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  • DARK TRANQUILITY & MOONSPELL – spiller i Oslo

    tir 26.november 2024 kr 600 inkl. avg.18 år leg. Kjøp billett Dørene åpner 19:00 Radar Booking presenterer: Dark Tranquillity + Moonspell Dark Tranquillity er klar for turné til høsten, og tar med seg Moonspell, Wolfheart og Hiraes til Vulkan Arena 26. november! Med sine dypt forankrede bånd til Gøteborgs banebrytende metalscene, har Dark Tranquillity for…

  • VYR MUK – new EP out

    Vyr Muk is a musical project of Vladyslav Blizniuk from Kharkiv, Ukraine, which debuted in 2023. The project works in the genres of black/death metal and ambient, with a focus on dark, deep themes. The new EP “Shadows falling on dead cities” released on October 31, 2024 is the first non-demo release in the genre…

  • BEYOND THE GATES – first wave of bands announced for 2025

    Beyond the Gates announce first wave of bands for 2025 We’re extremely happy to be able to announce the first eight bands for Beyond the Gates 2025. “For the first time in 19 years, King Diamond will return to Norway with his fantastic horror infused heavy metal spectacle. The King will grant us with a show second…

  • TONS OF ROCK 2025 – massivt headlinerslipp

    MUSE, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, MEGADETH, MACHINE HEAD, DREAM THEATER, SEX PISTOLS, WEEZER, TURBONEGRO MED MANGE FLERE BEKREFTET TIL TONS OF ROCK 2025!  Som en patch-dekorert battle jacket fra publikums drømmeland, lanserer Tons of Rock et sensasjonelt stort slipp med hele 22 band og artister fra øverste hylle av verdenstjerner, legender, ikoner og helter.  En historisk stor…

  • MÚR – signs with Century Media, new song out

    With a sound that defies generic labels and a vision that stretches the limits of creativity, Múr are the latest descendants from Iceland’s volcanic underground. The emerging quintet are forging a new era of dark, atmospheric and boundary shattering metal. With progressive sensibilities that harken to the Devin Townsend Project and mid-era Opeth, a talent…

  • SERGEANT THUNDERHOOF – release folklore inspired concept album

    Rock five-piece Sergeant Thunderhoof return with the release of their fifth studio album ‘The Ghost of Badon Hill’ out today, November 15th 2024 via Pale Wizard Records, the follow up to 2022’s acclaimed album ‘This Sceptred Veil’. Hailing from the historical area of Somerset Sergeant Thunderhoof have yet again delved deep into local history, mythology and…

  • PALAYE ROYALE – spiller i Oslo

    Palaye Royale til Oslo den 28.november 2024! tor 28.november 2024 kr 460 inkl. avg.Fri alder Dørene åpner 19:00 Det dynamiske rockebandet fra Las Vegas, sto på scenen på Tons of Rock i juni – der de vant hjertene til gamle og nye fans! Fra scenen kunne de avsløre at de kommer tilbake i høst og…

  • PICTURE ANN RELEASES “PROMISING ODDITIES”

    RELEASE YEAR: 2024BAND URL: https://open.spotify.com/album/0yLSPVbADe1jMVUWjebilM?si=1jfRgj-NROe6ddzsqJwGaw Unfortunately, there is just no stopping the annoyingly productive purveyors of all things dark and melancholy known as Picture Ann, i.e. the exponents of lo-fi post-rock and dark ambient drones of the rather dense variety. The latest output titled Promising Oddities is essentially an odds-and-sods collection of tracks and ideas…

  • ANNA WOLF – new video out

    Photo Credit – Paul Fuller Anna Wolf Unveils the Visually Arresting Music Video for Latest Single, “FREE” London-based alternative artist Anna Wolf, known for her hauntingly beautiful and cinematic soundscapes, releases the highly anticipated music video for her latest single, FREE. Produced by Alex Thomas (Air & Anna Calvi), FREE is an anthem of empowerment…

  • MOTORPSYCHO – premiere Jethro Tull cover

    MOTORPSYCHO premiere Jethro Tull cover ‘Up to Me’ from new tribute album “Aqualung Redux” MOTORPSYCHO square the circle with the second single taken from the forthcoming MER Redux Series release “Aqualung Redux“. The Norwegian psychedelic rockers, very much like the British icons, hold a particularly strong and unique musical identity that has always remained clearly identifiable despite a multitude of stylistic…

