Some melodic metal will ensure a colourful metal party when Dragonforce and Amaranthe join forces on a co-headline tour in spring 2024. Amongst numerous show all over Europe, the package will also stop in Hamburg on February 21st, 2024. The show at Große Freiheit 36 will the first show of the tour which will end... Continue Reading →
LORDI will be on tour in April 2024
Finlands most famous monsters will hit the road in spring 2024. Lordi will embark on a tour that will lead them also to Germany, Switzerland and Austria. One of the stops on the 'Unliving Pictour Show 2024' will be at Gruenspan, Hamburg on April 17th, 2024.
U.D.O. and PRIMAL FEAR on the road in early 2024
German metal pioneers U.D.O. will embark on a tour in early 2024. The 'Touchdown & Code Red 2024'-tour will also feature no less than Primal Fear; an exciting package for headbangers with that represent the roots of German heavy metal. The package will stop in various cities in Germany and will also ply a show... Continue Reading →
GRAVE DIGGER and the HAWAII years
At least two German underground metal bands followed a similar path in the second half of the 80s. Grave Digger, as well as Stormwitch released three excellent longplayers that sounded refreshing, heavy and dark. The similarity continues to the point, that both bands wanted to add a more melodic and commercial touch to their sound.... Continue Reading →
Review GAMA BOMB ‘Bats’
Ireland's thrash metal export number one, Gama Bomb, announced with 'Bats' their latest album so far, which will bring delight to the fans from now on. On their eighth album, Gama Bomb remain true to their style and that starts with the artwork. Compared to other thrash metal bands, Gama Bomb had always chosen their... Continue Reading →
Review SATAN’S FALL ‘Destination Destruction’
Satan's Fall released their debut album 'Final Day' in 2020, on which they freely expressed their passion for traditional heavy metal. Three years later follows with 'Destination Destruction' the next album of the Finns and stylistically everything remains the same. Only the label has changed for the guys from the south of Finland. 'Destination Destruction'... Continue Reading →
Review SIGIR ‘Rainmaker’
‘Rainmaker’ is the debut album of a rising new band, hailing from Finland. Sigir, that is the name of the outfit that started in 2019 in Vesanto. What started with a great ambition got slowed down by the upcoming pandemic, but willpower and dedication helped the guys to go through this rough patch. After having... Continue Reading →
Review CARNAL TOMB ‘Embalmed in Decay’
Carnal Tomb are from the German capital, Berlin, where the band was founded in 2014. With 'Rotten Remains' the debut album was released in 2016. Now, with 'Embalmed in Decay', the third album of the Berlin-based band is available in the record stores and the four-piece can convince with the new song material all along... Continue Reading →
Review ANGRA ‘Cycles of Pain’
Angra hail from São Paulo, Brazil and have released a highly respected debut album called 'Angels Cry'. That was in 1993 and even if the time was not the best for metal bands, Angra managed to gain a very solid fan base with their progressive metal. With a short hiatus between the years 2007 and... Continue Reading →
Review MORTUARY DRAPE ‘Black Mirror’
Italian metal outfit Mortuary Drape are a band that’s already quite a while in business. Founded in 1986, the band released a few longplayers although the amount of new material was quite little during the last years. The band released with ‘Wisdom – Vibration - Repent’ an EP in 2022 but it took the guys... Continue Reading →
TARJA announces ‘Dark Christmas’ and live shows
Just in time for the coming winter season, Tarja announced a new album called ‘Dark Christmas’. It is a next Christmas release by the Finnish singer, and it is a dark one. To get a first impression of the dramatic sounding album, ‘Frosty the Snowman’ has been launched and shows Tarja in a cooperation with... Continue Reading →
Review WATAIN ‘Die in Fire – Live From Hell’
Watain has already released several live albums and these days a new one will be added. 'Die in Fire - Live in Hell' is the title of the album which represents a live show of the band in their home town Stockholm. The show was part of the 'Chariots of Fire European Tour and took... Continue Reading →
PEARL JAM announced the ‘Vs. 30th Anniversary Edition’
A more detailed introduction of Pearl Jam should not be necessary at this point, as the band belongs to the trailblazers of grunge. After the guys released with 'Ten' a more than impressive debut album, the second full-length album 'Vs.' followed in 1993 and Pearl Jam could seamlessly continue the worldwide success of 'Ten'. Nearly... Continue Reading →
Review INSOMNIUM ‘Songs From the Dusk’ – EP
Insomnium's session for 'Anno 1696' was a very productive one. Not only did the best songs end up on the album; there were also some tracks that remained waiting to come to light. Instead of just dropping the songs into the ring as bonus material, the Finns have opted to release them on an EP.... Continue Reading →
Review GREEN LUNG ‘The Heathen Land’
Green Lung is a band that was founded in 2017 and step by step gained popularity in the rock business. The debut ‘Woodland Rites’ and especially the sophomore release ‘Black Harvest’ helped the band the establish themselves as a serious player in the fields of gloomy rock and metal. After having released the first two... Continue Reading →









