Kulturhaus Insel

Guitar driven. Punk fueled. Sweat soaked. Rock 'n roll. That's how Madame Whiskey describe themselves, and they've earned it the hard way: energy, sweat, rehearsals, travel, gasoline, beer, good times and better songs. Four guys from San Carlos, Costa Rica, who started out as an acoustic trio in 2015 with one goal — take the…

Cold, heavy and built for the big screen. My Endless Winter bring The Misery Tour to Berlin. The Thessaloniki hybrid-metal outfit trade in widescreen heaviness — modern metal riffs wrapped in electronics and atmosphere, equal parts crushing and cinematic. Named after their single “Misery,” this run is their statement of intent, and Kulturhaus Insel gets…

Forty years of Bay Area thrash, in a room that holds a hundred people. Defiance formed in Oakland in 1985, right at the heart of the Bay Area scene, and spent the turn of the nineties putting out three records that still get traded like currency: "Product of Society" (1989), "Void Terra Firma" (1990) and…

Into the void, and all the way down. Give Me Rain bring their Into the Void Tour 2027 to Berlin. The German post-hardcore outfit deal in the heavy end of the emotional spectrum — atmospheric, cathartic songs that swing from quiet dread to full collapse. Their new record Into the Void gives the tour its…