  • MARS RED SKY – new video out

    Photo credit: Jessica Calvo Bordeaux-based doom-psych/heavy-progressives MARS RED SKY launch a video featuring three tracks off their new album ‘Dawn Of The Dusk’ – released back in December on Mrs Red Sound and Vicious Circle Records. MARS RED SKY’s new video “Slow Attack” focuses on a biker gang roaming through a retro-futuristic setting. It’s reminiscent…

  • PALAYE ROYALE – to begin their biggest European tour to date

    NEW ALBUM DEATH OR GLORY OUT NOW Electrifying Los Angeles trio Palaye Royale will soon embark on their biggest EU & UK tour to date, starting on November 1st, including a show at the legendary Wembley Arena in London on November 9th and L’Olympia in Paris, France on November 11th. The tour follows the release of their…

  • THE THIRD CIRCLE – debut EP announced

    Photo by p.j.w – (Per Johan Waag) By Norse Music is happy to announce a new partnership with Norwegian collective The Third Circle,a modern Norwegian folk trio composed of some of Norway’s most accomplished musicians. The band features John Stenersen (Wardruna, Gåte, Bergtatt), Anders Odden (Cadaver, Celtic Frost), and Birger Mistereggen, each renowned for their mastery across diverse musical landscapes. The Third…

  • INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2025 – day lineup announced

    THE INFERNO 2025 DAY BY DAY SCHEDULE We can now reveal the daily schedule and times for Inferno Metal Festival 2025! Next year’s festival will take place, as usual, at Rockefeller and John Dee, and in addition, we have five club stages where there will mainly be daytime concerts before Rockefeller opens. Inferno Metal Festival…

  • TONS OF ROCK – hardtslående nyheter

    Nasjonalskatt, thrash-legender og et overraskende, men svært ønsket comeback med verdens største hvitevareband bekreftes til neste års festival i Oslo. Tons of Rock og Kaizers Orchestra fylte forrige uke forsider og kommentarfelt med nyheten om at ompa, oljetønner og gassmasker var bekreftet til Ekeberg. Denne uka utvides universet ytterligere med hvitevarerock og Hurra Torpedo. Samtidig bekreftes…

  • LEGEND METALFEST – første bandslipp for 2025

    LEGEND METALFEST har sluppet følgende band som skal levere tungt metal i Trondheim i 2025. CRAWL (Swe) – Svenske Crawl spiller det de selv kaller for punkinfisert death metal. Soundet er veldig oldschool svensk death metal, og vi mistenker at Crawl lett kunne slått seg bra fram på 90-tallet da band som Grave, Entombed, Dismember…

  • DEVIN TOWNSEND – launches launches uplifting new single

    Photo: Tanya Ghosh POWERNERD – noun1.    A person of any gender who has, through tenacity and perseverance, turned what society may deem as a ‘weakness’ into a superpower.2.    A total fucking badass.3.    You. Devin Townsend recently announced the release of his forthcoming new studio album ‘PowerNerd’ on the 25th October 2024. Devin Townsend’s career is…

  • ROP FRA UNDERGRUNN – ny metallfestival arrangeres i Horten og Moss

    ROP FRA UNDERGRUNN er en minifestival som i første omgang arrangeres i Horten og Moss. FREDAG 25. og LØRDAG, 26. Oktober du får oppleve nye, up and coming lokale metalband som kravler opp fra undergrunnen i de to byene. Du kan bidra til å skape et levende metalmiljø i område ved å støtte denne eventen.…

  • GRAVE DIGGER – reveal first single and video-clip from their upcoming album

    Fotocredit: Jens Howorka In the year 2025 the German metal institution celebrates its 45th anniversary. Founded in 1980 in Gladbeck/Germany, they set out to conquer the world. Who would have thought that 45 years later Grave Digger would be one of the most important, consistent and influential metal bands from Germany. With the release of…

  • STRANGER VISION – new single ft. James LaBrie

    Photo: Annalisa Russo – Location: Estense University Library of Modena, courtesy of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (MiBAC). There are moments in a man’s life when everything he believed to know dissolves. Not due to a mistake, but because, at the end of the long journey, the truth he was searching for is…

  • WARDRUNA – to headline Fire in the Mountains 2025

    Photo by Al Overdrive WARDRUNA TO HEADLINE FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS 2025 First steps towards partnership taken between The Blackfeet Nation, Fire In The Mountains, the non-profit The Firekeeper Alliance, AISAmusic, By Norse and Wardruna Wardruna is honored to announce their participation in Fire In The Mountains 2025 from July 25 to 27, both as…

  • DREAM THEATER – new album announced and first single out

    Dream Theater L to R: Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, James LaBrie, John Myung, Jordan Rudess(Photo Credit: Mark Maryanovich) Iconic Lineup of James LaBrie, John Petrucci, John Myung,Jordan Rudess and Mike Portnoy Return with First AlbumTogether Since 2009’s Black Clouds & Silver Linings Global 40th Anniversary Tour Kicks Off October 20th and Runs Through March 22nd; Information…

  • EREB ALTOR – announces new album

    From the mythical dark forests of Hälsingland Ereb Altor rises again. Weaving their epic sound around stories from the old days of Scandinavia. The new Ereb Altor album “Hälsingemörker” will be out 7 february 2025 on CD, deluxe CD, LP, deluxe 2-LP, deluxe boxset (including CD, 2-LP, cassette and more) and digital. The stunning artwork…

  • NEMUER – new video out

    NEMUER Unveils the Video ‘Sun God Ra’s Solar Barque’ as a Preview of Their Upcoming Film Czech music project NEMUER releases an animated music video for the track Sun God Ra’s Solar Barque from the ancient Egyptian album Going Forth by Day. It serves as a preview for the upcoming art-music film about the Book…

  • THE HU – pay tribute to Iron Maiden

    Photo by Blguunee Hiroshi MONGOLIAN ROCK SENSATION PAY TRIBUTE TO IRON MAIDEN WITH COVER VERSION OF ICONIC SONG “THE TROOPER” With over 830M all-time streams, charting albums, multiple sold-out headlining tours across the globe, appearances at major festivals worldwide, recognition from top government agencies and officials, and collaborations with some of rock’s biggest names, THE HU have…

  • ARCH ENEMY – announces new album

    Arch Enemy, 2024 (Photo credit: Patric Ullaeus) Arch Enemy announce new album “Blood Dynasty”out March 28th, 2025 via Century Media RecordsNow available for pre-order On European co-headline tour “Rising From The North” with In Flames After the surprise drop of their latest single Dream Stealer on July 31st, extreme metal legends Arch Enemy are back with…

  • STEIN ROGER SORDAL – new single out

    The musician & songwriter Stein Roger Sordal is finally ready with his second solo album – “…All I Try to Forget” – the second part of a double album where all music and lyrics is written by Sordal himself ( both part 1 & 2 available as a single 18 track CD) .Through the years,…

  • TRIBULATION – new single and video

    Photography by Damón Zurawski Goth Metal maestros Tribulation from Sweden unleash their new single and cinematic masterpiece of a video Murder in Red, their 4th single strike from upcoming 6th studio album Sub Rosa in Æternum, which will be out on Nov 1st, 2024, via Century Media Records.Pre-order Sub Rosa in Æternum here+++Murder in Red…

  • WE KILL COWBOYS – new single

    We Kill Cowboys Unveil Commanding New Single Ahead of 2025 EP Release High-voltage rockers We Kill Cowboys are back with a brand new single, a track that offers a thrilling taste of what fans can expect from their highly anticipated upcoming EP Back From The Dead, set for release in early 2025. Known for their…

  • REFUSED – covered by Cult of Luna

    Refused Enlist Cult Of Luna For Cover Of “Tannhäuser / Derive”   Announce 2nd Batch Of ‘TSOPTC’ 25th Anniversary Re-Issue Vinyl  Refused are continuing the overdue 25th anniversary celebration of their seminal 1998 record with ‘The Shape Of Punk To Come Obliterated’: a 12-song tribute album featuring covers from prominent names in hardcore, available to stream on November 8th via Epitaph Records. After approaching 12 bands…