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.
TARJA and the ‘Raw’-tour 2023
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 →
LAURA COX will be touring Europe
Singer, guitarist and songwriter Laura Cox will embark on a tour through Europe in spring 2023 to promote the upcoming album 'Head Above Water' (release date January 20th, 2023) and here are the dates for Germany: 21.03.2023, Bensheim – Rex23.03.2023, Salzgitter – Kulturscheune24.03.2023, Bonn – Harmonie25.03.2023, Dortmund – Piano26.03.2023, Hamburg – Knust28.03.2023, Berlin – Frannz-Club14.07.2023, Schleswig... Continue Reading →
Additional bands confirmed for ROCK AM RING 2023
Rock am Ring and Rock im Park belong the biggest festivals in Germany and Europe. With Kings Of Leon, Bring Me The Horizon, Rise Against, Limp Bizkit und Incubus additional bands have been confirmed and here is the alphabetical list of bands of the 2023 edition of the legendary festival: Apache 207 Arch Enemy Architects AViVA... Continue Reading →
A day at the sea with UNDERTOW
Undertow have been one of the most respected bands in the German metal underground over the last 30 years. With great albums, the guys have rightly brought themselves into the limelight again and again, gaining a very solid fan base. Many of these fans are located in the north of Germany, a region where the... Continue Reading →
Live report BEYOND THE BLACK, AMARANTHE, BUTCHER BABIES & AD INFINITUM, Zeltphilharmonie, Hamburg – November 5th, 2022
Once you get through the Elbtunnel in Hamburg without a traffic jam and then you wait in line in front of the parking lot of the Zeltphilharmonie. The latter is a new location in Hamburg, located in the middle of the harbor area. It is the Cruise Center Steinwerder, on whose large site a tent... Continue Reading →
Live report ALTER BRIDGE, HALESTORM & MAMMOTH WVH, Alsterdorfer Sporthalle , Hamburg – November 1st, 2022
The first day of November this year is also day 1 of a tour that promises a lot of good music and good vibes. Rock icons Alter Bridge have taken the trip across the pond to present their new album 'Pawns & Kings' live. And the quartet is not traveling alone. Joining them on the... Continue Reading →
Live report ARCH ENEMY, BEHEMOTH, CARCASS & UNTO OTHERS, edel-optics Arena, Hamburg – October 30th, 2022
There are days when there are so many bands in town that it's hard to decide where to go. Sunday, October 30 in Hamburg, that's such a day. Hypocricy are in town, Audrey Horne play a show in the Hanseatic city and also Arch Enemy, Behemoth, Carcass and Unto Others guest in Hamburg. The agony... Continue Reading →
Live report W:O:A 2022 – August 3rd, 2022
Wacken is a small village in northern Germany with a population of 1,800. Wacken would not be very well known if a few guys had not decided in 1990 to follow their passion for heavy metal and set up a festival themselves. We all know that what started small has become one of the most... Continue Reading →
NAPALM DEATH on tour through Europe
Grindcore specialists Napalm Death will be on tour. 'Campaign for Musical Destruction' is the name of the tour that brings the band to many European cities in early 2023. Thu 09.02.2023 Eindhoven (The Netherlands) - Dynamo Fri 10.02.2023 Köln (Germany) - Essigfabrik Sat 11.02.2023 Berlin (Germany) - Astra Kulturhaus Sun 12.02.2023 Wrocław (Poland) - Concert... Continue Reading →
THE DAMNED TRUTH tour through Europe
Canadian rock band The Damn Truth kicked off their European tour yesterday in Denmark. This weekend, the band will be crossing Sweden to end up in Germany on the 20th April, for the first of 8 concerts in the country.
AMON AMARTH and MACHINE HEAD announce tour dates for Europe
Stockholm meets Oakland, at least looking on the touring package that will roll over Europe in late summer / early autumn 2022. Metal vikings Amon Amarth and thrash metal icons Machine Head will embark on the 'Vikings and Lionhearts Tour 2022' with stops in many European countries. Some tour/concerts might be cancelled or postponed due... Continue Reading →
DREAM THEATER announce European tour dates
Some tour/concerts might be cancelled or postponed due to the current pandemic. For latest information, please check the websites of venues, bands and promoters.
BULLHEAD CITY 2021 – cancelled
Bad news reach us from the Bullhead City festival. Due to the current COVID situation the organizers of Bullhead City 2021 just announced that the festival is cancelled for 2021. Here is the official statement (in German): „Liebe Metalheads, es fällt uns schwer, euch diese Nachricht zu Bullhead City zu übermitteln, aber wir mussten feststellen:... Continue Reading →
Live report ENDSEEKER, OPHIS, NIGHT LASER, & REAVERS, Revolt! goes Planten Un Blomen, Hamburg – July 16th, 2021
The wait has been extremely long, and the absence of live shows was one of the big downers over the last months. The longing for heavy music, played live in front of an audience was huge and that’s one of the reasons why the announcement of the ‘Revolt! Goes Planten un Blomen’ was received so... Continue Reading →
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