hard rock

Escape Music will release the live album "Far Away... Live In Concert" by Bob Catley on April 24, 2026. Catley is best known as the vocalist of the legendary Magnum, and these days he's also an active part of the Avantasia project. The…

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…

Degreed, the Swedish hard rockers, have announced their new studio album "Curtain Calls", landing on April 10, 2026 via Frontiers Music Srl. Check out the first single and lyric video for Broken Dreams below, taken from the upcoming…

Axel Rudi Pell, the timeless German curator of the classic hard rock school, will release his new studio album, “Ghost Town”, on March 20, 2026. Once again it's coming out on Germany's Steamhammer/SPV Records. Below you can check out…

John Corabi, the legendary hard rock vocalist who recently joined the Italian label Frontiers Music Srl., will release his first solo studio album, "New Day", on the label on April 24, 2026. Below you'll find the second single from the…

The Order, the Swiss hard rock / heavy metal outfit, are announcing their new studio album "Empires", due out on March 27, 2026 via Massacre Records. The album will be available as a digipak CD, a black vinyl LP and in digital formats. …

Heavy Pettin, the cult Scottish rock outfit who dropped their comeback album "Rock Generation" last October (October 24, 2025, via Silver Lining Music), have unveiled a new video for their single Faith Healer. Check it out below. You…

John Corabi, the legendary hard rock vocalist who recently signed with Italy's Frontiers Music Srl., will release his first solo studio album, "New Day", on the label on April 24, 2026. Below you can check out the second single from the…

Lou Gramm, the unforgettable original voice of AOR icons Foreigner, is back with a fresh original single, the track Young Love. The single is a teaser for the legendary musician's new studio album, "Released", due March 27, 2026 on HNE!…

Edge Of Paradise, the American hard rock and heavy metal outfit, dropped their new studio album “Prophecy” on March 7, 2025 via Napalm Records. It's the band's sixth studio album overall, but their first for the Austrian label. Check…

Ignescent, the Chicago rock outfit founded by vocalist Jennifer Benson, are back with a new single and video for Chariot Of Fire, featuring Sevendust vocalist Clint Lowery as a special guest. The band's latest single will appear on…

Sainted Sinners, the international hard rock outfit, are unveiling the official video for their new single Sunshine, taken from their new studio album “High On Fire”. The album came out on November 21 via ROAR, a division of Reigning…

HighWay, the French hard rock outfit, are back with a new single, Bang! Bang!, taken from their upcoming studio album "Last Call For Rock N Roll". The album will be released via Rock City Music. The single comes with an official video…

Keith Wallen, the musician best known for his work with American alternative metallers Breaking Benjamin, is stepping out on his own with the solo single A Thin Line. The single captures Wallen's trademark melodic rock sensibility,…

Boulevard, the cult Canadian AOR and melodic rock outfit from the eighties, have unveiled a fresh original single, "Start All Over Again". You can check it out below. Start All Over Again is a teaser for the band's upcoming new studio…

Fireborn, the German melodic hard rockers, dropped their new album “Dreamcatcher” on January 23 via El Puerto Records. To celebrate the release, they've put out one more single, along with an official video for the track Set The World On…

Francis Buchholz, former bassist of German rock icons Scorpions, has died at the age of 71. The bassist's death was confirmed by his family in a Facebook post this morning, January 23. You can check the original below. Francis…

Def Leppard, the British rock 'n' roll icons, have dropped a new single called Rejoice, complete with a lyric video. You can check it out below. The single Rejoice is out now on all digital platforms! The band decided to put out the…

White Skies, the British melodic hard rock outfit, will release their second studio album, "Shouting At The Hurricane", on March 27, 2026. The record is coming out on Metalapolis Records. The band, who put out their debut "Black Tide"…

Dan Byrne, the British rocker who signed with Italian label Frontiers Music Srl. last fall, will release his studio debut “This Is Where the Show Begins” on May 22, 2026. Down below you'll find the second single, She's The Devil,…

Joel Hoekstra’s 13, the project fronted by guitar virtuoso Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake), is gearing up for its fourth studio album, “From The Fade”. Below you'll find the third single and video, for the track Lifeline. “From The Fade” is…

