AMORPHIS THE 16TH OF OCTOBER, 2020 TAVASTIA HELSINKI FINLAND One of the most important exports of the Finnish metal scene is definitely Amorphis. The band started as a four-piece 30 years ago when previous bands dissolved. The band has faced up and downs and undergone quite changes a few changes…
Concert Reviews
BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT – Live at Club Tavastia, Helsinki
Text and pics by Arto Lehtinen and Marko Syrjala When Children of Bodom ceased to exist last year after the farewell show in Helsinki, the members of Children of Bodom went their separate ways. A few of the guys have continued playing in smaller, more rock-influenced outfits. However, the frontman…
SaariHelvetti Tampere Finland
How many festivals have been arranged in this current crazy era of covid-2019 ? Most of them, maybe all of them have been canceled or then postponed. The map of European festivals have mostly been blank and totally dead. Some countries allowed these big gatherings to happen in August…
Evergrey with support act Sorcerer The Atlantic World Tour 2019-2020 at Kulturbolaget Malmo, Sweden
Evergrey – Headline The Atlantic World Tour 2019-2020 Sorcerer – support act Kulturbolaget Malmo, Sweden 28/2 – 2020 Live review and pictures by: Anders Sandvall Last year the bands brand new album THE ATLANTIC was released and it’s their 11th one. This year it was time for the band to…
Testament,Exodus and Death Angel on The Bay Strikes Back European Tour 2020- leg 1 – Amager Bio Copenhagen,Denmark
Testament – Headline The Bay Strikes Back European Tour 2020 – leg 1 – Exodus – special guest Death Angel – support act Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark 6/2 – 2020 Live review and pictures by: Anders Sandvall Christmas came really early for fans of thrash metal when Testament headed…
Slabdragger + Mountain Caller + Urne @ 229 The Venue, London
Slabdragger + Mountain Caller + Urne @ 229 The Venue 06 March 2020 Photos / review by Ryan Whitwell / Shotison
Vader + Defiled + Chronosphere @ The Underworld
Vader + Defiled + Chronosphere @ The Underworld 09 March 2020 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos by Miguel de Melo
Testament + Exodus + Death Angel @ O2 Forum Kentish Town, London
Testament + Exodus + Death Angel The Bay Strikes Back Tour @O2 Forum Kentish Town 6th March 2020 Review by Jack Merry Photography by Manu Volpina
Mustasch with support act on Killing It For Life Tour 2020 – Scandinavia – at Kulturbolaget Malmo, Sweden
Mustasch – Headline Killing It For Life Tour 2020 – Scandinavia – The Last Band – support act Kulturbolaget, Malmo, Sweden 31/1 – 2020 Live review and pictures by: Anders Sandvall Now it’s time again for the Swedish party metal machine Mustasch to head out on tour in Scandinavia. In…
Monster Magnet with support act The Drippers at European Tour 2020 Powertrip A Celebration Kulturbolaget Malmo, Sweden
Monster Magnet – Headline European Tour 2020 Powertrip A Celebration The Drippers – support act Kulturbolaget, Malmo, Sweden 29/1 – 2020 Live review and pictures by: Anders Sandvall Dave Wyndorf and his Monster Magnet is back in Europe again, this time they’re celebrating the 20th birthday of the POWERTRIP album…
Obscura God-Dethroned Thulcandra – Helsinki Finland
The German progressive and technical death metal combo Obscura led by Steffen Kummerer embarked on the European tour by having such a killer package consisting of four bands. This kind of package featuring four well known and respected bands of the genre is definitely a worth of every cent to…
THE BAY STRIKES BACK! Testament, Exodus, and Death Angel: live at the Circus, Helsinki
When three legendary Bay Area thrash metal groups embarked on the tour together, it is evident that the concert venues would be packed and sold out. This kind of tour has waited for years and decades in Finland until it became a reality in 2020. All the three bands, Death…
Steel Panther with support act on Heavy Metal Rules European Tour 2019 – leg 1 – at Amager Bio Copenhagen, Denmark
Steel Panther – Headliner Heavy Metal Rules European Tour 2019 – leg 1 – Wayward Sons – Support Act Amager Bio Copenhagen, Denmark 26/1 – 2020 Live review and pictures by: Anders Sandvall It’s a new year and the first show out for me this decade was Steel Panther’s Heavy…
Suffocation Belphegor Hate and supports : Helsinki Finland
SUFFOCATION BELPHEGOR HATE + SUPPORTS HELSINKI FINLAND A five-band package consisting of three leading extreme metal bands were more than a tempting line-up to lure all the extreme metal fans to a gig. Suffocation, Belphegor, Hate have been the part of the death metal genre for about 30 years. …
Steel Panther + Wayward Sons @ Brixton Academy, London, February 7th 2020
STEEL PANTHER + WAYWARD SONS BRIXTON ACADEMY FEBRUARY 7TH 2020 PHOTOS AND REVIEW BY REBECCA BUSH Friday night is the best night to party and there’s no better gig to be at than Steel Panther; they always promise a good time and they never disappoint! First up on tonight’s bill…