shorts
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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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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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Tour: Oceans go on their first headline tour: „Still Nøt Økay“ Tour 2025
For the first time, Oceans go on a headline tour. This fall, they will play 10 shows in Germany and one in Switzerland. As support they bring along Deliver the Galaxy (except for the show in Switzerland). These are the dates: All dates: 20.09 – Lindau, DE | Club Vaudeville 25.09 – Munich, DE | Backstage 26.09 – Bochum, DE | Rockpalast 02.10 – Aschaffenburg, DE | Colos Saal 03.10 – Lichtenfels, DE | Paunchy Cats 04.10 – Wiesloch, DE | R’N’P 10.10 – Berlin, DE | Spirale 11.10 – Leipzig, DE | Hellraiser 23.10 – Hamburg, DE | Logo 24.10 – Vechta, DE | Gulfhaus 01.11 – Basel, CH | Sudhaus (without Deliver…
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Oelde Open Air 2025
And here’s another small festival to have on your radar: Oelde Open Air takes place on 22nd and 23rd August 2025 at the Vier-Jahreszeiten-Park in Oelde, a small town in the north of Northrhine Westfalia, more or less between Münster and Bielefeld. The two days are rather to be considered two separate concerts, as there are no combined tickets available. Friday’s line up is finest German metalcore / post hardcore with Pentastone, Any Given Day and headliners Annisokay. Saturday is more on the German (Indie) Rock side with Friends Don’t Lie, Kapelle Petra and Madsen. Tickets can be purchased via Eventim or on the event’s website. The tickets are 49€ each.
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Release Friday – 27 May 2025
I’m a bit late. My weekend was busy and my energy level was low – and so was the amount of new songs on my personal radar, but here’s the small fine selection: Schandmaul released their first single with their new singer Till Herence. It’s called In der Hand and while it’s very different from what Schandmaul fans might be used to, it’s still very Schandmaul. As a quick summary: Schandmaul recently posted a very emotional video in which singer Thomas officially handed the microphone over to Till, a long-time companion of the band and one of his stand-ins for the live shows last year. Unfortunately, Thomas’s cancer treatmand caused too much…
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Tour: Bloodred Hourglass announce special guests for their European tour 2025
News from Bloodred Hourglass: The Finnish Melodic Death Metal band finally announced the special guests for their upcoming European tour this autumn. They will be joined by the Finnish Modern Metal band Luna Kills. After supporting The Halo Effect on their tour in January, Bloodred Hourglass return as headliners this time – with a new album. In October, the two Finnish bands will play 16 shows in a variety of countries: All tour dates: 09.10.25 🇩🇪 Berlin, Cassiopeia 10.10.25 🇨🇿 Zlin, Masters Of Rock Café 11.10.25 🇭🇺 Budapest, Analog Music Hall 13.10.25 🇦🇹 Vienna, Chelsea 14.10.25 🇩🇪 Leipzig, Hellraiser 15.10.25 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Bahnhof Pauli 16.10.25 🇩🇰 Esbjerg, Tobakken 18.10.25 🇩🇪…
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Tour: Annisokay announce Special Guests & Support for the Abyss Pt II Europe Tour
It’s been a while since Annisokay announced their Abyss Pt II Europe tour. Yesterday there finally was a great update: Besides adding two more shows to the schedule, special guests and supports were announced. The entire tour will be supported by The Narrator. The special guest for the first leg of the tour (from 10 October to 25 October) as well as the UK dates in January will be Heart of a Coward. For the second part of the tour (20 November until 6 December), Annisokay will be joined by Our Promise. The two shows added are in Eindhoven (18 October) and Zlin (5 December). All dates: 10.10.25 FI, Tampere: Olympia 11.10.25 FI,…
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Shorts: Release Friday – 16 May 2025
Straight from my personal release radar, and put very briefly: Here are my favourite releases this week Fall of Mankind is a new project by Eluveitie’s Rafael Fella and Alain Ackermann. Portent in the Dark is their first release featuring Adrienne Cowan of Seven Spires. For their new single Break These Chains, The Rasmus have teamed up with Niko Vilhelm of Blind Channel (which is, basically, the first musical sign of life of a Blind Channel member since they went on ther break) Lorna Shore released a new single called Oblivion today, which is the first release from their upcoming album I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me, announced for 12 September 2025. Saltatio Mortis…
