Live Reports

A gloomy, gray, rainy Thursday was tailor-made for a black metal triple bill at Orto bar, headlined by Norway's Endezzma. Even though they come from the homeland of black metal, this time they had to kneel before our own Ater Era and Ivje!…

One of the best bassists in the world, TM Stevens, had to hand most of the set at Ljubljana's Channel Zero over to his buddy, the superb guitar virtuoso Neil Zaza, who saved the night. And Gašper Kržmanc (Nula Kelvina) got serious mileage…

Snow, razor-sharp icicles, every kind of heavenly smackdown and a hellish horde from the sky couldn't stop the gallop to Kranj's Transtation Squat on Saturday night. It turned into another venue for an outstanding metal spectacle, and we…

Is it even possible to pack a Ljubljana gig any fuller than by putting Majke and Partibrejkers on the same night? A rock 'n' roll bender in which Cvetličarna narrowly escaped becoming a pile of rubble!

Reviving the drunk-punk habits of a decade ago is, of course, a tough, thankless, Sisyphean business these days, but it's badly needed to reintroduce new bands and mark their place in time within the sub-genre corner of the heavier-sounding…

As always, Orto bar filled up with a crowd of hungry rockers who miss the good old rock culture, but this night's get-together with C4 was something special. The devilish Hellcats played before them.

Sigur Rós were more or less perfect at Pala Arrex in Jesolo. Obviously, if you like their studio albums even a little, you'll at least worship them live. So what went wrong? Why could we Slovenes sob in Maribor (you can read RockLine's…

With a colorful lineup, the fourth edition of Lipstikk N' Leathür satisfied the crowd's appetite and, for a moment, brought the legacy of eighties hard rock back to life in Carniola.

The day after Valentine's Day, Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana hosted a one-of-a-kind concert event, with almost all the former and current members of two legendary, inseparably intertwined Slovenian bands, Predmestje and Panda, gathering on…

A show that was pretty restrained at first turned into a proper mini explosion of heart and mind by the end. The ubiquitous face of Western-world melancholy today can be transformed into musical form in seriously interesting ways. The duo…

With her power, one-of-a-kind charisma and ravenous vocal relentlessness, Mia proves she's still first violin in her line of work. Her musical message, a universally infectious and accessible distillate of smooth jazz and soul-blues forms,…

Kadlnica of Death came back to life this time in a special edition! It was Carnival Tuesday, and the event took on the fitting name »Carnival Glam Night«. It was a warm-up gig, the opening act for the fourth Lisptikk N' Leathür festival,…

"Slash was his usual reserved self, only addressing the packed hall for the first time near the end of the show, and with a handful of thank-yous he threw even more fuel on an already blazing atmosphere."

The trip to Vienna lived up to every expectation. We hung out with the young, hard-charging Swedish force Enforcer, gave ourselves over to the immortal classics of Angel Witch, and finished off by surrendering to the elemental flow of Grand…

Trumpeter Timotej Kotnik, whose layered musical vision follows in the footsteps of the immortal genius Miles Davis, has conjured up an experience of jazz rock fusion insight and boundless art freedom with Via Ad Infinitum, powered by the…

Even though Slash has spent a decade and a half trying to escape the shadow of his time with the notorious Guns, playing their classics is still what fills his wallet, so he's stuck in a kind of vicious circle of past mega-success.

After a solid year away, the local death/thrash camel Gonoba is back on stage with a fresh record!

The gig flew by, despite eighteen songs played. The tempo was high, the crowd reserved at first, but by the end (at least up front) pretty rowdy. And at a show by the "cold" Paul Banks, no less. No two ways about it, the gig was a success,…

At Zagreb's Tvornica kulture on the first day of this February, a charity concert for the homeless brought together a lineup of rock veterans — Dovlje Jagode, Psihomodo Pop, Pozdrav Azri and Aerodrom — plus one exception, the younger…

After their epic hibernation, God Scard could use a dose of steroids, while the youngsters from Era Of Hate and Chimera could use a few more balls of their own. Still, Velenje is better endowed than the Upper Carniolan soldiery ...

The Slovenian hard rock scene has a new name to add to the list. Top Stripper took a big step onto the scene with the release of their debut »High Heels Avenue« and its launch show in a packed Orto bar. They proved that even with barely any…

An hour and a half of simple musical rhetoric, aimed at a bored working class, flew by in a flash and left us all convinced that somewhere in the backwaters, the spirit of classic hard rock still lives and breathes.

Vader have proven once again that the Polish death metal monster shows no sign of the Force running dry, even after more than a quarter century on the scene.

