After releasing their infamous boyband cover ‘EVERYBODY (BLOODBROS BACK)’ on all official streaming platforms in September, the metal outfit BLIND CHANNEL will be having their own documentary titled Blind Channel: After Dark Side on 16th December, 2024. The series, named after their success single ‘Dark Side’, will feature never-seen material, following BLIND CHANNEL’s journey towards world conquest. Through five different episodes, the documentary will reveal the rigours of touring life and record-making, all while pursuing international success. The series will be released on Yle Areena (Yle’s VOD-platform) and will be available for 6 months worldwide (until June 16th, 2025).
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Green Day & More Announced For Tons Of Rock 2025
Following from a 2024 sold-out festival, with over 150,000 visitors from 80 countries, Tons Of Rock is thrilled to reveal Green Day as the first headliner and to announce further acts for its 2025 edition, including: Jinjer, Electric Callboy, Kim Dracula and more. To complete the announcement, the festival pre-sales go live today and tickets will be available for purchase here.
Located in the city center of Norway’s capitol Oslo, Tons of Rock is the largest rock festival in the country and it is becoming one of the biggest annual meeting point for all rock and metal fans in Europe. And now, legendary punk rock band Green Day are announced as main stage headliner on 26th June, with the performance being their exclusive Norwegian show.
Hellsinki Metal Festival – Winter Edition 2024 Announcement
The Hellsinki Metal Festival, which sold out on its second day in August, is also expanding into a winter event. Hellsinki Metal Festival – Winter Edition 2024 roars on December 14 at Helsinki’s Kaapelitehdas, and the performers of the first indoor festival will be Dark Funeral, one of the best in Swedish black metal, Belphegor, Austria’s gift to lovers of blackened death metal, and domestic experts in the field Kyy and Omnivortex.
Kaapelitehdas was not chosen as the venue for the event by chance – metal has been celebrated in the same place during the years of the Finnish Metal Expo fair, and Hellsinki Metal Festival promoter Toni Törrönen also remembers those events fondly.
German Symphonic Metal Icons XANDRIA Announce New EP, “Universal Tales” + Official Video for First Single “No Time To Live Forever” Out Now
German symphonic metal icons XANDRIA are about to chart new paths with their epic upcoming nine-track EP, Universal Tales, out on November 22, 2024 via Napalm Records! This EP follows the success of their latest top 10 charting album (German charts), The Wonders Still Awaiting (2023), which introduced an impressive new line up featuring the fantastic Ambre Vourvahis, who stuns audiences with her vocal talent that blends elements of rock grit, operatic highs and even growls.
This fresh sounding masterpiece highlights XANDRIA‘s reinvention by elevating their trademarks to a new level, setting the bar for modern symphonic metal while presenting four brand new majestic songs that showcase the band’s refined versatility and impressive intensity.
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The mighty Bring Me The Horizon today release the physical version of their critically acclaimed album POST HUMAN: NeX GEn via Sony/RCA.
A digital version of the album was unleashed to the public early this year and earned them the title of most streamed band on the planet upon release, it has since streamed over 810M times. It was the latest chapter in the series to be revealed and saw the band expanding both musically and conceptually.
Tarja Announces Second Vol. Of Live Series “Rocking Heels: Live at Hellfest” + Drops Video For Cover Of Muse’s “Supremacy”
Tarja is set to release the second volume of her live series, Rocking Heels: Live at Hellfest on December 6 via earMUSIC. This release follows the successful Rocking Heels: Live at Metal Church, which came out in August 2023.
On June 19, 2016, Tarja delivered a captivating performance at Hellfest, one of Europe’s largest and most prestigious metal festivals held in Clisson, France. Her powerful blend of operatic vocals and heavy metal instrumentation enthralled the audience, making her performance one of the festival’s highlights. The setlist featured a carefully curated mix of her solo work and iconic Nightwish songs. Opening with “No Bitter End” from her 2016 album, The Shadow Self, Tarja set the tone for an evening of intensity and emotion. Her dynamic stage presence and dramatic musical arrangements created an unforgettable experience, solidifying her status as one of metal’s greatest female singers.
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