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Faster Pussycat (40th Anniversary Tour), Blacklist Union, Femme FataleSunday, 9/27/2026Kulturni dom, Prosecco, Italy "Anyone can play R'n'R, you just have to want it badly enough" Traveling around to gigs on Rockline duty comes…

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…

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,…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

Date: Friday, 24 January 2025Venue: Ljubljana, SloveniaPerformers: Zabranjeno pušenje, documentary Svjetla Sarajeva Yours truly ended up, completely out of the blue and on a special invite from a special someone, at a cultural event…

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…

Event: D:A:D 40th anniversary concert with special guests SandnessDate: Monday, November 25, 2024Venue: Legend Club, Milan, Italy 18 years after the indescribable events at the D:A:D concert in Graz, my buddy and I hit the road down…

Event: Pelhan Headline Show, Support: HarpierDate: 19.9.2024Venue: Orto Bar, Ljubljana, Slovenia On Thursday, in the intimate atmosphere of Orto Bar, Harpier opened the night as support and Primorska hard rockers Pelhan…

Event: Moon & Stars festival, headliners Status QuoDate: July 12, 2024Location: Piazza Grande, Locarno, Switzerland "Current status: black and white" Sometimes, even as a hardened and battle-worn metalhead, life drops you in…

Performing: PelhanDate: Saturday, 20 April 2024Location: Ajdovščina, bar Hiša mladih After the debut V neznano, released on 13 March 2014, it took Aleš Pelhan a full ten years to put out the second album Zgrabi me. The band…

Performers: Infected Rain, DragonForce, Amaranthe Date: Thursday, March 7, 2024 Venue: Gasometer, Vienna, Austria Back at the Gasometer after four months, this time in my official capacity as a Rockline writer. Thanks to Laura…

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…

After a strange period when a flood of concert tours suddenly swept across Europe — all announced left and right, only to be followed by one cancellation after another, especially from American bands (the calculated reasons behind that…

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.

Alcest delivered a performance and setlist that more than lived up to the hype — their show can simply be described as nothing short of magical.

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,…

Location: Vienna (Wien) / Simm City / AustriaDate: Monday, 02.12.2019 This December isn't just packed with the seizure-inducing, vomit-triggering strains of Last Christmas, Silent Night, and New Year's Kiss — thankfully, it's also full…

Location: Ljubljana / Kino Šiška / SloveniaDate: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 Summer is over, and so are the festivals. Time to head back to the clubs. September is packed with shows, and Kino Šiška especially so — the venue is hitting its 10-year…

Location: Kranj / Transtation SubArt / SloveniaDate: Saturday, 07.09.2019 Swedish progressive metal outfit Soen grows more popular with every passing year. The band first caught attention largely through drummer Martin Lopez, who…

Location: Tolmin / Sotočje / Slovenia Date: Saturday, July 27, 2018 Five days of non-stop metal, and the last day of the festival still showed up way too soon. Thanks to the wonderful atmosphere, top-notch organization and a really…

"Žen are musicians who know exactly what they want. Their musical vision is firmly chiseled, and it's confirmed by the eclectic expression that runs through their original music, which makes them downright special and unique in the…

"The sad thing with Bobby is that nobody knows how much longer he'll be shambling around stages in anything resembling 'good health', so Pentagram are a band every fan of the genre has to see live at least once in their life."

"Pentagram are nowhere near ready for retirement. A phenomenal close to the first day, its peak, and one of the best moments of this year's festival!"