Location: Ljubljana / SiTi Teater / SloveniaDate: 25.01.2013 When the talk turns to musical experimentation that you hurl into the century-old template of recognizable tunes from the Slovenian folk music landscape, you'll struggle…

In the late '80s and early '90s, My Bloody Valentine often played to empty halls – the whole crowd was in the next room, safe behind plexiglass, safe from the walls of Shields' amps. This time too, there was something downright insane about…

It's always pure pleasure and a balm for body and soul to catch a show by legends of Italian progressive rock who, even in their golden years, are still livelier on stage than plenty of much younger, musically comparable bands. On top of…

The cheeky troubadours unveiled their new album "Drenov grič" at CUK Kino Šiška, in their trademark tongue-in-cheek style! Playful, sparkling, piercing, heartfelt, in the spirit of an honest Friday-night itch, which filled up hungry…

When it comes to musical experimentation hurled into the century-old template of recognizable tunes from Slovenia's folk music landscape, you'll be hard-pressed to find a bigger artistic high point than what the sextet Katalena delivers…

With the strengths of their new album »Tenses Collide« and the kind of stage form Eruption are in today, the guys are ready to storm foreign stages and let thrash metal fans around the world get to know them!

Instead of the hybrid metal heavyweights God Scard, who had to cancel at the last minute because of illness, Kranj got a great helping of elemental hard rock revivalism courtesy of Retro Kult and Freeway Machine.

Zmelkoow have proven they're still the masters of tongue-in-cheek fun – and what's even better is that they keep serving their loyal followers tours with a fresh theme every time.

It was an explosive night, one where a splash of Muškat, punk burlesque and rock'n'roll rowdiness once again showed Styria's Muškat Hamburg to be one of a kind in our corner of the world.

Werefox's spell conquered Ljubljana beautifully with their very first stage landing. The imperative of perfection, quality and pure musical brilliance that poured off the record spills onto the concert stages too!

A really lovely night that could have pulled in a few more people is a clear sign that rock fans in the Krško-Brežice basin won't go hungry for hot gigs in 2013 either.

Woli Wo are fun guys, surely good musicians who get the magic of a guitar phrase and a predatory metal composition. But on this particular night, what stepped to the front was a bunch of seriously overloaded heads soaked in alcohol…

A great hard rock vibe and a rowdy, high-spirited atmosphere were the hallmarks of Saturday's get-together in Kranj.

What happens when unicorns take over Orto bar?

On the day the mountains were shaking and the world was supposedly ending, Maja Pihler Stermecki, better known to everyone as "Bilbi", brought a ray of sunshine to the Slovenian capital with her show at SiTi Teater. A Christmas concert with…

Camaraderie, harmony and a relaxed vibe sum up this upbeat December evening best. The joint tour by Barely Modern, Arhibald Arhibaldovich and Dečki iz dvorišta was a success, and I hope we can look forward to a second edition down the line.

Moveknowledgement defy the end of the world with dance, the rhythm of words and addictive melodies. This time Channel Zero pulsed to the beat of good music.

Tanita Tikaram is without a doubt one of those one-of-a-kind musical sorceresses who, with her unique art-gravure sound and singular charisma, lodge themselves in the heart of everyone who catches her live. That's exactly what the night at…

To mark the release of the new album "Daljina, dim i prašina", Bajaga and his loyal Inštruktorji set off on a mini tour of the former Yugoslavia. On Thursday that tour rolled into the small hall of Hala Tivoli.

Last Thursday, a hellish triple bill of Teleport, Hellsword and Vigilance , marching under the banner Return of Evil and Darkness, took over the upstairs of Orto!

Probably the best Iron Maiden "tribute" band in the region made a triumphant return to Metelkova!

Traveling with Scorpions on their farewell tour was a genuine experience that a crowd of more than ten thousand won't be forgetting anytime soon!

Fran Milčinski Ježek's artistic vision has gained a new dimension of full-blooded authenticity and a venerable tribute, and thanks to Nana Milčinski's one-of-a-kind interpretation, the rest of us can finally experience it too.

Anyone going to a Repetitorji show for the first time with no clue what to expect (even though every friend keeps telling them the gigs are insane) is blown away. Anyone going for the fifth time, knowing full well the show will be insane…

The cult hard rock outfit from Niš, Serbia, formed way back in 1981, followed its shows in its hometown of Niš a year ago and in Novi Sad this April with a third anniversary concert in the Serbian capital, Belgrade.

What do you get when you invite Krakow, Vulture Industries and Virus on tour? Something completely different!

