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Concert review: Oceans, Deliver the Galaxy & Safehxen, Rockpalast Bochum, 26 September 2025
For me personally, an Oceans headline tour was long overdue. Their music means a lot to me and so I was more than happy when they finally announced their first headline tour. I went to one of the earlier dates of the tour, at Rockpalast in Bochum, and here’s how it was.
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Release Friday: 10 October 2025
It’s been a while. Life’s been busy. So let’s catch up with the most recent releases because quite a bit has happened release-wise since I last posted here, so I’m working my way through 3-4 weeks of releases here 😀 The German band Neverland in Ashes recently announced a new beginning, which comes with a new name: As VÆNTIS they are now back with their first new single Paradigm. For me it’s as much an earworm as their older songs were and I’m excited for what’s yet to come: I’m not the biggest listener of The O’Reillys and the Paddyhats, although their musical style is pretty much my taste but somehow they never really caught my…
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Album review: The Rasmus – Weirdo
It’s been a 3 years since the latest The Rasmus album Rise, which was also the first album with their new guitarist Emppu Suhonen. Last week, on September 12, they released their new studio album Weirdo and I admit: I was hesitant at first. It’s been a while since I last really enjoyed one of their albums to the fullest. BUT the first single release from this album, Rest in Pieces, really gave me hope as it sounded more like their older, a bit rockier stuff. The other singles couldn’t convince me as much, so I didn’t know what to expect. Little spoiler: I loved it from the first time listening – which makes Weirdo the best The…
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Böse Fuchs: The Detourgent Tour 2025
My favourite metal couple is going on tour! Finally! Böse Fuchs will play 8 shows (7 headline shows and one festival show) this November. They bring along Hand of Juno as special guest and Vybrnt as support. Opener in Hildesheim will be Leaving the Orbit, opener in Berlin is Gatex. You can find all dates here: All dates: 06 Nov: Frankfurt – Elfer 07 Nov: Ludwigsburg – Four Runners 08 Nov: Bindlach – Winter Invasion (Festival show) 09 Nov: Leipzig – Hellraiser 13 Nov: Cologne – MTC 14 Nov: Hildesheim – Kufa 15 Nov: Hamburg – Monkeys 16 Nov: Berlin – Privatclub Tickets are available on Eventim for 27,10€ plus pre-sale fees or for 24,80€ via Eventim light.…
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Aviana: Europe Tour 2025
The Swedish metalcore band Aviana will play a big headline tour in Europe this fall. There are 21 dates across Germany, the UK, the nordics and some more. They will be supported by The Gloom in the Corner, Diamond Construct and Atena. All dates below: All dates: 06 Nov: NL, Eindhoven – Dynamo 07 Nov: UK, London – The Dome 08 Nov: UK, Glasgow – Cathouse 09 Nov: UK, Manchester – Rebellion 10 Nov: UK, Bristol – The Fleece 12 Nov: DE, Frankfurt – Das Bett 13 Nov: DE, Hamburg: Stage 15 14 Nov: SE, Gothenburg – Valand 15 Nov: SE, Stockholm – Kollektivet Livet 16 Nov: NO, Oslo – John Dee 18 Nov:…
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Ad Infinitum: Into The Abyss Tour 2025
The Swiss-German symphonic/modern metal band Ad Infinitum heads out for a headline tour this fall. They’re playing 15 shows in a variety of European counries. As special guests they bring along the American symphonic metal band Seven Spires. The second supporting act will be Tulip from Toronto, Canada. You can find all dates below: All dates: 🇩🇪 23.10.25: DE, Aschaffenburg – Colos-Saal 🇧🇪 24.10.25: BE, Kortrijk – DVG Club 🇫🇷 25.10.25: FR, Paris – Backstage by the Mill 🇨🇭 26.10.25: CH, Bern – Stellwerk 🇨🇭 27.10.25: CH, Zurich – Dynamo Werk 21 🇩🇪 29.10.25: DE, Munich – Backstage 🇦🇹 30.10.25: AT, Vienna – Szene 🇨🇿 31.10.25: CZ, Zlin – Masters Of Rock Cafe 🇩🇪 01.11.25:…
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Album review: Lorna Shore – The Everblack is Festering Within Me
How long have I been waiting for this album! (How long, given the fact that I’m not exactly a super-duper long-term Lorna Shore fan, I’ve only really started listening to them this year.) This was perhaps one of my most awaited albums of the second half of 2025. And it was worth the wait!
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Release Friday – 12 September 2025
Oh holy moly, this week has been incredible in terms of new releases? Also my TIDAL algorithm is still not trained super well and I keep coming across problems with faulty artist attributions, so from time to time stuff slips my attention. So here’s my personal list of this week’s new releases and some older ones that I dug out a little belated (there’s quite a bit of female power here): The first one is a new single by the German metalcore trio Future Palace. The song is called Cyclone and IT FUCKING SLAPS. Pardon my French, but Maria Lessing is QUEENING again. This song is so goddamn good, I just can’t. Maria…
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Festival report: Oelde Open Air – Friday: Annisokay, Any Given Day & Pentastone (22 August 2025)
Aaaand another summer festival, this time a smaller one. Oelde Open Air is a two-day „festival“ in Oelde, Northrhine-Westfalia. I put „festival“ in quotation marks because it’s rather two days of open air concerts, organised by a collective of music fans who really did a great job at putting this together. I only attended one of the two days and here’s how it was.
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Festival report: NEXUS Nerd Rock Festival 2025
This summer was intense in a lot of senses. This includes visiting a few festivals, and one of them stood out in a certain way: this year was the first time the NEXUS took place in its current form. NEXUS is a mix of convention and festival, which makes it somehow unique. I went there this year and here’s how I perceived the first edition of this festival. Spoiler alert: I think it was cool.
