We have teamed up with Copenhagen venue Stengade for giving away 2 x 2 FREE TICKETS to the British metalcore troop Heart Of A Coward’s upcoming headlining concert there this Sunday, October 01st, with THECITYISOURS providing support.
All you need to do is send us an email with your FULL NAME to contests [at] rockfreaks.net by 23:59 this Thursday, September 28th. We’ll then randomly select two lucky winners from amongst all the submissions.
Even if you don’t win, there are still tickets left available for purchase for the show here for 145 DKK (+ fees). More details can be found in the official Facebook event.
Heart Of A Coward just released a new studio album called “This Place Only Brings Death” through Arising Empirethis past Friday, September 22nd, and you can watch the official music video for the track “Decay” from it below.
Copenhagen, Denmark-formed skate punk group Fabled Mind has posted a lyric video for their song “Altered Reality” online below. It is found on their latest studio album “Project Paradise”, which arrived on digital streaming platforms last month, and is set to be released on vinyl in January 2024 via Lockjaw, Nasty Cut and Thousand Islands Records. You can pre-order a copy here.
On Thorns I Lay has premiered the official music video for “Thorns of Fire” below. The song is featured on the Athens, Greece-based melodic death and doom metal crew’s approaching self-titled album, which was detailed in our earlier news story and is scheduled to land via Season of Mist on October 13th.
Danish screamo outfit Demersal has been selected as the support band for Deadnate’s upcoming concert at BETA in Copenhagen on November 04th.
Tickets for the show are still available for purchase over at Ticketmaster.dk for 110 DKK (+ fees), while more details can be found in the official Facebook event.
Demersal released a new single dubbed “Worshippers” earlier this year, and in case you missed it, you can listen to it via the visualiser clip below.
Indie rock supergroup boygenius, whose line-up unites the acclaimed singer-songwriters Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, will issue a new EP of b-sides entitled “The Rest” through Interscope Records on October 13th.
The track listing for the effort is yet to be revealed in full, but pre-orders for all formats have been launched via this link, which will also reveal the artwork. The first single is expected to premiere in the coming weeks — in the meanwhile, you can watch the official music video for the song “Cool About It” off the band’s latest full-length outing “The Record” below.
Chicago, IL-resident experimental metalcore unit Racetraitor has set November 17th as the official release date for their new full-length album “Creation and the Timeless Order of Things”. It will be issued by Good Fight Music and consists of the following tracks:
You can take a look at the artwork and pre-order the record on a format of your choosing here, and then watch the official music video for the lead single “Eid” below.
Jyväskylä, Finland-born instrumental metal duo NYOS has dropped the official music video for their new track “Butter” online below. It appears on their approaching record “Waterfall Cave Fantasy, Forever”, which is set to be released by Pelagic Records on October 27th and the details of which were revealed in our earlier news story.
Amaranthe has unleashed a new video single titled “Insatiable”, which you can check out below. It is included on the Gothenburg, Sweden-based melodic, alternative metallers’ upcoming album “The Catalyst”, which was detailed in our earlier news post and is due for arrival via Nuclear Blast on February 23rd next year.
Danish fans can look forward to watching the band live at Amager Bio in Copenhagen on February 27th in a co-headlining configuration with Dragonforce, and Infected Rain providing support. Tickets for the show can be bought from Ticketmaster.dk for 360 DKK (+ fees), while more information is available in the official Facebook event.
The concert is part of a larger European tour, the complete routing for which is listed in our dates section.
Hamm, Germany-based indie rock outfit Giant Rooks have lined up an extensive European tour in 2024, and their itinerary includes a concert at Lille VEGA in Copenhagen on March 16th.
Tickets for the show cost 250 DKK (+ fees) and will be released for sale at 10:00 a.m. this Friday, September 29th via Billetlugen.dk, while more information can be found in the official Facebook event.