After 23 years, the loudest "umlaut" in the world roared through Hala Tivoli once more!

Despite the dismal turnout, Kraljevski Apartman's first-ever visit to Slovenia was a bullseye, since bands of their kind coming to the land beneath Triglav are more the exception than the rule.

Performing: Motörhead, Anthrax, Diaries Of A HeroLocation: Munich / Zenith Halle / GermanyDate: December 1, 2012 The year has come full circle, the frost has set in, and as usual it brought a new Motörhead tour of Great Britain and…

The Velenje–Basque alliance served up the best they've got in front of a completely emptied-out Orto. If Inmate are meticulous and tidy, you can't pin any kind of cohesion on the chaotic, noisy trio Berri Txarrak ...

Motörhead stay true to their slogan "everything louder than everyone else," and their shows to one single goal: raw rock'n'roll mayhem, even if it means the odd miss in the eyes of music connoisseurs.

Ian and his crew surprised us with an unforgettable stage show. Even those of us who hadn't forgotten how merciless the years have been on his vocal abilities, and who would rather have seen »Thick As a Brick 2« come out as a new Jethro…

Thirty years after the first breath of air in shared lungs and the first cry of revolt put into words, Demolition Group still sit on their throne as the alternative rock'n'roll gods of Slovenia, and Menza confirmed for the second time that…

In the battle of musical arguments between the Upper Carniolan alternative grunge champions and the Styrian standard-bearers of modern, polished metal, it was the dirt that won over heart and soul this time ...

While all of Slovenia is protesting against the corruption of the ruling elites, who live only to grab as many material and other perks as they can for themselves and their cronies, some of us look for a way out of the gray everyday grind…

Fresh off a sold-out acoustic show at Ljubljana's Križanke, the legendary purveyors of retro Yugo rock nostalgia Parni Valjak played Novo mesto for the first time, this time in their new unplugged outfit!

Closing out Dan D's epic "Tiho" tour with another intimate hangout with the exotic, acoustically rearranged makeover of Dan D standards. This time in their hometown of Novo mesto!

One of the world's most famous cover bands once again brought the heat to Ljubljana's Kino Šiška with a smoking-hot show.

Kino Šiška just wrapped up another night of great music, and this time fans of quality alternative rock got their fill. Instead of the usual one or at most two acts, we got four. What will stay with us most is Lanegan's commanding presence…

Live shows by 'Britain's most closely guarded musical secret' are always a one-of-a-kind balm for body, soul and spirit, so it would be a great idea if seeing them live at least once became a mandatory part of the prescribed medical regimen…

Godi Bodi, the festival of contemporary singer-songwriter and ethno music, has been a fixture of Slovenia's live scene for five years running. We're used to getting it in spring, in the second third of April. This year, though, it got a…

Richie Kotzen gave the crowd what he does best: raw playing! No unnecessary frills, no chatter, no comedy bits. He led us through his primal instinct for chasing the magic of music and served up yet another unforgettable live adventure.

Thank God we still get gigs like Wednesday's, the kind that let you forget for a few hours about the world of shit where slime lives and civilization is collapsing.

Garbarek's playing sent us into a state of unbelievable bliss, you could even say rapture. An incredible concert experience that showed just how much emotional and intellectual charge good jazz carries inside it. All of which makes it even…

Junius's moody musical experiences are a reflection of the pragmatic vault of boundless insight into the unconscious state, a coding of the universe's accepted ideas into one unique moment in the language of music.

The fifth "Valovski" call, "Hočemo dobro glasbo", gave birth to the fifth edition of the compilation "Imamo dobro glasbo" at the "eternal" Studio 14. To make the night even more colorful, Niet followed up and played their brand-new release…

A charming Trieste get-together on a rainy Sunday night, wrapped in the warm embrace of a club with the main voice of Mr. Big, stripped down acoustic-style: one man, one heart, one soul! That's Eric Martin.

The perfect combo for a Saturday night of rock escapism!

In the mighty atmosphere of the Muffathalle, Saga proved once again that with Michael Sadler in the lineup they're a rock-solid monolith of live perfection, and an ideal setlist won over even their most demanding fans.

… something incredible happens.

A tour that brought together melodic industrial metal outfit Pain, passionate experimental black metal greats Moonspell, increasingly prominent doom death metallers Swallow The Sun, doom metal comebackers Lake Of Tears and newcomers Scar Of…

In an hour and three quarters, Tide played practically the whole »No. 4« album in a blazing show, spiced the set with a retrospective pick of tracks from older albums, and proved once again that they're one of the most eye-catching alt-rock…

After two years of waiting, dozens of gigs, and some serious showdowns with heavyweight rivals and critics, Kredarca has rocked Metelkova once again. The baby shower, though, was only a qualified success.

