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When EPICA announced the Arcane Dimensions Tour was making a stop in Vienna, it went straight to the top of a very short list; not just as a concert to cover, but as a long-overdue item on my photography bucket…
▸ Quick Facts Tour name40 Years Anniversary Tour – North American Leg DatesApril 7 – May 2, 2026 Support actBeast In Black (all dates) Total shows16 (14 US · 2 Canada) Current albumGiants & Monsters (2025, RPM) TicketsTicketmaster · Live…
Phil Campbell, the longest-serving guitarist in Motörhead history, has died at the age of 64. The news was announced on March 14 through the social media channels of his band Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons, in a statement signed…
Jinjer returned to Vienna on February 17 as part of their Duel European Tour, hosted by Mind Over Matter, bringing with them a lineup that felt carefully curated for maximum impact. With Textures and Unprocessed setting the tone, the evening…
The story of AVANTASIA begins much like any other fairy tale, with a young protagonist not unlike you, average reader. Picture a young boy from a small German town going far and beyond to fulfill his dreams of fronting a…
Forty years is a long time to keep the fire alive, especially in heavy metal, where even the most tenacious bands fade into repetition and irrelevance. For me, that fire’s always been personal. There were years when I quite literally…
I thought I knew what to expect from Helloween. I’d followed them through lineup changes, reunion tours, and every iteration of their increasingly elaborate stage shows. But standing in front of O2 Arena Prague on October 24th, watching album covers…
“Personally, I think that pure art comes from people, not from the machines,” says Tomi Joutsen, frontman of Finnish metal titans Amorphis. His voice is calm, measured, the kind that’s lived through countless shows, tours, albums, and expectations. “What machines…
“Five years ago, I played my last show… Shortly after this show I was declared dead, but doctors brought me back to life,” Mat Sinner revealed in a frank social media update earlier this year. The Primal Fear co-founder and…
“Just hope nobody dies,” Michael Kiske, Helloween singer, mutters with a nervous laugh. It’s a casual sentence, maybe even a joke on the surface. But the pause afterward betrays the weight beneath it. The weight that creeps in when your…