Tyketto, the cult American glam metal and hard rock outfit, will release their sixth studio album “Closer To The Sun” on March 20 via Silver Lining Music. With their return to the scene, Tyketto are promising a package of meticulously…

Thundermother, the all-female hard rock quartet from Sweden, are announcing the release of their live album "Live N Alive" on April 17, 2026. Napalm Records will be putting it out. The live album collects recordings from the band's…

Hollywood Vampires, the superstar rock trio, have revealed the dates of their new European tour. The run of 14 shows kicks off on August 12 at London's O2 arena, continues with seven more gigs in the United Kingdom, and then moves on to…

IT'sALIE, the Italian rockers teaming up with the legendary Mat Sinner (Primal Fear, Sinner), are unveiling the second single from their upcoming album "Wild Games" with the track Living In The City. It comes with a video too, so check it…

The folks at Escape Music have put out a reissue of "When Empires Burn"! It's one of the solo studio albums from Bob Catley, the singer of British rock legends Magnum, who's still going strong today with power metal sensation Avantasia! …

Michael Sweet, frontman of American heavy metal outfit Stryper, will drop a new solo studio album, "The Master Plan", on April 3, 2026 via Italy's Frontiers Music Srl. You can already pre-order "The Master Plan". The album was…

Gotthard, Swiss hard rock icons, will release a mini album, "More Stereo Crush", on March 13, 2026. The record will come out via the German label RPM (Reigning Phoenix Music). Below you can check out the second single and video from the…

Royal Hunt, the legendary Danish symphonic rockers, have unveiled the video for the acoustic version of their single Sign Of Yesterday, which you can check out below. The acoustic single comes from the band's latest EP, “Behind The…

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…

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…

Shotdown, the hard rock / heavy metal band from the Goriška region that wrapped things up back in 2019, has broken its long silence with devastating news: singer and founding member Jurij 'Egzi' Čotar has passed away. According to the info…

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…

Label: Silver Lining MusicRelease date: October 24, 2025Production: Genre: Heavy RockRating: 8.5/10 Back in the '80s, the Scottish rock 'n' roll warriors Heavy Pettin conquered stages all over the world, while their 1983 debut album…

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…

Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley has died at the age of 74. In the early hours of October 16, it was announced that Frehley was in the hospital on life support after suffering a brain hemorrhage from a fall a month earlier, which had forced…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Mijo Popović, founder and guitarist of the cult Slovenian heavy metal band Pomaranča, has died at the age of 67! The sad news was first posted on social media by his bandmate and the group's keyboardist Tomaž Žontar, who wrote:…

Label: Dallas RecordsRelease date: May 1997 / April 18, 2025 (vinyl reissue)Production: Zvonko TepešAlbum length: 46.46 minGenre: Punk Rock / Hard Rock / Hip-hopRating: 8.0/10Buy the album! Dallas Records has spent quite a while now…

Label: Cooking Vinyl Release date: 3/28/2025Producer: Dan HawkinsAlbum length: 33:05 minGenre: Rock'N'Roll / Hard RockRating: 9.0/10 The Darkness love picking 'crunchy' titles for their albums. Just think of the comeback record "Hot…

Label: Reigning Phoenix MusicRelease date: March 21, 2205Production: Leo Leoni & Charlie BauerfeindGenre: Hard RockRating: 8/10 Gotthard need no special introduction. Today they're a truly big name in European hard rock, but…

Tarja Turunen & Marko Hietala (opening act: Aaetheria)Monday, March 10, 2025Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / Slovenia The long-awaited onstage reunion of two legendary — and, for many, sadly former — classic Nightwish members has…

The Dead Daisies (support acts: The Treatment, Broken Wings)Sunday, 9 March 2025Padua / Hall / Italy (for an English version, please scroll down the bar) The Dead Daisies, the super-rock sensation formed by a quintet of great…

Slaven Živanović - Žiža, lead guitarist and founding member of Croatian hard rockers Opća Opasnost from Županja in Slavonia, has passed away at the age of 53 after a short, severe illness. Žiža was born on August 15, 1972 in Slavonski…

Mary RoseSaturday, 18 January 2025Koper / Snack Bar (Aquapark Hotel Žusterna) / Slovenia Mary Rose are Slovenian rock legends. The confirmed gig at Koper's Žusterna came almost tailor-made for the classic post-New Year concert…

Label: One RecordsRelease date: 12/30/2024Genre: Heavy Metal / Hard RockRating: 9.5/10BUY CD! Žanil Tataj Žak is a music legend of our region. He was there when it all went down. Like a good Czech lager, a (le)Žak, too. Way back in…

Label: Dallas RecordsRelease date: 13. 11. 2023Production: Zvone HranjecAlbum length: 31.22 minGenre: Hard Rock / Melodic RockRating: 8.0/10Buy the CD! Chateau are a Slovenian rock band of a kind you just don't find on the scene…

Date: Friday, 27 Dec 2024Venue: Županja, CroatiaLine-up: Gazde, Jelusick, Opća opasnost On a sunny winter Friday, the magnificent seven of us piled into a black METAL van and set off for the distant Županja, where Croatian hard rock…

Label: Big Joco Music RecordsRelease date: 12. 11. 2021Production: Jože Hribar (Big Joco)Genre: Glam Metal / Hard RockRating: 8.5/10 There's no need to waste many words on Chateau. Every true-blue Slovenian rocker knows them. Back…

Self-releasedRelease date: October 2, 2024Production: Jernej ZoranAlbum length: Genre: Hard RockRating: 9.0/10Buy the album! Jernej Zoran is one of the hardest-working, endlessly inspired and, let's just say it outright, most…

The Dead Daisies (plus: Mike Tramp, Beasto Blanco)Saturday, November 16, 2024, 7:45 p.m. to 11:10 p.m.Vienna (Wien) / Simm City / Austria (For an English version, please scroll down the bar) It's hard to dodge a tour that bundles…

Released: Oct 4, 2024 via AFM RecordsProduced by: Nick FossLength: 53:52Genre: Hard Rock “Corporate rock for corporate …” Good thing mobile phones weren't in wide use yet in the early nineties. That way, the debauchery that went…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: 11. 10. 2024Production: James Christian & Mark MangoldAlbum length: 56.09 minGenre: Hard Rock / Melodic Rock / AORRating: 8.5/10 House Of Lords, the American arena rock, AOR and melodic…

Reb Beach And The Bad BoysSaturday, 12. 10. 2024Velden am Wörthersee / Bluesiana Rock Cafe / Austria (for an English version, please scroll down the bar) Reb Beach is a guitar ace, and we never tire of coming back to see him.…

Label: AFM RecordsRelease date: 13. 9. 2024Production: Herman Frank & Arne NeurandAlbum length: 45.10 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 8.0/10 Victory are an old German heavy metal outfit. They've weathered every war storm and…

Label: Provogue Records / Mascot Label GroupRelease date: September 20, 2024Production: Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Marshall AltmanLength: 32:15 minGenre: Blues Rock Rating: 8.5/10 Kenny Wayne Shepherd is yet another one of those white…

Label: Spitfire Music / Steamhammer / SPV RecordsRelease date: September 6, 2024Production: Marti FrederiksenAlbum length: 36.39 minGenre: Hard RockRating: 8.0/10 The Dead Daisies, the hard rock quintet brought to life in 2012 by…

Label: Phonotraxx PublishingRelease date: 12. 7. 2024Production: Berhnard Weiß & Harry ÖllersAlbum length: 41.32 minGenre: Hard Rock / Melodic Metal / Power MetalRating: 8.5/10 Axxis are the old guard of the German hard rock and…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: April 12, 2024Production: Steve Schenck & Richie CastellanoAlbum length: 41.46 minGenre: Art Rock / Hard Rock / Heavy MetalRating: 8.0/10 Blue Öyster Cult really are one of the most…

Jack Russell, the former frontman of Great White, has died at the age of 63. The sad news came just a month after Russell announced he was stepping back from live performance, having been diagnosed with not one but two serious degenerative…

Label: earMUSICRelease date: July 19, 2024Production: Bob EzrinAlbum length: 52.19 minGenre: Hard RockRating: 8.5/10 Deep Purple, the indestructible hard rock legends, just won't quit. Unlike their equally notorious and influential…

