Posted by Siegfried Samer on July 23, 2022
It’s early July, and for Metal fans in and around Czechia, that means one thing: it’s time for Masters of Rock. This year’s incarnation marks the 18th time that promoter Pragokoncert’s largest summer festival took place in the small town of Vizovice in the east of Czechia, close to the borders of Slovakia and […]
Posted by Ian Weber on May 3, 2022
Opening night for a tour for any band could result in unbridled joy or debilitating pain. Luckily it was the former when the German thrash metal pioneers Destruction kicked off their 2022 North American tour at the Elsewhere Space in Brooklyn on 4/28. After paying the bill for an underwhelming tagliatelle (al ragù) at a […]
Posted by Ian Weber on April 26, 2022
Hey, ya’ll! Thanks very much for checking out this post. What on earth has happened to this April? Oh yeah, the almighty return of bands touring again happened. And it is way better than last year, which there’s no need to talk about here, considering we all know what went down. Anyway, things […]
Posted by Siegfried Samer on February 21, 2022
After being forced to cancel and postpone in both 2020 and 2021 due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Pragokoncert’s flagship festival, Masters of Rock, is set to return this summer. The event is scheduled to return to the distillery of R. Jelinek in Vizovice in July 2022. Hopefully, the event can finally take […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on February 10, 2022
From Opeth to the Who, here are eight awesome tours recently announced. 01) Opeth announce 2022 tour dates with Mastodon: After a successful run in the fall 2021, Opeth and Mastodon will return for North America for another round of 2022 tour dates. Mikael Åkerfeldt comments: ”We’re excited to come back to […]
Posted by Siegfried Samer on August 26, 2021
It’s a tough year for metal festivals worldwide, and European festivals are no exception. Numerous festivals had to be postponed yet another year to 2022, including the world-famous Wacken Open Air in Germany, their downsized spinoff “Bullhead City,” which should have taken place in September 2021, and the gigantic Hellfest in Clisson, France. The […]
Posted by Siegfried Samer on August 9, 2021
Since its inception in 2016, Metal On the Hill festival, organized by Austrian powerhouse metal label Napalm Records, has been a bona fide success story for the organizer. After an unfortunate cancellation in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the festival is back on schedule for its 2021 incarnation (buy tickets here). From 13th to […]
Posted by Jeff Podoshen on June 28, 2021
We’re just about halfway through 2021 and I know we’re all still eagerly awaiting the return to live concerts. It’s happening soon! Some of these new releases in 2021 have got me really excited to hear some this new music live. Here are my favorite songs of 2021 so far in no particular order. […]
Posted by Matt Brown on March 3, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I can’t pretend that I care much about Whitesnake, but I gotta say they’ve found an impressive excuse to release three consecutive compilations. Last year saw the release of The Rock Album and Love Songs. […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on March 1, 2021
Nervosa have shared a lyric video for the song “Genocidal Command” featuring Destruction’s Schmier. The track is taken from the group’s latest effort, Perpetual Chaos, which was released in January via Napalm Records. Watch the clip below:
