Exodus, 19th June 2025, Pandæmonium, Copenhell Festival, Denmark, 9/10 Exodus - 9/10 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 […]

Kittie, 18th June 2025, Pandæmonium, Copenhell Festival, Denmark 4/10 Kittie - 4/10 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 […]

Employed To Serve, 18th June 2025, Pandæmonium, Copenhell Festival, Denmark 6/10 Employed To Serve - 6/10 Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com With the last-minute cancellation of Cattle Decapitation, the festival announced Employed To Serve as the replacement. […]

Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, 18th June 2025, Heviti, Copenhell Festival 7/10 Dizzy Mizz Lizzy - 7/10 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. […]

Within Temptation, 18th June 2025, Heviti, Copenhell Festival 7/10 Within Temptation - 7/10 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 […]

Skunk Anansie, 18th June 2025, Heviti, Copenhell Festival, Denmark 8/10 Skunk Anansie - 8/10 Photo: Goran www.facebook.com/UrbanMescaleroPhotography With their seventh studio album The Painful Truth just released, Skunk Anansie are hitting the festival circuit – […]

Queensrÿche & Night Demon, 6th February 2025, Pumpehuset, Copenhagen, Denmark 7/10 Queensrÿche - 7/10 7/10 Night Demon - 7/10 Archive photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com With a noteworthy career filled with ups and downs, and some truly […]

Pantera, Power Trip & Child Bite, 26th January 2025, Royal Arena, Copenhagen 6/10 Pantera - 6/10 7/10 Power Trip - 7/10 4/10 Child Bite - 4/10 Archive photo: Goran www.facebook.com/UrbanMescaleroPhotography We concluded the review of […]

Therapy?, 28th November 2024, Pumpehuset, Copenhagen, Denmark 10/10 Therapy? - 10/10 Archive photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Three decades have passed since Therapy? released their landmark breakthrough album Troublegum and, as the case is with so many […]

Dream Theater, 10th November 2024, Poolen, Copenhagen, Denmark 7/10 Dream Theater - 7/10 Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com It’s been marketed and received and a gran return of Dream Theater even though, the only thing that happened […]

Baroness, Graveyard & Pallbearer, 31st October 2024, Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark 8/10 Baroness - 8/10 7/10 Graveyard - 7/10 5/10 Pallbearer - 5/10 Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Last night offered three good bands on the same […]

Tool, 22nd June 2024, Helviti, Copenhell Festival, Denmark 10/10 Tool - 10/10 Tool press photo: Travis-Shinn (Photographers were banned from Tool’s Copenhell show) The progressive royalties are still out there supporting their latest album, Fear […]