Live Reports

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…

Wajdooshna Rocks mini festivalFriday, 11 Sept 2026Letališče, Ajdovščina, Slovenia "Does Ajdovščina even deserve a rock festival?" The Wajdooshna rocks festival was dogged by bad luck right from the start. The original date, 21…

Rowan Robertson & Keith St. JohnThursday, 10. 9. 2026Ljubljana / Orto bar / Slovenia Rowan Robertson and Keith St. John! On the "Wired & Fired" 2026 tour! In Ljubljana. Who the hell are they? Not punk, and not whiny…

Raven (support: Kämaradi)Friday, 4. 9. 2026, 8:00 p.m.Zagreb / Hard Place / Croatia Raven are legends of the first wave of British heavy metal bands. That's the wave that laid the foundations for metal blowing up on a global scale.…

Hollywood VampiresZagreb / Arena Zagreb / CroatiaThursday, 3. 9. 2026, at 8:00 PM Hollywood Vampires is a seven-piece with a world-famous trio front and center: notorious shock rocker Alice Cooper, movie star Johnny Depp, and Joe…

Spread EagleWednesday, 9/2/2026, 9:00 PMVelden am Wörthersee / Bluesiana Rock Cafe / Austria Few bands seem to have had a career path paved quite like the one belonging to cult hard rock and glam metal outfit Spread Eagle from New…

Massacre, support: A Goat As Our Shepherd & ClaustrumMonday, 8/31/2026, 8:00 PMSolkan (Nova Gorica) / Mostovna / Slovenia The last day of August was truly something special. It was a Monday. The full August moon in Pisces a few…

Judas Priest (support: Jelusick)Tuesday, August 25, 2026, 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.Pula / Arena / Croatia The idea that Judas Priest would still be playing stages around the world 57 years after forming in Birmingham in 1969 sounds…

Revocation (support: Morost)Wednesday, 8/19/2026, from 8:30 PM onLjubljana / Menza pri koritu (AKC Metelkova Mesto) / Slovenia Revocation are technical death metallers from Boston, though it was never quite clear to me what the…

Sting (support: Girlband!), Sting 3.0 tourSaturday, August 1, 2026Arena / Pula / Croatia "Sting on autopilot, cabaret-style" My wife and I both pretty much love Sting and The Police, so there was no need to agonize or weigh the…

Vio-Lence, Angelus Apatrida, Cutthorat LAFriday, August 14, 2026, from 9:30 PM onZabok / ZCUK Renegerator / Croatia It's not every day you head off to a gig in Croatia and it's not Zagreb, Pula or Split. The Metal Resurrection…

PrimusMonday, August 3, 2026, 8:00 PMLjubljana / Križanke / Slovenia If there were a prize for the rock band that soaked up the most commercial success in the nineties despite making music that was (and still is) anything but…

Savatage (support: Vision Divine)Tuesday, July 28, 2026Este (Padua) / Castello Carrarese / Italy "Zoran Stevanović on vocals" A fine little crew gathered south of the Ikea in Padua: two old hands from this very online rock-metal…

Death AngelFriday, July 31, 2026, 9:30 PMZagreb / Vintage Industrial Bar / Croatia Death Angel are one of those Bay Area Thrash Metal bands that blow you away all over again every time you catch them live. Past encounters with them…

LovebitesWednesday, July 22, 2026Flex, Vienna, Austria "13 Love Bites" The pint-sized Japanese powerhouses Lovebites had been on my "must go" gig list for quite a while, and this time a work trip to Vienna lined up perfectly with…

MorrisseyWednesday, 15. 7. 2026, at 9:00 PMLjubljana / Križanke / Slovenia Where did that October of 2015 go, when Stephen Patrick Morrissey - plain and simple, Morrissey - visited Slovenia for the first time? It was Hala Tivoli,…

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…

Jungle Rot (support: Rats Of Gomorrah)Thursday, July 9, 2026, from 8:30 PM onwardLjubljana / Menza pri koritu (AKC Metelkova mesto) / Slovenia Jungle Rot are yet another 'surviving' legend, now counted among the cult formations of…

Duran DuranSaturday, 11 July 2026, 9:00 PM – 10:50 PMPassariano di Codroipo (Udine) / Villa Manin / Italy Duran Duran are today one of the rare bands that count among the surviving representatives of '80s pop rock, still recording…

ScorpionsTuesday, June 30, 2026 at 8:00 PMBratislava / Tipos Aréna (Zimný štadión Ondreja Nepelu) / Slovakia Who would have thought Scorpions would still be roaming the world after sixty years? Rudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine know —…

