts Motörizer, hailing from Kiel, welcome their fans to a Motörhead tribute show on December 28th, the day of Lemmy Kilminster's death. As in previous years, the show takes place at the... Continue Reading →
Live report KREATOR, ANTHRAX & TESTAMENT, Inselpark Arena, Hamburg – December 14th, 2024
Tonight's package is an early Christmas present for all thrash metal fans. The blazing steel from the Ruhrpott, the vehement metal from the US East Coast and the thunderous sound from the Bay Area - it all comes together tonight at the Inselpark Arena in Hamburg. Kreator, Anthrax and Testament represent a metal package that... Continue Reading →
Live report ALCEST, SVALBARD & DOODSESKADER, Gruenspan, Hamburg – December 3rd, 2024
A package of three bands started a European tour in Zagreb, Croatia on October 21, 2024, and it is 1.5 months later when Alcest and support bands stop at Gruenspan, Hamburg. It is a typical Hamburg evening - dark and wet - when a long queue of fans line up in front of the venue... Continue Reading →
Live report WHILE SHE SLEEPS, MALEVOLENCE, THROWN & RESOLVE, Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg – November 24th, 2024
Tonight there is some metalcore on the agenda as While She Sleeps will be playing at Hamburg's Grosse Freiheit 36. It was almost ten years ago that I saw the band for the first time when While She Sleeps opened for In Flames at 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands. And as it was then, so it... Continue Reading →
Live report HELMET, Markthalle, Hamburg – November 22nd, 2024
Birthday party at Markthalle in Hamburg as Helmet celebrate 30 years of "Betty". It is the third album of the New York alternative rock veterans and a very successful one at that. "Betty" was released in 1994 and marked another highlight in the band's career. Tonight Page Hamilton and his bandmates stop in Hamburg and... Continue Reading →
Live report AGNOSTIC FRONT, MURPHY’S LAW & VIOLENT WAY, Gruenspan, Hamburg – November 14th, 2024
Time for some hardcore tonight. Two hardcore veterans and one rather new band have embarked on a European tour with a stop at Gruenspan, Hamburg tonight. NY hardcore flagship Agnostic Front along with Murphy's Law and Violent Way are on the schedule and it's the guys from Buffalo, NY who open this hardcore driven night.... Continue Reading →
Live report SEPULTURA, JINJER, OBITUARY & JESUS PIECE, Inselpark Arena, Hamburg – November 1st, 2024
Sepultura are undoubtedly one of the most important thrash metal bands. The Brazilian metal force was founded in 1984 and made its debut in 1996 with the "Morbid Visions" album. I remember the first reviews of the album in the German metal media, which on the one hand showed appreciation for this untamed thrash metal,... Continue Reading →
Live report IN FLAMES, ARCH ENEMY & SOILWORK, Sporthalle Alsterdorf, Hamburg – October 11th, 2024
Today the foundation of the Sporthalle Hamburg will be challenged by three bands with mainly Swedish roots. The mighty In Flames are on a co-headlining tour with Arch Enemy, while Helsingborg's Soilwork are the opening act. Arriving at the venue shows how attractive this package is for metalheads. The doors open at 18:00 and the... Continue Reading →
HAMMERFALL – a thunderous tour start in Hamburg
Swedish heavy metal veterans HammerFall have embarked on a European tour as special guests of Powerwolf. The first show of this roadtrip takes place at the Barclays Arena in Hamburg, and after Wind Rose opened this night of metal in an enthusiastic manner, it's HammerFall's turn to take the baton. The Swedish metal force just... Continue Reading →
Live report CANNIBAL CORPSE, MUNICIPAL WASTE, IMMOLATION & SCHIZOPHRENIA, Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg – October 2nd, 2024
Death metal pioneers Cannibal Corpse are touring Europe this fall, and today the kings of splatter metal stop at Hamburg's Grosse Freiheit 36. With them on the road are three bands that cover a spectrum from thrash metal to death metal. Belgian metal powerhouse Schizophrenia as well as Immolation and Municipal Waste will join Cannibal... Continue Reading →









