ERADICATE – Demise Towards the Dasein

RELEASE YEAR: 2022  BAND URL: https://godzovwarproductions.bandcamp.com/album/demise-towards-the-dasein 13 minutes of ominous and deeply unsettling death metal from the wrong side of the tracks is what this loathsome underground act from Istanbul offers, and let me tell you right here and now that this is some efficient shit that will smash your face in. Rooted in the old…

WinterStorm festival, Troon, Scotland 2022

VENUE: Troon Concert Hall DATE: 25.11.2022-26.11.2022 ORGANIZER: Plan B Events PHOTOGRAPHER: C.N. The excellent WinterStorm festival in Troon, Scotland, is undoubtedly one of the year’s highlights for this writer and a very cozy tradition of sorts. The line-up is simply amazing each year and if one is a sucker for all things hard rock and…

FLESHMEADOW – Releasekonsert på Blå, Oslo

FLESHMEADOW – Releasekonsert+ DECEPTION+ ZUSTAND NULLlørdag 03. desember | 19:00 | 250,- | id: 20::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     Fleshmeadow er stolte av å presentere sin slippfest på BLÅ for bandets nye utgivelse “Domus Cadavra”. Utgivelsen skal markere neste steg i bandets ambisiøse utvikling og fremstår som en hissigere og mer episk kraftpakke fra bandet! Gruppa slapp…

FANS OF THE DARK – Suburbia

RELEASE YEAR: 2022  BAND URL: https://www.instagram.com/fansofthedarkband/ Yes, this is just what the good melodic hard rock doctor ordered – a brand-new and crunchy-sounding opus by the lovable Swedish outfit known as Fans of the Dark. While their first offering, i.e. the self-titled opus from 2021, was quite entertaining albeit slightly uneven and lacking in truly amazing…

CULT OF LUNA – European co-headline tour in 2023

Cult of Luna Announces European Co-Headline Tour with Russian Circles for 2023    Releases video diary of 2022 tour! No rest of the wicked, CULT OF LUNA have just released a 25-minute-video of their 2022 touring adventures. Check it out here: The band will return to European venues in March, this time around co-headlining with…

A.A. WILLIAMS + KARIN PARK – spiller i Oslo og Bergen

Radar Booking presenterer   A.A. WILLIAMS Special guest: KARIN PARK   Søndag 4. desember LANDMARK, Bergen – billetter: https://perfectsoundsforever.no/a-a-williams-uk/ Mandag 5. desember BLÅ, Oslo – billetter: https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/a-a-williams-billetter/694177   Info (engelsk) “Traditionally, your second album is the worry: you don’t want to create something that people don’t like as much,” A.A. Williams contends. “But I must…

SLEGEST – new album out in January

Slegest has – since its forming by guitarist Ese back in 2010, delivered refined heavy metal with musical roots in black metal and classic heavy rock from the 70s and 80s. Avstand (which translates to Distance) is the band’s 4th album.   Taking inspiration from Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy, the songs orbit around the…

SPLIT IMAGE – Torrent Of Illusion

RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://splitimage.bandcamp.com/ Metal albums about mental illness are hardly unique but each album is unique in the way each artist conveys the message, that is, sounds the alarm that mentally ill people feel increasingly estranged from society which ironically is not that normal to boast superiority over them. As one of…

ALCATRAZ OPEN AIR 2023 – new bands announced

ALCATRAZ 2023 34 new bands announcements   A little over a month ago Alcatraz Open Air 2023 unleashed an initial batch of 49 names and today we are adding another 34 acts. However, the line-up for Alcatraz 2023 is far from complete. In addition to the three headliners there are still quite a few bands…

MOAN – release new self-titled EP

Dutch sludge quartet MOAN release new self-titled EP MOAN are four dudes from Groningen, Netherlands, today sees the release of their crushing new self-titled EP out on AudioSport Records. An album which is already garnering widespread acclaim from media with the likes of Doomed & Stoned in the US saying “MOAN is an dank, atmospheric…