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…

BEATTuesday, 7 July 2026, 8:30 PM – 10:45 PMZagreb / ŠRC Šalata / Croatia Some things only come around once in a lifetime. If the current European tour by BEAT — a superstar prog/art rock outfit dedicated to the legacy of prog-rock…

SweetThursday, 2 July 2026, 8:10 PM – 9:50 PMLatschach Am Faaker See / Burgarena Finkenstein / Austria Sweet are one of those bands that defined the look and sound of '70s rock, and their presence and music had a very real impact on the…

Duran Duran (support act: Vesna)Wednesday, 24 June 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:50 PMPrague // O2 Arena // Czech Republic And here it is! Another 'tourist' gig review — what you might call an 'own-ticket' review, a proper fan's old-school…

A gorgeous, sunny Saturday morning was perfect for a stroll around Stykkishólmur with journalist and sociologist Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen, who shared stories, anecdotes, and the history of Icelandic metal. That Stykkishólmur itself is a…

Friday morning at Sátan offered one of the more interesting talks, delivered by the collective Nornabrunnur (Giorgia Sottotetti and Kári Pálsson, also a member of the local black/viking metal act Fortið), which organizes events on…

BEATThursday, 18 June 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:15 PMPrague // Universum O2 Arena // Czech Republic King Crimson played their final European concerts in the summer of 2019, following their 2015 reactivation. Our last encounter with this…

David ByrneWednesday, 17 June 2026, 8:00 PM – 9:50 PMPrague // O2 Universum // Czech Republic David Byrne tours are not exactly a regular occurrence. His last European run goes back to the "distant" year of 2018. Byrne is a…

My wife (back then still my girlfriend, or rather — ahem, more age-appropriately put, my partner, hehe) and I fell head over heels for Iceland when we first visited almost five years ago. Since then we've been back four more times and…

The Offspring, Savršeni Marginalci, LuzeriSunday, 14 June 2026Velesajam, Zagreb, Croatia "Tonac, fuck it all, turn this up!" This time I set off from Ajdovščina (which is, as you know, a metropolis) with my daughters in tow,…

AnthraxMonday, 15 June 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PMZagreb // Boogaloo // Croatia It doesn't happen every day that a major band rolls into a club that holds maybe a thousand people at most. On their European summer run, Anthrax slotted in…

Six Feeet Under, Embryonic AutopsySunday, 14 June 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PMLjubljana // Orto bar // Slovenia The 2026 concert year is racing toward a frenzied summer peak, with events coming one after another. Our region is packed…

Kublai Khan TX, Malevolence, BoundariesTuesday, June 9, 2026, 7:00 PM – 10:30 PMLjubljana // CUK Kino Šiška // Slovenia Kublai Khan TX, Malevolence, and Boundaries. A triple dose of crushing metalcore straight to the skull! Exactly…

Šank RockFriday, 12 June 2026, 9:55 PM – 11:55 PMCerknica // Parkirišče Trikotnik // Slovenia Šank Rock – Cerknica. Their first gig since Bor Zuljan's departure. Coming hot on the heels of the storm the band had just weathered. And…

AvantasiaMonday, 8 June 2026Arena Alpe Adria, Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy "OMG, they killed Kenny!" Not quite. This time Kenny was doing the killing — on stage. Kenny Leckremo, vocalist of the Swedish post Pop-Glam band H.E.A.T,…

Sepultura, support: Evil InvadersMonday, 8 June 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:45 PMZagreb // ŠRC Šalata // Croatia Sepultura, Brazil's thrash and groove metal icons — a name that makes anyone who values raw, rebellious aggression sit up and…

Vicious Rumors (support acts: Broken Wings, Inner Enemy)Wednesday, 3 June 2026Velden am Wörthersee / Bluesiana Rock Cafe / Austria Vicious Rumors are a cult old-school American heavy metal outfit from the San Francisco Bay Area…

Yngwie MalmsteenThursday, 4 June 2026, 9:00 PM – 10:45 PMZagreb // Tvornica kulture // Croatia Yngwie Malmsteen today stands among the all-time greats of the six-string electric wonder — the guitar. In the eighties he was in the…

Omen (support: Granica Normale)Sunday, 24 May 2026, from 9:00 PM to 11:45 PMZagreb / Hard Place / Croatia Omen! Legends of old-school American heavy metal. A quartet that has weathered countless highs and lows throughout a long…

Myrath (support: Roses of Thieves)Tuesday, 22 April 2026San Dona Di Piave / Revolver club / Italy It's been a long, long time since any band so completely knocked this old grumbling nag off its feet — a nag worn weary and…

