Finland’s heavy metal outfit Chalice are releasing their highly anticipated 2nd album ‘Divine Spear’ in February 2026 via Dying Victims Productions and already shared the new track ‘Dwell of a Stellar Trance’ as a first taste!
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Finnish melancholic metal band Mourning Wood recentrly released their debut album ‘Murder Of Crows’ with Inverse Records and shared a video for the track ‘A Grave Vacation’!
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Alter Bridge return with their brand-new single ‘Playing Aces’, another taste of their upcoming self-titled album, set for release in January 2026 via Napalm Records! Catch them live in Europe shortly after the album comes out, and then following with a US tour!
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US metal legends Metal Church are back, ready to take over the world with a new lineup, their hard-hitting new single ‘F.A.F.O’ and a new album coming in 2026 via Reaper Entertainment! Catch them live in the 2026 festival summer at festivals like Brutal Assault and Alcatraz!
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British hard rockers FURY continue to celebrate their brand-new album ‘Interceptor’ (out with Mighty Music) and shared an official music video for the track ‘In Pursuit Of Destiny’!
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Heavy metal torchbearers Sacred Leather returned with their 3rd single ‘Fallen Angel’ from their much anticipated new album ‘Keep The Fire Burning’, out in December via King Volume Records / Wise Blood Records!
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Alcatraz Festival just gave us an early christmas present by adding 32 more bands to the 2026 lineup, making it almost complete with another nice selection of metal icons, underground greats, up-and-coming bands and artists from its own Belgian soil!
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The torch of NWOBHM is being carried high and proud by UK upstarts Tailgunner! In February 2026 they are releasing their new album ‘Midnight Blitz’ via Napalm Records, produced by K.K. Downing and recently unveiled first single and title track as a first taste!
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Spanish metallers Wicked Leather announced their debut full-length album ‘Season Of The Witch’ to be out in January 2026 with Lost Realm Records and unleashed a video for the title track!
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Brazil’s heavy metal outfit Creatures revealed another song from their upcoming album ‘Creatures II’ (out in November with High Roller Records) with the single and video ‘Beware the Creatures’!
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Photo Reports
Last week, Cyhra, together with NeonFly, started off their short Finland tour at Tampere’s YO-Talo with a blast of a show organised by Nem Agency.
The Nordic weeks in Rock over Germany have been going on. Just a week after a fabulous BEAST IN BLACK tour stop in Stuttgart, another headliner from Finland’s power-metal top-notch acts conquered another concert venue in town with a show deluxe: BATTLE BEAST on their ‘Circus Of Doom Over Europe Tour 2024’. Support was given by INDUCTION and SAINT DEAMON.
Whenever Finnish bands travel around in other parts of the world, we tend to try catch them live at least once. The “Glory and the Beast” tour brought together three of the most exciting bands in the European power metal scene: Brothers Of Metal, Gloryhammer and our Finnish friends of Beast in Black. The tour enthralled fans throughout Germany with a spectacular blend of epic melodies and high-energy performances. See and feel the power of this night of their stop-over in Stuttgart, Germany!
Last Monday, TuskaLive and Grey Beard Concerts & Management brought the carnival to town. To be precise, the Swedish band Avatar and along with them Æther Realm from the USA. Avatar played a very fun show at Olympia-Kortteli in Tampere, including magic tricks, balloons and of course some good old heavy metal.
At the end of January, Battle Beast and Merta came through Tampere’s Pakkahuone for a powerful sold out show presented by Tuhdimmat Tahdit and Master Events.
A selection of Rachel’s best captures of 2023, with pictures from bands like Mudvayne, Nonpoint, Drowning Pool, From Ashes To New, Shinedown, Fozzy, Butcher Babies, Sumy Cyco, Black Stone Cherry and Saliva!
Our recently joined photographer Lindy is excited to see what 2024 is going to bring for her, but for now, let’s have a look back at some of her favorite pictures she took in 2023 at shows from bands like Across the White Water Tower, Alesana, Autopsy Affair, Brand of Sacrifice, Currents, Emmure, Greyhaven, Knuckle Puck, Magg Dylan, Magnolia Parl, Midnight Threat, Norma Jean, Origami Angel, Pink Shift, Saliva, See You Space Cowboy, Silverstein, Sweet Pill, The Contactees, The SoapGirls, Virginia, and We Came As Romans!
A selection of 30 photos that Helder likes a lot from one of his most productive year considering covering concerts, including captures of Fear Factory, Atreyu, Jinjer, Rolo Tomassi, Stone, The Kooks, Pixies, Wunderhorse, Yours Truly, You Me at Six, Lake Malice, Bloodywood, Epica, Avatar, The 69 Eyes, Nova Twins, Cam Cole, Sabaton, The Lumineers, Grailknights, All For Metal, The Baboon Show, Combichrist, Megaherz, The BossHoss, Cancer Bats, Kvelertak, Fixation, Ignea, and Butcher Babies.
One of our newest photographers to have joined the team, Tommy offers a fine selection of cover bands, and gigs from the local club scene with pictures of Sabbra Cadabra, Crowley, Kraken Waker, Self Revolution, The SoapGirls, Nu-Castle, All Before, Audioslaves, Rage, Spartan Warrior, Twin Lizzy, and Red Hot Chilipinos!
We set the hard task for our photographers to choose the best 30 pictures that they have shot in 2023 out of possibly thousands of captures, and here is the result of Tom Treuten’s selection with Butcher Babies, Fateful Finality, Fear Factory, Thundermother, Hypocrisy, Spiritbox, Behemoth, Dog Eat Dog, The Cult, Skillet, Agnostic Front, Scorpions, May The Silence Fail, Cannibal Corpse, Ataraxy, Dark Funeral, Goldmann, Solstafir, Ingested, Antiheld, Lansdowne, Völkerball (Rammstein Tribute), Fettes Brot, Danko Jones, Royal Republic, Team Tot, and Mindead!
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