Released: May 10, 2024 via Atomic Fire RecordsProduction: Riot V, Bruno RavelLength: 51 min, 33 secGenre: Power Metal / Hard Rock "Live and Breathe Heavy Metal" Aaaaaahhh, where do I even start? Riot (now Riot V) are the most…

Toto, Uriah Heep, Slade Schlosswiese, Moosburg, AustriaFriday, July 19, 2024 Anticipating an unforgettable concert, we were hit by a "biblical flood" We caught Slade's opening set. When Uriah Heep were due on stage, the intro…

Label: J&R AdventuresRelease date: June 14, 2024Production: Black Country CommunionAlbum length: 50.37 minGenre: Hard RockRating: 8.5/10 Black Country Communion (BCC for short) are a quartet! A supergroup quartet that needs no…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: 12. 7. 2024Production: Jay Ruston & Mr. BigAlbum length: 46.16 min.Genre: Hard RockRating: 8.5/10 It's no big news anymore that Mr. Big have been saying goodbye to the music scene for…

Mary RoseFriday, 12 July 2024, at 9:00 PMPostojna / Titov trg / Slovenia Those Fridays do come around. Eventually. July ones. Locked into scorching dog days that know how to fray the nerves. Days when you stare at a restless sky,…

Marco MendozaFriday, 14 June 2024Portorož / Rock'N'Roll Circus / Slovenia Marco Mendoza is a musician with quite a few stories under his belt. In his career, he's seen pretty much everything. The last major band we saw him with was…

Released: April 20, 2024 via self-release PELHANProduction: Aleš Pelhan and Matjaž ŠvageljLength: 49:05 min.Genre: Hard Rock "Hard Rock'n'Roll" With a killer release party in Ajdovščina on April 20, 2024, the second album from…

Acts: Mr. Big / Jared James Nichols (support act)Date: Thursday, 4 April 2024Venue: Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / Slovenia Mr. Big, a band that fused two seemingly incompatible musical trends of the eighties — melodic hard rock with…

C. J. Snare (Carl Jeffrey Snare), vocalist of the cult American glam metal band Firehouse, passed away suddenly at home on Friday evening, April 5, 2024. He was just 64 years old. As you may have already heard, after C. J. successfully…

PART 2 (a preview of the official album release, with an interview recap) A new story from Pelhan, their second. A new chapter built from a decade of experience and two years of polishing ideas. The result of personal growth,…

Acts: Judas Priest / Saxon / Uriah HeepDate: Monday, 1 April 2024 (18:00–23:00)Venue: Vienna (Wien) / Wiener Stadthalle - Halle D / Austria The big day had finally come! A celebration for every lover of steel, leather, burning motor…

Label: Provogue Records/Mascot Label GroupRelease date: March 1, 2024Production: Eric CorneAlbum length: 57:54 minGenre: Blues RockRating: 8.5/10 With a run of albums, the latest being "Broken" – and buckle up, because it's his…

Label: SPV/Steamhammer RecordsRelease date: January 12, 2024Production: Tony ClarkinAlbum length: 50.15 min.Genre: Art Rock / Hard RockRating: 8.5/10 It's a sad but true realization, and one that will keep plenty of fans up at…

James Kottak, former Scorpions and Kingdom Come drummer, has died at the age of 62. The news was confirmed on Scorpions' official social media accounts. The cause of death is unknown. Kottak was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1962,…

Tony Clarkin, guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of beloved British hard and art rock veterans Magnum, has passed away at the age of 77. The sad news was confirmed by Clarkin's daughter and first announced on Magnum's official social…

Halestorm / Black Veil Brides / MothicaWednesday, 22 November 2023Zagreb / Tvornica kulture / Croatia Barely a year had passed since Halestorm, the American hard rock sensation from Pennsylvania, toured the old continent as special…

Bryan AdamsWednesday, 13 December 2023Zagreb / Arena Zagreb / Croatia Bryan Adams — acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter, '80s pop-rock icon, producer, professional photographer, and one of the most successful artists of all time…