Performing: Deadwood, Reject The Sickness, Bio-Cancer, MonstrosityDate: Tuesday, 21 April 2026Location: Zagreb / Vintage Industrial Bar / Croatia Monstrosity are one of those cult, legendary bands that helped define the sound of the…

Performing: Crystallion, Power Surge, Grave DiggerDate: Thursday, 23 April 2026Venue: Zagreb / Boogaloo / Croatia Grave Digger made it to Croatia for the fourth time in their storied career on 23 April 2026! As part of a short…

Myrath, Roses of ThievesTuesday, 21 April 2026Orto Bar, Ljubljana, Slovenia Once again, a solo trip into (almost) uncharted territory. I hadn't heard of support act Roses of Thieves before, and Myrath — like so many proper prog…

Hypocrisy / Vomitory / Vreid / (Abbath did not perform)Friday, 17 April 2026Ljubljana / Cvetličarna / Slovenia Hypocrisy, the Swedish death metal legends, set out in early April this year on a new European tour they dubbed the "Mass…

Geoff Tate's Operation Mindcrime: The Final Chapter, Masterplan, Inner VitriolTuesday, 14 April 2026Orto Bar, Ljubljana, Slovenia Due to the complicated situation in the Strait of Hormuz and the oil shortage, the coastal crew I was…

Performing: Nails, Exodus, Carcass, KreatorDate: Wednesday, 8 April 2026, from 6:20 PM to 11:00 PMVenue: Ljubljana / Media Center / Slovenia That day came around again. The bells of hell are ringing, calling the faithful to another…

Pestilence (support: DamnatioN)Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:15 PMLjubljana / Menza p. k. / Slovenia Pestilence, Dutch masters of technical death metal who many — alongside Cynic, Death, and Atheist — rank among the big…

Rhapsody Of Fire (support: Sage)Thursday, March 19, 2026Zagreb / Hard Place / Croatia If my modesty doesn't deceive me, Rhapsody Of Fire — Italian grandmasters of epic symphonic, Hollywood power metal — have never graced a Slovenian…

Vulture Industries (support: Rai)Ljubljana / Menza pri koritu / SloveniaSaturday, March 14, 2026, 8:30 PM – 11:00 PM Vulture Industries. Straight up — one of the more 'unhinged' bands in the metal sphere right now. Globally…

Alogia, XXV Godina, guests The Fifth RiderSaturday, 7 March 2026Zappa Barka, Belgrade, Serbia "Prog power heaven" Alogia is not a particularly active live band, to put it mildly. Since you never know when — or in what lineup —…

Performers: Kataklysm, Vader, Blood Red ThroneDate: Thursday, March 5, 2026Location: Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / Slovenia This kind of lineup doesn't come to Slovenia every day. Sure, Kataklysm have practically been granted…

The Mahones, 35th Anniversary TourTuesday, 24 February 2026Quantic, Bucharest, Romania "A Tragicomic Experience" Whenever I'm in Bucharest, I meet up with an old friend and former colleague, Victor. He always takes care of the…

Artillery (support acts: Mercenaries, LIV)Wednesday, 18 February 2026, 8:00 PM – 11:30 PMZagreb / Hard Place / Croatia There are days when our region gets a tour stop from some cult thrash metal act born in the eighties — one that…

Acts: Leprous, support: Ihlo & Crystal HorizonDate: Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 7:45 PM – 11:00 PMVenue: Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / Slovenia Every now and then a ray of light tied to the progressive rock genre manages to shine…

Performers: Alter Bridge / Daughtry / SevendustVenue: Zagreb / Boćarski dom / CroatiaDate: Saturday, 31 Jan 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM Alter Bridge, Daughtry, and Sevendust! One hell of a package on a new European tour led by the…

The 69 Eyes, D-A-D, Cowpunks & Glampires Tour 2026Wednesday, January 28, 2026Live Club, Trezzo sull'Adda (near Milan), Italy "Boring title — at least something to tag." Times are changing — like a few times in recent months,…

Šank RockWednesday, 31 Dec 2025, at 23:00Koper / Taverna / Slovenia Nobody expected RL to catch Šank Rock twice in the dying days of 2025 — a double dose. The "when, who, where" information was of course available. Had been for a…

Niet, support EmberSaturday, 20 December 2025Orto Bar, Ljubljana, Slovenia "I saw red!" After catching Niet in acoustic guise in Ajdovščina (9 August 2025 — RockLine concert review), going through their discography afterwards and…

Šank RockNova Gorica / Bevkov trg / SloveniaSaturday, 20 December 2025, 8:10 PM – 10:10 PM Šank Rock needs no lengthy introduction to Slovenian music fans — especially not the die-hard kind. They are legends. They are one of the…

