Steel Panther - Europe Twenty Twenty S€X Tour

There is a time before them - and one after. Everything before is irrelevant. Since Steel Panther was unleashed from the Sunset Strip onto international stages in the year 2000 A.D., Heavy Metal has once again become what it always wanted to be: loud, exaggerated, shameless, and damn entertaining. Spandex instead of restraint, falsetto instead of highbrow, humor instead of sanctity. What is celebrated here is not an external parody, but a lovingly exaggerated insider perspective - played with maximum virtuosity and minimal shame. Musically, every riff change hits, every chorus ignites, and every refrain is stadium-sized. The fact that guests like Corey Taylor, M. Shadows, Justin Hawkins, or Scott Ian made appearances is no joke, but a seal of quality. Since their breakthrough with "Feel The Steel," the quartet from Los Angeles has released a whole series of albums that both celebrate and expose Heavy Metal - from "Balls Out" to "All You Can Eat" to "Heavy Metal Rules." Millions of streams, worldwide tours, festival escapades, and a reputation that precedes them: this is about escalation with skill. With the current album "On The Prowl," this principle is sharpened once again. For the first time largely produced independently, the material sounds freer, more direct, and more self-assured than ever. New songs focus on tempo, sing-along choruses, and themes that oscillate somewhere between club nights, social media frenzy, and 80s nostalgia - always with a wink, sometimes with a sledgehammer. Live, it’s a category of its own. A concert means a temporary state of emergency: 90 minutes of loss of control, humor below the belt, guitar solos with a perm, and an audience that can do anything for one night that usually isn’t allowed. Here, there is no judgment; here, there is celebration.