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Kevin “Noodles” Wasserman, longtime guitarist of American punk rock veterans The Offspring, has announced that he's stepping away from the stage for a while due to sudden and fairly serious health issues. The band will keep playing shows,…

STAHLZEITMedia Center, Ljubljana, September 5, 2026Jubiläumstour 20 Plus If you haven't heard of Apophis: it's a huge asteroid that's supposed to come dangerously close to Earth in 2029, and it's been a handy candidate for all those…

Fear Factory + Crystal Lake + Hate + The Nocturnal AffairWednesday, 24. 9. 2026, 7:00 PMBoogaloo, Zagreb, Croatia – 24. 9. 2026 Four bands, four pretty different takes on heavy music, and a night that slowly turned a nearly empty…

Metalcore oddballs Her Last Sight have apparently lost Tom again. And since the best way to deal with an abduction is obviously to write a metalcore song about it, today they're dropping a new music video for »Help! Tom Was Abducted…

Japanese metalcore champions Crystal Lake have officially introduced their new permanent vocalist. After months of speculation and a stretch of gigs with guest singers, the band has confirmed that PK, vocalist of South Korean metalcore…

Former Crystal Lake vocalist Ryo Kinoshita sat down with Rockline for a quick chat about how, after leaving the band, his new project Knosis gave him a musical and personal freedom he'd never known before. When Ryo Kinoshita stepped on…

After years of uncertainty, grief, and questions about whether the name Children Of Bodom would ever come alive on a concert stage again, the moment many melodic death metal fans have waited more than half a decade for has finally arrived.…

Marilyn MansonThursday, 16. 7. 2026Zagreb / Arena Zagreb / Croatia If there's one artist who makes headlines before he's even played a note, it's Marilyn Manson. His return to Croatia after more than twenty years wasn't just a…

Breaking Benjamin, Black Sonic PearlsThursday, 2 July 2026Zagreb / Tvornica Kulture / Croatia Breaking Benjamin are one of those bands that felt almost out of reach around here for years. A band that built arena-radio-rock giant…

German genre-benders Electric Callboy have dropped their new single “Let the Good Times Roll”, with Dexter Holland, frontman of punk-rock legends The Offspring, joining in. The track is the latest taste of their upcoming album TANZNEID,…

The victim of Jed Gordon, brother of Parkway Drive drummer Ben Gordon, has spoken publicly for the first time about the abuse that got Gordon sentenced in a Byron Bay court in Australia last week. Jed Gordon, who in the past was also…

Japanese metalcore outfit Crystal Lake have announced that vocalist John Robert Centorrino is leaving the band after three years. The decision was mutual and comes down to a desire for a more balanced life, as international touring and…

The surviving members of Children of Bodom kicked off a two-night tribute to the band's legacy, titled “Children Of Bodom – A Celebration Of Music”, at Helsinki's Tavastia club at the end of February. Both nights were all about riffs that…

Coldrain (support acts: NOISEMAKER, Revnoir)Sunday, 7 December 2025Vienna / SZENE / Austria This show was covered by Rockline's youngest recruit, which means the (visual) report was unfortunately shot on a five-year-old POCO X3…

FLOWFriday, 31 October 2025Vienna / YuniCon - Multiverse Schwechat / Austria Ahh, FLOW… The band that sends every Japanophile and otaku's serotonin skyrocketing has finally made it to our neck of the woods — specifically to the…

The Offspring, support act: Simple PlanFriday, 24.10.2025Linz / Tips Arena / Austria And here we are again, right in the thick of covering yet another nostalgic resurgence of 2000s punk rock. Back amid spiked hair, lip piercings,…

Papa Roach, opening act: KrynMonday, 4 August 2025Opatija / Ljetna pozornica / Croatia The Papa Roach 'Infestation' of 2025 has clearly zeroed in on Europe. Daddy Roach came back around our corner of the world just over five months…

The Metal World in Mourning: Ozzy Osbourne (1948–2025) Has Died The metal world is gripped by grief once again. Today we lost one of the most iconic faces in the history of rock and metal – Ozzy Osbourne, the unforgettable voice of…

PAGANFEST MMXXVALESTORM, ENSIFERUM, TÝR, HEIDEVOLK, ELVENKINGZagreb / Tvornica Kulture / CroatiaSunday, 9. 2. 2025 The roaring sounds of folk and pirate metal echoed through Tvornica Kulture as Paganfest MMXXV brought together an…