AvtomobiliLjubljana / Novi trg / SloveniaWednesday, December 17, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Avtomobili and this publication are two inseparable friends. Always have been. At least since 2006, when Rockline launched — though the biggest…

Clutch (support: Bokassa, 1000Mods)Saturday, 6. 12. 2025Zagreb / Tvornica kulture / Croatia Clutch! For the fourth time in Zagreb, and for the fourth time in a completely sold-out Tvornica kulture. If they haven't received a…

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…

Battle Beast (support acts Dominum and Majestica)Wednesday, 3 Dec 2025Cvetličarna, Ljubljana, Slovenia "Midnight Fever" Not wanting to miss Scandinavian power metal eminence Tommy Johansson and his band Majestica, I showed up at…

Alestorm (support acts: Roses Of Thieves, Lutharo)Sunday, 7 December 2025Ljubljana / Cvetličarna / Slovenia There's only one of them. Alestorm. The band has earned Slovenian citizenship. Less than a year and a half after their show…

Kiko Loureiro (support act: Andy Addams)Sunday, November 30, 2025Velden am Wörthersee / Bluesiana Rock Cafe / Austria Bluesiana — that lone beacon of rock and roll, always the finest blues, and occasionally some metal-sharpened…

ExhorderThursday, November 27, 2025Ljubljana / Orto bar / Slovenia Every once in a while, a band wanders into our humble little valley that many would write off as an impossible booking. A legendary band, a visionary band, and last…

Helloween with special guests Beast in BlackWednesday, 19 November 2025Unipol Forum, Milan, Italy "40 years gone in the blink of an eye" This particular concert ended up being a solo ride. All the usual suspects were tied up with…

Ronnie Romero and Gus G. (support: Flesh)Ljubljana / Orto bar / SloveniaWednesday, 12 Nov 2025, from 20:00 Two top-tier musicians joined forces for a co-headlining tour. You might call it a team-up of two musical supermen — one on…

Paradise Lost / Messa / Lacrimas ProfundereThursday, October 30, 2025Zagreb / Boogaloo / Croatia The sixth visit of the great veterans and pioneers of doom-death metal, the British forefathers Paradise Lost, to Zagreb — this time as…

Brit FloydSunday, 26 Oct 2025Ljubljana / Media Center / Slovenia Brit Floyd are one of those tribute bands that have, over the years, made Slovenia something of a home turf. Just over a year ago they played Hala Tivoli with a…

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…

W.A.S.P.Wednesday, 29 October 2025Media Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia "El-ou-vi-i ..." Vesp (as us metal wannabes called them back in grade school) stopped off in Ljubljana for the second-to-last date of the Album One Alive tour,…

Testament / Obituary / Destruction / NervosaTuesday, 21 October 2025, 5:30 PM – 11:00 PMLjubljana / Media Park / Slovenia Every once in a while, special concert events come along — and yes, right here in Slovenia! The kind you…

Uriah Heep, April Wine, Heavy Pettin'Friday, October 24, 2025Vienna / Gasometer / Austria Some tours just have to happen. Tours of legendary bands. The ones no self-respecting rocker would ever deny as a monumental source of…

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,…

HammerFall (support: Visions Of Atlantis)Sunday, 14 September 2025Lignano Sabbiadoro / Arena Alpe Adria / Italy This year's Lignano Sunset Festival hosted Swedish power metal kings HammerFall, with the band chosen to warm up…

Steve HackettWednesday, 3 September 2025, 9:00 PM – 11:50 PMVicenza / Piazza Dei Signori / Italy Maestro Steve Hackett! One and only! A man whose creativity belongs squarely in the category of pioneering significance — today a…

AlphavilleFriday, 5 September 2025, 9:30 PMZagreb / Zagreb Fair (Paviljon 9) / Croatia Some tours and some gigs just catch you completely off guard. Alphaville. Given how thoroughly this German synth-pop and new wave band sank into…

Blind GuardianSaturday, 23 August 2025Tvornica kulture, Zagreb, Croatia "Let's sing the Bard's song!" After a long thirteen years (if internet sources are to be believed), the German masters of medieval folk melodies returned…

NietSaturday, 9 Aug 2025Castra (castle walls), Ajdovščina, Slovenia "Every weapon brings sufferingAnd every suffering turns into revolt" When your wife buys concert tickets, you don't say "niet" — even if you're not a fan of the…

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…

Bryan AdamsPula / Arena / CroatiaTuesday, 29 July 2025 Bryan Adams is a man who doesn't know the meaning of standing still. He runs on full throttle — bursting with ideas, plans, and drive! The iconic Canadian poet and songwriter…

