Posted by Elise Yablon on September 16, 2023
New & Noteworthy has returned! Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. For this week’s list, we’re not only bringing you the week’s must-know releases, we’re taking you back to the albums that hit shelves since May that are worth a spin. These […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on August 1, 2023
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Metal By Numbers is back! After a delay with summer vacations, the column has returned, which includes seeing how albums from Cavalera, Queens of the Stone Age, Extreme, and more debuted in charts […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on June 16, 2023
Pagan metal giants Arkona have unveiled a video for their latest single, “Ugasaya,” which coincides with the release of their new album, Kob. The album takes a dark approach, narrating humanity’s gradual descent into the abyss and addressing various societal issues in the order of their occurrence. In the video, Akona finds themselves amidst […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on May 10, 2023
Pagan metal titans Arkona have unleashed a video for their new song, “Mor.” The track is the second single taken from from their upcoming album, Kob, out June 16 via Napalm Records. The album is their ninth and most ominous yet, addressing current world issues and “Mor” combines the raw energy of black metal […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 11, 2023
Pagan metal giants, Arkona have announced their ninth studio album, Kob, out June 16th via Napalm Records. The album features eight new tracks, and the music is influenced by pagan traditions, telling the story of humanity’s descent into the apocalypse. The group has also released a video for the album’s first single and title […]
Posted by Siegfried Samer on February 28, 2022
In 2021, I had the pleasure of performing with Dragony at this newly re-christened festival in the beautiful medieval town of Moravsky Krumlov, in one of the very few summer festivals that could even take place in Europe due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, Rock Castle festival is set to return in August, and […]
Posted by Siegfried Samer on August 13, 2021
Czech promoter Pragokoncert is responsible for some of the finest festivals in the Czech Republic every year. After a year of unfortunate cancellations due to Covid-19, festivals are starting to make a triumphant return to Czechia in 2021. While some of the agency’s household festivals, notably Masters of Rock and Metalfest Pilsen, could […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on October 13, 2020
Arkona have announced they started the recording process of their overall ninth full-length effort. The follow-up to 2018’s Khram will be titled Kob, which means sorcery and divination in ancient slavic language. Read the band’s statement below: “Dear friends, Finally we can announce, that we started the recording of 9th album of Arkona! The […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on March 23, 2020
Despite everything being cancelled or postponed, Tyr has announced a brand new Heathen Heroes Fall European tour with Arkona, Dalriada Varmia and Varang Nord. We can only hope the trek will go on as scheduled.
Arkona commented:
“Today we announce our big European tour in fall 2020! We will join forces with our friends from Týr, Dalriada, Varmia and Varang Nord for a big run with lots of places we have never been to and places we always love to come back! Can’t wait to get back on the road!
We are aware of the current situation with the travel- and crowd restrictions.
We hope the current efforts of the authorities, and the many responsible people already staying at home or limiting themselves, will stop the spread of the virus.
We will follow the news, the regulations and the recommendations of the authorities. We will not risk anyone’s health or safety.
September is far away, so there is a decent chance the tour will happen.
We want to give our fans something to look forward to.
The more you stay at home – the sooner we can meet again.”
Tour Dates:
09/16 CZ Prague @ Meet Factory
09/17 PL Krakow @ Kwadrat
09/18 PL Warsaw @ Proxima
09/19 PL Poznan @ U Bazyla
09/20 PL Gdansk @ Drizzly Grizzly
09/22 LI Vilnius @ Vakaris
09/23 LV Riga @ Melna Piektdiena
09/24 EE Tallinn @ Rockclub Tapper
09/25 FI Jyväskylä @ Lutakko
09/26 FI Tampere @ Olympia
09/27 FI Helsinki @ Tavastia
09/29 SE Stockholm @ Slaktkyrkan
09/30 SE Göteborg @ Musikens Hus
10/03 SE Malmö @ Plan B
10/04 DK Aarhus @ Voxhall
10/06 NL Arnhem @ Willemeen
10/07 NL Leeuwarden @ Neushoorn
10/08 NL Enschede @ Metropool
10/09 BE Vosselaar @ Biebob
10/10 FR Nilvange @ Gueulard Plus
10/11 DE Karlsruhe @ Substage
A fan questioned Arkona’s Australian tour, originally scheduled for May as the group replied they are working on rescheduling the run to October:
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on June 10, 2019
While we’ve reached the halfway mark of 2019, the year doesn’t seem to slow down anytime soon in terms of new music and upcoming tours. Recently, there were eight highly anticipated tours announced and in case you missed it, we listed them out here, which includes Crown the Empire, Arkona, Revocation, Kataklysm, and more. 08) […]