Here’s how the complete routing for the trek itself pans out:
January 05th - Apolo, Barcelona, ESP
January 06th - Paqui, Madrid, ESP
January 07th - Rex, Toulouse, FRA
January 09th - Marché Gare, Lyon, FRA
January 10th - Alcatraz, Milan, ITA
January 12th - Rockhal, Esch-sur-Alzette, LUX
January 13th - Trabendo, Paris, FRA
January 14th - Melkweg, Amsterdam, NLD
January 16th - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, BEL
February 05th - Pier 2, Bremen, GER
February 06th - KIA Arena, Nuremberg, GER
February 08th - Haus Auensee, Leipzig, GER
February 09th - Turbinenhalle, Oberhausen, GER
February 10th - Swiss Life Hall, Hannover, GER
February 11th - Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt am Main, GER
February 13th - Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, GER
February 14th - Gasometer, Vienna, AUT
February 15th - Zenith, Munich, GER
February 17th - Halle Münsterland, Münster, GER
February 18th - Halle 622, Zurich, CHE
February 20th - Palladium, Cologne, GER
February 22nd - Sporthalle, Hamburg, GER
February 23rd - Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, GER
March 06th - SWG3 Warehouse, Glasgow, UK
March 07th - Ritz, Manchester, UK
March 08th - Whelan’s, Dublin, IRL
March 10th - Institute 2, Birmingham, UK
March 13th - Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, UK
March 16th - Lille VEGA, Copenhagen, DEN
March 17th - Parkteatret, Oslo, NOR
March 18th - Terminalen, Stockholm, SWE
March 21st - Proxima, Warsaw, POL
March 22nd - Majestic, Bratislava, SVK
March 23rd - Dürer Kert, Budapest, HUN
March 24th - Roxy, Prague, CZE
May 28th - Zorlu Performing Arts Center, Istanbul, TUR
Giant Rooks will release their sophomore album “How Have You Been?” through IRRSINN Tonträger on February 02nd next year, and you can pre-order it on various formats here. Be sure to also watch the official music video for the latest single “For You” from it below.
Danish stoner rock outfit Summon King Sykes has been confirmed as the support act for King Buffalo’s upcoming concert at Loppen in Copenhagen next Wednesday, October 04th.
Tickets for the show are still available for purchase over at Tikkio.com for 210 DKK (+ fees), while more information can be found in the official Facebook event.
Summon King Sykes released a new EP titled “Past Human Minds” independently this past summer, and you can listen to it in full below.
Toronto, ON-based hard rock outfit Ready The Prince has been confirmed as the support act for Dead Poet Society’s European tour next year, including the show taking place at Pumpehuset in Copenhagen on March 04th.
Tickets for that concert are still available for purchase over at Ticketmaster.dk for 180 DKK (+ fees), whilst more information can be found in the official Facebook event.
The complete routing for the trek itself is listed in our dates section.
Ready The Prince released their latest studio album “Book of Ōji” independently earlier this month, and you can watch the official music video for the track “Before I’m Gone” from it below.
Newark, DE-formed metallic hardcore unit Year Of The Knife has debuted two new singles, respectively titled “Last Laugh” and “Wish”, both of which are available for streaming below. The first one features a guest appearance by Full Of Hell’s vocalist Dylan Walker, while the latter is visited by Sanguisugabogg’s frontman Devin Swank.
Both of these tracks were recorded prior to the horrific van accident the band was involved in this past summer, which left in particular their vocalist Madi Watkins suffering from life-changing injuries. Having been left in a critical condition, she continues her journey of recovery, including extensive physical rehabilitation, and cognition and speech therapy — and fortunately, updates on her condition from her bandmates have been quite encouraging lately. If you wish to help the group, they have a recovery fund set up over at GoFundMe.
Briqueville has unveiled a new video single titled “Akte XVII”, which you can check out below. It is part of the Temse, Belgium-formed post-metal ensemble’s approaching record “IIII”, which was detailed in our previous news story and will arrive through Pelagic Records on November 03rd.
Dave Hause has posted a new song called “Chicken” online below. It is the first piece of music to emerge from the Philadelphia, PA-born punk rock singer-songwriter since his latest full-length outing “Drive It Like It’s Stolen”, which came out through Blood Harmony Records and Soundly Music earlier this year.
Toronto, ON-resident punk rock outfit Pkew Pkew Pkew has shared the official music video for their track “Farside Bathroom” below. It is found on their newly arrived record “Siiick Days”, which dropped this past Friday, September 22nd through Stomp Records.
Mustard Plug has dropped the official music video for their song “Why Does It Have to Be So Hard?” online below. It is taken from the Grand Rapids, MI-formed ska punk stalwarts’ latest studio album “Where Did All My Friends Go?”, which arrived through Bad Time Records earlier this month.