Photo: Goran www.facebook.com/UrbanMescaleroPhotography With their seventh studio album The Painful Truth just released, Skunk Anansie are hitting the festival circuit – and in the case of Copenhagen, they’re playing Copenhell for the first time, shortly […]

Photo: Goran www.facebook.com/UrbanMescaleroPhotography Dutch symphonic metal band has been around for almost three decades now, and while its strongest era was arguably in the 2000s, the band has maintained—and perhaps even grown – its following […]

Photo: Goran www.facebook.com/UrbanMescaleroPhotography Three out of four headliners at this year’s edition of Copenhell didn’t necessarily feel like obvious choices. One of them was Danish rock band Dizzy Mizz Lizzy – even though they played […]

Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com With the last-minute cancellation of Cattle Decapitation, the festival announced Employed To Serve as the replacement. While it was by no means a one-to-one substitution—and many fans at Copenhell were undoubtedly disappointed […]

Photo: Goran www.facebook.com/UrbanMescaleroPhotography The influential Canadian alternative metal quartet Kittie marked their return in 2021 after a lengthy hiatus. Since then, they have released their first new album in 13 years – 2024’s Fire. While […]

Photo: Goran www.facebook.com/UrbanMescaleroPhotography Following an utterly blistering performance by Walls of Jericho on the same stage, Bay Area thrash metal legends Exodus took on the challenge. Fresh off a recent reunion with vocalist Rob Dukes […]

Photo: Goran www.facebook.com/UrbanMescaleroPhotography A broader metal audience first took notice of Walls of Jericho back in 2008, when the band released the semi-acoustic EP Redemption, produced by (and featuring) Corey Taylor of Slipknot. But that […]

Photo: Goran www.facebook.com/UrbanMescaleroPhotography The Cult’s turbulent career checks just about all the boxes. The band rose to fame at a steady pace during the ’80s, only to see it all come crashing down after the […]

Photo: Goran www.facebook.com/UrbanMescaleroPhotography About half a year ago, Dream Theater played at Poolen, a venue located on the Copenhell grounds. The venue, however, was far from fitting for the expected glorious return of the band, […]

Photo: Goran www.facebook.com/UrbanMescaleroPhotography Kreator are frequent visitors to both the Copenhell festival and Copenhagen itself. The band has just announced a new documentary, and frontman Mille Petrozza is currently working on a book. According to […]