It looks like the charming Serbian-born guitarist Ana Popović, an excellent blues/rock player, is becoming a regular at the Blues Festival in Postojna. This was her second appearance at the event.

The unusual mix of acts made for an incredible experience, and above all left our emotional biorhythm completely wrecked. Switching atmospheres was hard going, though not "heavy" going, and we witnessed three bands, each living by a totally…

"You can't miss it when His Excellency, the musical alien and guitar guru of elusive caliber with that one-of-a-kind art charisma, Steve Vai, appears onstage in front of you. All you can do is travel with him. And at the speed of light.…

The verdict after the show is the expected one: we witnessed one of the events of the year. The two bands together conjured up a phenomenal evening. The Dirty Three were an excellent opener, precisely because of the monumental contrast the…

Another unforgettable night of concert madness with a guitar deity who has now spoiled the Ljubljana crowd for the fourth time in his career (and the second time at Ljubljana's Cvetličarna)! After three hours of an exceptional show, nobody…

"After this show, Vai remains a born stage entertainer, a grand wizard and master of shock-and-show excess, spiced up with the elusive playing of a unique six-string, even seven-string, theory! But that's enough, I'll save a few more words…

Vai put a spell on Zagreb. That's indisputable. This one-of-a-kind musical epic lasted almost two hours and three quarters. Judging by what he showed, Vai remains a born stage entertainer, a great wizard and master of shock/show excess,…

Brit Floyd have fully lived up to their reputation as the best possible live stand-in for Pink Floyd these days.

"Spoon-clinking" and "scraping" with Dan D in Šmartno in the Goriška Brda hills on the acoustic "Tiho" tour didn't quiet down a packed Hiša kulture – it sent everyone in there into full-on delirium!

These bands are truly live bands; their music only really comes alive on stage. So we got a night of moments, energy and instants that can only exist with music.

While the masses "remembered" the dead on Thursday by gorging on kebab, cotton candy and ćevapčići and competing in grave-ironing at Žale, a crowd of about a hundred honored their memory in a much more fitting way.

"El Kachon blew us away with their perfection and precise tuning, which reaches the level of a flawlessly running Swiss watch. This is a band that Slovenia is short on, so let's hope it gets the spotlight it deserves on the scene going…

The New York crew The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart (a few lads and a lady) left a decent but unremarkable impression at Kino Šiška last Wednesday. The night had a pleasant vibe, which the English band Flowers had already conjured up in the…

An anniversary party in grand style: a celebration of Slovenian music plus a gig by a hugely popular international band, all wrapped in a relaxed, positive vibe. Val 202 once again proved itself on the idea front and put together the kind…

The last gasps of October were all about the lines of perfect concert architecture: pure pleasure, articulated noise and primal fun. This all-English invasion added one more notch to the list of Architects' successes.

Nearly three hours of London spectacle proved that Devin Townsend is simply one of the best, and The Retinal Circus was a reminder of what really matters in life, which comes in awfully handy in these shitty times!

Meet a seven-piece band that smells of tradition and brings passion and love to everything they take on. Intricately built and loaded with expressive melodies, this is the story of El Kachon, a juicy new progressive blues rock stew from…

It took thirty-five years, but it was worth it – Accept have finally thundered into Ljubljana!

Even before Germany's heavy metal champions Accept played their first show in Ljubljana, RockLine popped over to the Croatian capital, where we found out the quintet is packed with explosives like it hasn't been in ages, and they gave our…

The concert by Slovenian singer-songwriter Katarina Avbar, who gave birth to her studio debut »Beležnica« last November, is the herald of a new concert series in which, over the coming months, several other prominent names of Slovenian…

Bleed From Within (Scotland), Bury Tomorrow (England) and Crossfaith (Japan)! A cubed dose of brutality at Orto Bar that spares nothing in its path and leaves no survivors. Another unforgettable metalcore party!

200 meters below the Earth's surface! It's as if they were taking their first steps all over again, straight out of their Trbovlje cradle. A cry of retro-nostalgia for the early Laibach, staged to celebrate the opening of the underground…

The debut from Jesenice extremists Within Destruction is racking up good reviews, but this time the standout record sadly got a bizarre stage show to go with it ...

It would all be okay, even the fact that Holmes' vocal range no longer allows an optimal rendition of the Paradise Lost classics, if the guy had shown a different approach and character on stage toward a supportive crowd. As it is, the band…