The Metal Bar

27/01/2025

Available now! 4 bands including Kiwi Progressive Metal outfit Pull Down the Sun, Hatebreed A Day To Remember & Written By Wolves

🎟️TICKETS ON SALE NOW🎟️
A Day To Remember AND Hatebreed are returning to New Zealand for an unforgettable night on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at Eventfinda Stadium in Auckland.

A Day To Remember will deliver a massive 90-minute set, packed with iconic hits.
Supported by the legendary Hatebreed, who will perform a 60-minute set of metal anthems.

Local rock powerhouses Written By Wolves and Pull Down the Sun join the lineup, making this a night you won’t want to miss!

26/01/2025

Standing room only for Head Lock Grave at Blitz Metal Fest 2025

24/01/2025

New this week! AnomiC must hear out of Europe, plus & Philip Anselmo band

There's news & tunes from Hatebreed Cavalera Conspiracy Trivium Lamb of God & Orange Goblin are the featured artist of the week.

Like a Version is courtesy of who recruits Sabaton vocalist Joakim Broden for a take on an ACCEPT classic

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22/01/2025

In case you missed it last night! Hatebreed are coming 🤘

We are soooo excited for this one!! Goodvibes Promotions and One Eighty are bringing A Day To Remember and Hatebreed our way, with one show at Auckland's Eventfinda Stadium on Tuesday, 25th February!!

libel.co.nz/news/tour-news-a-day-to-remember-returns-to-new-zealand-with-special-guests-hatebreed

22/01/2025

Coming our way! Hatebreed with A Day To Remember Feb 25 at Eventfinda NZ

The best part? It's All Ages🤘

Get hooked up here - https://bit.ly/ADTRBHAKL25

20/01/2025

GIVEAWAY TIME!!
We have a double pass for Tim Ripper Owens "Official Page" one off show at Powerstation Saturday March 1st.
Comment below with your favourite track and tag the mate you'd take 🤘

Winner announced Tuesday the 28th!

Priest Dio Disciples Iced Earth

Tickets available here - https://aaaticketing.co.nz/tour/cc3a647fa6f4f2172032992174a0e1e2

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17/01/2025

On this week there is plenty of with a new one from Alien Weaponry plus & - one of the acts at Blitz Metal Fest 2025
There's also new Danish from & German from Obscura plus Finnish band cover Rihanna!

There's also news & tunes from Nino Fear Factory & 🤘

15/01/2025

Hey Metalheads if you want to improve your shredding or have a budding Kirk Hammett in the family hit up Sharne Scarborough from Just One Fix & TK Guitar Works for lessons. In person in the North Waikato or online 🤘🤘🤘🤘

13/01/2025

Here's my interview with frontman ahead of the New Zealand and Australia tour this month.

Einar Selvik and I talk about Wardruna, finding his voice, his cultural connection and being a modern day Viking ahead of his band touring Australia and New ...

12/01/2025

March 1st - witness the power, the presence, and the uninhibited, inhuman vocal range of the one and only Tim Ripper Owens "Official Page". Like me you'll be eagerly awaiting the return of Ripper, as he brings some of the wildest moments in Metal to life, all-across New Zealand & Australia.

Joined by the Metallic luminary of brothers Joel & Jordan McDonald, Andrew Hudson and Voya Mulitinovic, Ripper’s live assault will be molten as hell… And if you crave anything less - You've Got Another Think Coming…

Ripper's unique skills tore open a fairy tale career, fronting iconic acts including Judas Priest Iced Earth Official Yngwie Malmsteen The Three Tremors, and the incredibly ferocious RIPPER - a collaborative project spearheaded by 's Jamey Jasta. And most recently powering across the biggest stages in the world.

This show will showcase the absolute, toughest cuts from Ripper's world of . Expect huge hits, deep dives, virtuosic shred, and a heap of fists in the air, full cavalry style, head-banging glory!



LIMITED VIP MEET & GREET INCLUDES:

- Early access to the show and merch stand**

- Get a photo on your phone/device with THE Tim ‘RIPPER’ Owens

- New Zealand tour poster to get signed

- Exclusive VIP lanyard/laminate

- Bring along 3 personal items to get signed

**VIP TICKET INCLUDES ENTRY TO THE SHOW



Tickets available via AAA Ticketing https://aaaticketing.co.nz/.../ee762b06152d509392fa09f137

09/01/2025

This week new from Crown Magnetar from Boston outfit Mystikyr and Kiwi from

There's also news & tunes from Su***de Silence MUSHROOMHEAD OFFICIAL 3 Inches of Blood, the featured album is from Swedish act The Halo Effect and there's is Kiwi Metal from Lock Grave Just One Fix & Teraset

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03/01/2025

1st show of 2025! Happy New Year Metalheads 🤘

We got old school from BLOOD FEAST Legions Worldwide from The Obsidian Resurrection & from Overt Enemy

There's news & tunes from Nevermore God Forbid AMEN & Metal Allegiance plus cover Poison Idea ( Official )

03/01/2025

Hail Wardruna fans!!
Your chance to meet Einar Selvik & the band while also attending a Q&A session with me and we will open the floor for questions too.

Norwegian collective, Wardruna, will be touring Australia and New Zealand for the first time ever next month! Their latest album, Birna, will be released on January 24, while they are in Australia. As part of their visit to our shores, the group have announced a series of Meet and Greet & Q+A ev

24/12/2024

22/12/2024

'Tis the season so they say - here's a playlist to save your ears this Xmas. Every new song to feature on the show in 2024, 197 of them, over 14 hours of metal from all round the globe🤘

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6SZCa6a8iW9VVjS0qqr2oa?si=c3a3875b40284d9d

20/12/2024

This week there's new from German icons Grave Digger from Kataklysm frontman Mauricio Iacono's side project Ex Deo & from Slaughtersun plus Floridian act Kingdoms cover an 80's classic.

There's news and tunes from Conan Lamb of God KYLESA Cavalera Conspiracy & news on a new Metal Docuseries landing in 2025 called after the Black Sabbath song.

13/12/2024

Described as "the best album Morbid Angel never made" the new Neckbreakker album is out & we will spin a new track from it this week along with new from The Halo Effect & Kiwi from
There's a tribute to Nicko McBrain as he steps away from touring, we play 3 of Nicko's best tracks on the stool for Iron Maiden plus news and tracks from Metallica Pallbearer Arch Enemy & Rotting Christ
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