Performers: Spike of Quireboys / Jelusick / The Dead DaisiesDate: Thursday, 7 December 2023Venue: Ljubljana / Cvetličarna / Slovenia There are those concerts. The ones that make it to Slovenia. Concerts whose musical DNA also feeds…

The beginnings of the music we now know as Pelhan go back to 2000. Aleš Pelhan, guitarist and singer, formed the band RoXoN at the age of 15. At first they played well-known rock tunes and gathered experience at mostly small local gigs.…

Myles Goodwyn, guitarist, vocalist, founder and central figure of Canadian rock icons April Wine, died on December 3, 2023, in Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada), in his 76th year. His death was confirmed by his publicist Eric Alper, though the…

Performing: Gov't MuleDate: Tuesday, 21 November 2023Location: Trieste / Politeama Rossetti / Italy Gov't Mule are simply one of those bands. Bands sworn to the old-school — to an analog sonic vocabulary. Few like them are left. A…

Performers: ChateauDate: 17 Nov 2023Venue: Ljubljana / Orto bar / Slovenia It doesn't happen every day that Chateau release a new studio album. And more than that — after 2011, when the band put out the album "Do konca" and then,…

Self-releasedRelease date: 1. 9. 2023Production: GrizlAlbum length: 45.38 minGenre: Hard RockRating: 10/10Buy the album! Grizl, a Slovenian hard rock band from Brežice, are back on the scene with their third studio album, “Rojen v…

Performers: Omega Sun / The Winery DogsLocation: Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / SloveniaDate: Sunday, October 29, 2023 The Winery Dogs back in Slovenia! The second visit of these three musical super-Conans — after that July appearance…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: October 13, 2023Production: Jacob HansenAlbum length: 53.57 minGenre: Hard Rock/Melodic RockRating: 8.5/10 Ronnie Atkins, the celebrated Danish rock and heavy metal vocalist and the ultimate…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: May 5, 2023Production: Kip WingerAlbum length: 56:22 minGenre: Hard Rock / Art RockRating: 9.0/10 Winger came back this May with a brand-new studio album. Their seventh. What's it called?…

Label: Three Dog MusicRelease date: February 3, 2023Production: The Winery Dogs (mix: Jay Ruston)Album length: 50.52 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Hard RockRating: 9.0/10 With all three members of The Winery Dogs constantly tied up…

Acts: Joel Hoekstra & Brandon Gibbs (support acts: Marco Pastorino / The Spider Accomplice)Date: Saturday, 7 October 2023Location: Zagreb / Hard Place / Croatia Joel Hoekstra and Brandon Gibbs, two top-tier and highly respected…

Label: earMUSICRelease date: August 25, 2023Production: Bob EzrinAlbum length: 47:43 minGenre: Hard Rock / Shock RockRating: 8.5/10 The king of shock rock Alice Cooper is back with a new studio album, “Road”, which is reason enough…

Dire Straits LegacyWednesday, 30 August 2023Ljubljana / L56 / Slovenia Dire Straits Legacy is a band that performs — as the name already hints — strictly Dire Straits material at their shows. Dire Straits? They've been off the scene…

Blue Öyster CultLjubljana / Media Center / SloveniaMonday, 28 August 2023 Not that long ago, anyone who dared suggest that legendary American hard rockers Blue Öyster Cult would be playing Ljubljana — one of only three dates on the…

Chris Overland, founding member and guitarist of British AOR legends FM, has passed away. The band announced the news two days ago (August 25, 2023) on their official Facebook profile (you'll find the original post below). In the summer…

The Cult (support: TV Eye)Friday, 30 June 2023Zagreb / ŠRC Šalata / Croatia The Cult! Literally. A cult. These dark shamans of the eighties — with their singular, eclectic blend of post-punk, gothic rock and hard rock that has few…

Performing: Šank RockDate: Friday, 16 June 2023Venue: Velenje / Velenje Lake (Vista park) / Slovenia ...at the concert of concerts, one we'll never forget! Šank Rock! The combination of those two words stirs something deep. It…

Fair Warning, the cult German hard rockers, announced the sad news three days ago that their guitarist Helge Engelke has passed away. He was 61 years old. "With great sadness and heavy hearts, we have to let you know that our dear…