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Tobias Sammet and Avantasia have released a new longplayer called "Here be Dragons" and to promote the album, Avantasia embark on a European tour. The tour kicks off tonight in Hamburg and we can expect 100% Avantasia. The doors open at 18:30 and the queue is already quite long. Everyone wants to be on time... Continue Reading →
Two great bands from the west coast of the United States are currently touring Europe. Queensrÿche, the Seattle-based progressive metal veterans are on the road, sharing a nightliner with Night Demon from Ventura, California. It's an exciting metal package with an itinerary that includes the Fabrik in Hamburg. I am lucky enough to have followed... Continue Reading →
Saxon, one of the metal institutions from Great Britain, is a true legend in heavy metal. Formed in 1978, the band is still active and has been delivering blasting heavy metal for almost 50 years. To celebrate the 45th anniversary of their iconic "Wheels of Steel" album, the band is currently on tour in Europe/UK... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Swedish rising stars Allt will come to Hamburg, Germany to play a show on March 12th, 2025 at Indra. The band just released their new album “From the New World” which is an exciting release for fans of progressive metalcore.
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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