Bullet For My Valentine & Trivium (support: Orbit Culture)Vienna / Wiener Stadthalle / AustriaWednesday, 19. 2. 2025 Two metal giants joined forces on an anniversary tour called The Poisoned Ascendancy. Bullet For My Valentine…

Papa Roach (supp. Wage War)Wednesday, 29 January 2025Vienna (Wien) / Wiener Stadthalle - Halle D / Austria Papa Roach — yet another in that string of 2000s bands that embedded themselves into the millennial generation with the one…

SUM 41 (opening act: Neck Deep)Wednesday, November 13, 2024Vienna (Wien) / Wienerstadthalle - Halle D / Austria And here we are — rockline.si — at the very last SUM 41 concert ever. True to 'tradition', we at Rockline love going to…

SUM 41 (special guests: Neck Deep)Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 7:30 PM – 10:50 PMBudapest / Papp László Sportaréna / Hungary SUM 41, this time for the last time. Well, the last time in Budapest — not the last time for Rockline.si,…

Avril LavigneMonday, 17 June 2024Pula / Arena / Croatia Avril Lavigne! The name that instantly makes millennial hearts skip a beat proved last night at the Pula Arena that, twenty-two years into her career, she is still the…

Zaria / Elvenking / AlestormTuesday, 14 November 2023Ljubljana / Cvetličarna / Slovenia Alestorm, the Scottish pirate metal band that isn't actually all that Scottish (two members hail from nearby Ireland, while the lead guitarist…

SUM 41 (support: The Lunar Year)Venue: Opatija / Ljetna pozornica / CroatiaDate: 11. 6. 2023 SUM 41 again, just one day after the concert in Jesolo, Italy (review available here), this time at the Ljetna pozornica in Opatija.…

Performing: SUM 41 (support: Lizi and the kids)Date: Saturday, 10. 6. 2023Location: Jesolo / Palazzo Del Turismo / Italy SUM 41 is one of those bands that introduced the millennial generation — especially those who didn't have older…

Jethro TullLjubljana / Hala Tivoli / SloveniaSunday, 3 June 2023, 8:00 PM The traditionally overcast prog-rock skies above Slovenia have, after a long string of dry years in terms of genre heavyweights showing up at our local venues…

Iron MaidenLjubljana / Arena Stožice / SloveniaSunday, 28 May 2023, 8:00 PM Many fans of the English heavy metal institution Iron Maiden have long wondered why this legendary band, whose best songs were written in the eighties, has…

Performing: Rumproof, Visions Of Atlantis, AlestormVenue: Barba Negra / Budapest / HungaryDate: Sunday, 3 July 2022 A day of pirate metal in Budapest. Wonder what Running Wild would have to say about that? The sun was still…

Performing: My Chemical Romance, Barns CourtneyVenue: Budapest / Budapest Park / HungaryDate: Tuesday, 7 June 2022 My Chemical Romance, the defining band of the emo era for so many people in the early 2000s, reclaimed Budapest Park…

Performing: One Morning Left, Blind Channel, Electric CallboyConcert date: Sunday, 1 May 2022Venue: Graz / Orpheum Teater / Austria In a sold-out Orpheum Teater in Graz, on what happened to be a public holiday, Electric Callboy…

Performing: Terra Toma, Throwback, Street To The Ocean, Kill The LycanWhere: Vienna / Szene / AustriaWhen: 6 Nov 2021Published: 11.11.2021Upcoming events: Metalnight Outbreak Szene Vienna Vol.8 For its sixth edition — right in the…

Artists: Feinstaub, April Art, Kiss Forever Band, Mono Inc. Venue: Leoben / VAZ - Schladnitz / AustriaDate: 15 July 2021 Leoben, Austria. Summer. July 2021. After a year off, Area 53 festival is back. Yeah, for real. There are…

"It looks like that evening in Graz, the fun factor won with Warkings, who delivered the ultimate peak of power metal thrills."

Babymetal proved at their sold-out Gasometer show that they're no one-hit wonder. Their popularity is growing fast. And with multiple generations in the crowd, the next visit could be even bigger.

Venue: Vienna / Gasometer / AustriaWhen: Friday, 24 Jan 2020 Sum 41 are one of the bigger, more recognizable bands of the last few decades in their genre, and like many of their peers, they've been making their way back to the surface…

Location: Wien Arena / Vienna / AustriaDate: November 21, 2019 The Never Say Die tour remains to this day one of those landmark tours that has featured a sea of bands swimming in the waters of metalcore, deathcore, hardcore,…