Swedish hard rockers Hardcore Superstar will play a warm-up show at Bahnhof Pauli on November 4th, 2024 and HERE is where you can get a ticket.
HARDCORE SUPERSTAR will come to Hamburg
GATECREEPER announce European tour
A death metal package will roll over Europe in late autumn this year. Gatecreeper, together with Enforced and 200 Stab Wounds will play several shows of which one will take place at Knust, Hamburg on November 20th, 2024.
Review ALLIGATOAH ‘off’
Alligatoah is an artist some of you might have heard of but maybe not have listened to. One of the reasons might be the fact, that the singer is more connected to rap and pop than rock and metal. Even more, one of the songs on the latest studio album is entitled ‘Fuck Rock’n’Roll’. The... Continue Reading →
KHEMMIS & FUMING MOUTH will play at Headcrash, Hamburg
Doom metal icons Khemmis and death metal maniacs Fuming Mouth announced a show at Hamburg's Headcrash. The show of this interesting and unconventional package will take place on June 22nd, 2024 and HERE you get the tickets.
EXODUS will return to Europe in July/August
Thrash metal veterans Exodus announced a summer tour through Europe, including several shows in Germany. One of the these shows will take place at Knust, Hamburg on July 31st, 2024.
Review NONEXISTER ‘Demons’
‚Demons‘, that’s the title of Nonexister’s debut album that hits the shelves these days. The band is the brainchild of Marco Neeser and Nik Leuthold. Both guys have a different musical imprint that goes from electronic sounds to punk rock and after running into each other on several occasions, the duo decided to start a... Continue Reading →
MARILLION announce a live album
‘An Hour Before It’s Dark’ was a pretty successful Marillion album, entering e.g. the German charts and climbing up to position 2. On June 21st, 2024 the band will release with ‘An Hour Before It’s Dark: Live in Port Zélande 2023’ the connected live album which will come via earMUSIC. The live release was recorded... Continue Reading →
Review ABORTED ‘Vault of Horrors’
One of the most established extreme metal bands from Belgium, that is Aborted. Although the origins of the band are rooted in East Flanders, Aborted became more and more a multi-national band and it is frontman Sven de Caluwé who keeps things up and running. The band premiered in 1999 with an album called ‘The... Continue Reading →
MORK’s Thomas Eriksen releases the UDÅD debut
Norwegian black metal force Mork added a bit more atmosphere and structure to their formerly raw version of extreme metal. To reflect on these times Thomas Eriksen started with Udåd a new project that takes dans of Norwegian black metal to the ‘Isebakke’ days. As Eriksen explains: “Since Mork is constantly evolving for each release... Continue Reading →
Review SCORCHED OAK ‘Perception’
Linda, Ben and Freed are back. The three joined forces in 2016 and have been on the go as Scorched Oak ever since. The debut album 'Withering Earth' followed a few years down the line, in 2020 to be precise. For well-known reasons, this was a difficult time for the entire industry, but Scorched Oak... Continue Reading →
Review LUTHARO ‘Chasing Euphoria’
Hamilton, Ontario, that’s the homebase of Lutharo. The band started in 2014 and it took a few years before the guys could launch a debut album. ‘Hiraeth’ is the title of this first full-length release which helped the band to get the attention Atomic Fire Records. With ‘Chasing Euphoria’ the sophomore album waits in the... Continue Reading →
Live report MESHUGGAH, THE HALO EFFECT & MANTAR, Große Freiheit 36, Hamburg – March 12th, 2024
It's not easy to get from A to B in Germany these days. Permanent strikes make it difficult for people who rely on public transport to get to their destination. Today is no exception. Deutsche Bahn is on strike again, which is also severely affecting S-Bahn services. Nevertheless, many metalheads manage to get to Große... Continue Reading →
Review MR. IRISH BASTARD ‘Battle Songs of the Damned’
The mixture of Irish roots and punk music is nothing new, and here is a band from Germany that puts together what belongs together. Mr. Irish Bastard is a group from Münster, Germany that was founded in 2006. Their first release, an EP called "St. Mary's School of Drinking", was launched in 2008 and along... Continue Reading →
Review NECROPHOBIC ‘In the Twilight Grey’
‘In the Twilight Grey’ is Necrophobic’s tenth studio album and it took the band a bit longer than usual to finish work on this longplayer. To blame is the pandemic as the predecessor ‘Dawn of the Damned’ has been released in 2020 and moment to promote the release have been very rare. Therefor a lot... Continue Reading →
AXEL RUDI PELL on tour in autumn 2024
German guitar wizard Axel Rudi Pell will embark on a tour in late 2024 with shows in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland and Sweden. One of these shows will take place at Fabrik, Hamburg on October 22, 2024.
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