Acts: Gojira & Lacuna CoilVenue: Zagreb / SRC Šalata / CroatiaDate: Sunday, 27 July 2025 Gojira returned to Zagreb after three years. At a time when our outlet is going through a complete transformation, and when an older…

Acts: Tobbaco Road Blues Band / Nazareth / Bonnie Tyler / Uriah HeepDate: Friday, 25 July 2025, from 5:00 PM to 11:00 PMLocation: Moosburg (Možberk) / Schlosswiese / Austria Uriah Heep and Nazareth are old acquaintances. Two…

The DarknessMajano (Udine) / Area Concerti Festival / ItalySaturday, 2 August 2025, 9:30 PM The Darkness are the very definition of a killer rock'n'roll party when it comes to live shows! We've been hellishly lucky these past few…

ExtremeThursday, 31 July 2025, at 9:00 PMLignano Sabbiadoro / Arena Alpe Adria / Italy Extreme don't need much of an introduction. Their monster hit More Than Words is known by everyone — or rather, by literally everyone. A crew of…

The Sisters Of Mercy / The GodfathersSaturday, 26 July 2025Vinkuran (Medulin, Pula) / Cave Romane / Croatia July 2025! Our region is absolutely packed with concerts! There's a ton of scheduling clashes and tough choices about who to…

Duran DuranSaturday, 12. 7. 2025Forte Arena, Pula, Sardinia, Italy "Nick Rhodes, king of shoulder pads" Fate sometimes takes strange paths. Last year, for my birthday present, I arranged to see Duran Duran in Pula after thirteen…

Janez Bončina BenčTuesday, July 22, 2025Postojna / Titov trg / Slovenia Benč's musical legacy is essential — let's just say it straight: must-have inventory in every Slovenian household. We're talking about musical art here, of…

SatchVai BandSaturday, 15 July 2025, from 9:30 PM to 11:45 PMPordenone / Parco San Valentino / Italy Sometimes things happen in the world of rock and roll that seem highly unlikely. And yet they do. Joe Satriani and Steve Vai are…

BasinfirefestSaturday, 28 June 2025Spálené Poříčí / Festivalový areál / Czech Republic Extending our stay in the Czech Republic — especially after the AC/DC temptation on 26 June 2025 at the Prague venue Letnany — was…

Gloryhammer / Visions Of Atlantis / Moonlight HazeWednesday, 9 July 2025, 19:00–22:30Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / Slovenia Gloryhammer confirmed the European dates of their new "Dundax Ascendant" tour back in March! At select shows…

Paul Gilbert BandSaturday, 5 July 2025, 9:40–10:30 PMVelden am Wörthersee / Bluesiana Rock Cafe / Austria Paul Gilbert is back at Bluesiana! Fascinating beyond all limits and utterly one-of-a-kind — the 'on-call firefighter with his…

DragonForceWednesday, July 2, 2025Tvornica kulture, Zagreb, Croatia "Svirajte, p...e! Seriously?" After just over a year (March 2024, alongside Amaranthe and Infected Rain, review here), it was time again to catch the (loosely…

Performing: Lintver / Eruption / ExodusDate: Tuesday, 24 June 2025Venue: Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / Slovenia Exodus are widely regarded as one of the most important bands to emerge from the San Francisco Bay Area at the turn of…

AC/DC (support act: The Pretty Reckless)Thursday, June 26, 2025, 4:00 PM (doors), AC/DC from 7:30 PM to 10:00 PMPrague / Letiště Praha Letňany / the Czech Republic AC/DC are just AC/DC. They're like the air that surrounds us — for…

BrkoviFriday, 27 June 2025Mostovna, Solkan, Slovenia New Kid on the Block With Brkovi shows, it's usually the same story for me — I have to blast all my favourite tracks in the car on the way there. For reasons unknown, Shamso…

Avenged SevenfoldLjubljana / Križanke / SloveniaWednesday, 18 June 2025, doors at 19:00, concert starts at 21:30 And then there are those special concerts. Special tours. Special bands! They go straight into the "Unforgettable!"…

Marillion'Marillion Weekends Convention XXII.' (Day Two)10 May 2025, from 9:15 PM to 11:35 PMPadua / Gran Teatro Geox / Italy Padua is Padua! Incredibly convenient for day-trip concert visits, especially for everyone based in the…

A Day To Remember (support: Polaris)Ljubljana / Media Park / SloveniaTuesday, 17 June 2025 A Day To Remember are a massively successful American outfit that rolls punk rock, hardcore, and metalcore into one, nurturing a synthesis of…