THE HU – Named UNESCO Artist For Peace

Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, has named acclaimed Mongolian folk metal band The HU as a UNESCO Artist for Peace at a ceremony at the Organization’s Headquarters in Paris. After Azoulay met the eight members of The HU during her official visit to Mongolia in August 2022, their musical style and ideas immediately resonated with UNESCO‘s…

AMORPHIS – Oslo konsert den 30. oktober

Amorphis & Eluveitie + support: Dark Tranquillity / Nailed To Obscurity // Sentrum Scene     onsdag. 30. nov. 2022, dørene åpner kl 19:00   Spillested: Sentrum Scene, OSLO   https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/amorphis-eluveitie-billetter/689323   https://www.facebook.com/events/716305812725065 Vennligst merk: Dørene åpner 19:00 Konserten på Sentrum Scene har unummererte stå og sitteplasser.   AMORPHIS & ELUVEITIE + special guests Det…

APRIL ART – POKERFACE

RELEASE YEAR: 2022  BAND URL: https://www.facebook.com/aprilartband/ The German outfit named April Art recently released this independent offering titled POKERFACE, and the quartet essentially dabbles in something akin to a mixture of alternative rock/metal and nu metal, which means that what we have here sounds rather modern and contemporary in many ways. There is a good flow…

SYLVAINE – spiller på Krøsset den 7. desember

ons. 7. des. 2022, 19:00 Spillested Krøsset, OSLO 18 års aldersgrense. Arrangør: Radar Booking For mer informason se Krøsset’s hjemmeside og Facebookside. Adkomst: Buss 34 og 54 til Møllerveien. Trikk 11, 12 og 13 til Schous plass. Billetter: https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/684499 Sylvaine kommer til Oslo i desember. Norske Sylvaine drar på turné sammen med Fvneral som support…

CHAOS DOCTRINE – new single out

South African Industrial Thrash Machine CHAOS DOCTRINE Releases New Dual-Single MARTYR Hailed by Metal Hammer as one of the “10 African Metal Bands Challenging Heavy Metal”, and by World Of Metal as one of the “Top 20 Industrial Metal Bands Of 2021” South African Industrial Thrash Machine Chaos Doctrine is back with a new single from…

MARK HAZE – new song out

Photo: Dykan Haskin South African Rock Singer-Songwriter Mark Haze is back with a grandiose Rock Opus called ‘Don’t Say Goodbye’. This blistering arena-style Rock Anthem will be accompanied by a Music Video, showcasing Mark’s wide vocal range and signature energy Rock ‘n Roll, guaranteed to have audiences singing along on their feet! ​On writing ‘Don’t…

VANDEN PLAS – Live & Immortal

RELEASE YEAR: 2022  BAND URL: https://www.vandenplas.de/ A very cool live album by the prog metal outfit Vanden Plas is what we have here, and this particular recording, which dates back to late December 2016, sees the band in full flight on home turf in Germany. Live & Immortal captures the epic riffage, shifting moods, memorable moments,…

YESTERDAZE – new video out

YESTERDAZE: New Videos/Singles From Oslo Based HARD ROCK / INDIE Outfit Now Streaming; Watch The Videos For ‘Know No Better’ and ‘Evolution 2.0.’ or Listen to Both Tracks RIGHT HERE.  The Band’s Debut ‘Act U All’ EP Is Out Today, November 25th via INDIE RECORDINGS.     Yesterdaze is a young and extremely potent rock bandout of Oslo, Norway, with…

IN NOTHINGNESS – Black Sun Funeral

RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://m.facebook.com/InNothingness “If anyone wants to come after me, he must deny himself and must take up his cross and then follow me” (Matthew 16:24, REV) Do you miss the classic melodic death metal of In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, At The Gates or Edge Of Sanity? Then look no further but…

KNOGJÄRN – slipper ny single

Foto: Anine Desire Knogjärn Slipper Ny Singel “Vad Vill Du Ha” og Pre-Order For Det Kommende Albumet “Mera Bedövning” Det er tid for nok ett Knogjärn slip, og med deres seneste single “Vad Vill Du Ha” slipper samtidig bandet pre-orderen for deres kommende album «Mera Bedövning» som slippes 27. Januar 2023 «Vad Vill Du Ha»…

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