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During a brief stop between tour dates in Canada, rising country artist Maddox Batson took time to speak with CountryMusicNews.de in an exclusive Zoom interview. Calling in while traveling from Winnipeg to Calgary, the young

SOL Sonic Ride Cologne is a one-day heavy music festival presented by the underground record label and booking agency Sound Of Liberation, bringing together leading acts from the Stoner, Doom, and Psychedelic Rock scenes.

King Zebra is a Swiss melodic hard rock/hair metal band based in Zurich, formed around 2012, known for their 80s-inspired sound and energetic performances. Fronted by vocalist Eric St. Michaels (formerly of China), the

Mia Karlsson - Live at Club VoltaBest known as the former guitarist and singer for the all-female hard rock band Crucified Barbara, she is currently active as a solo artist. In 2024, she launched a

The Gems - Slithering Through Europe Tour in Club Volta, Köln An Evening of Explosive Female Power Sunday evening at Club Volta in Cologne delivered exactly what rock fans had been waiting for. After the

Håndgemeng - European Album Tour 2026 in Gebäude9, Köln. Opening the night for Spidergawd, Håndgemeng owned the stage with a 30-minute set of tough, headbanging heavy metal. The band describes their sound as “doom and

Metal has long chased extremity—faster riffs, heavier tones, darker imagery. Yet one instrument still sits at the edge of the genre’s comfort zone: the saxophone. In the wrong hands it can derail a song, but

The surge in popularity of tribute bands. As most of us know, there has been a huge trend towards tribute bands lately. I'd describe most as your average local bar band that decided to play

Grailknights - Tour Of The Rising Fun 2026 in Carlswerk Victoria, Köln. The Grailknights are a metal band from Hanover. Their music can be stylistically assigned to the melodic Death Metal and Power Metal.

Miracle Flair - Set The Dark On Fire Tour 2026 in Siegburg Miracle Flair of St. Gallen Switzerland formed in 2008, opened the night for Edenbridge at Kubana Siegburg with an enjoyable set of

FlowerLeaf - Set The Dark On Fire Tour 2026 in Siegburg pulled off a captivating set as the second opening band for Edenbridge. The vocal capabilities of the lead singer were quite impressive for the

Edenbridge - Set The Dark On Fire Tour 2026 in Siegburg Closing the “Triple Treat” night following openers FlowerLeaf and Miracle Flair at Kubana, Siegburg was Austrian symphonic metal band Edenbridge. This was the

Zac Schulze Gang – live in Die Kantine, Köln opening for Samantha Fish.

Samantha Fish - Paper Doll World Tour 2026 in Köln. Samantha Fish is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter from Kansas City, and without doubt one of the finest contemporary female artists working in blues

Tyler Braden live at Club Bahnhof Ehrenfeld, Cologne, Germany.Backed by a full band, Tyler Braden delivered the strongest and most powerful sound of the evening. He kicked off his 13-song set with How It Starts,

Awake Again - Tour Is A State Of Mind Europe 2026 in Köln Photos for: metal.de Awake Again is an alternative metal band formed in 2013 in Turku, Finland. They opened for Lost Society

Lost Society - Tour Is A State Of Mind Europe 2026 in Köln Photos fro: metal.de Lost Society is a Finnish metal band from Jyväskylä, formed in 2010. They released so far six studio

The Great Faults live at Kult41. The future of the concert scene is developed in small venues. All those big superstars started out somewhere and they were beginners sometime. One can be excellent sounding

The Beauty Of Gemina 2026 live at the Groove Bar in Köln. The Beauty of Gemina is a Swiss electronic/alternative rock band founded by Michael Sele in 2006. Since then they released 10 studio

Better Joy live at Palladium in Köln, opening for Amy Macdonald in front of sold out venue with a roughly 30 minutes set. They pulled off a pretty good pop-indie, maybe the bass could have

Amy Macdonald live at Palladium in Köln in a sold out show, roughly 4,500 audience.Amy Macdonald is on my playlist since her first album 'This Is The Life' 2007. She has steadily grown into a

Begonia, Canadian Juno award nominee artist from Winnipeg opened for The Bros Landreth  at Luxor in Köln with a 30 minutes set. We were in for a real treat as Begonia surpassed all expectations for

The Bros Landreth of Winnipeg, Canada were live at Luxor in Köln in front of a sold out house, which means roughly 350 people. The brothers Joey and David hit the stage as a

Malvada an all female Brasilian rock band formed in 2020 opened the night for Michael Schenker. Again, another concert starting 15 minutes earlier than the announced time. Suddenly there was a band on stage

The Night Eternal was the last of three opening bands for Michael Schenker at Die Kantine, Cologne. They rocked the stage pretty good with hard rock leaving the audience well warmed for the headliner.

Rook Rad, a German hard rock band, the second of three opening bands for Michael Schenker at Die Kantine, Cologne. They had an unusual long set, they owned the stage for almost an hour

Michael Schenker is widely considered one of the most famous German rock guitarists, renowned for his work with UFO, Scorpions, and the Michael Schenker Group. Known for his signature Flying V guitar and melodic

Girl In The Year Above - European Tour 2026 in Köln opening for The Kooks at Palladium.

English Indie rock band from Brighton, The Kooks,  live at Palladium in Köln. The show was completely sold out, roughly 4,500 audience. Sweet Caroline blasted from the PA and the audience happily sang along.

Koyo, emocore punk band live at Gebaude9 in Cologne, Germany