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Alcatraz 2023 – Under One Flag

Support your locals is a slogan we always carry near our heart and Alcatraz Festival seems to have a similar mentality every year when they put together their line-up. Here are some of the Belgian acts we caught at this years edition of the fest with Serial Butcher, Gnome, Do Or Die, Kludde, Predatory Void, Serpents Oath, Aeveris, Psychonaut, Mantah, Evil Invaders, Reject The Sickness, Brutal Sphincter, STAKE and Brutus!
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27/08/2023 /0 Comments/by

13 of our most anticipated releases of May 2023

As the festival summer is quickly approaching, May sees many great releases yet again. Our team of writers put together a nice selection of those they are looking forward to the most this month with Deathstars, Cattle Decapitation, Veil Of Maya, The Dark Side Of The Moon, Ghost, Thulcandra, Frozen Soul, Sleep Token, Henget, Vomitory, Immortal, Kalmah and Legion Of The Damned!
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11/05/2023 /0 Comments/by

Sabaton “The Tour To End All Tours” (Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam) – 03/05/2023

Sabaton's "The Tour To End All Tours" is hitting Europe right now, bringing their biggest show yet to fans all over the continent with support from BABYMETAL and Lordi! And we simply could not miss out on that. Not only did we had a chance to interview Tommy Johansson but also to witness this show in Amsterdam before it's hitting the Antwerp Sportpaleis this Saturday.
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11/05/2023 /0 Comments/by

Interview Sabaton – “I know the other guys don’t consider Sabaton power metal, but just listen to Stormtroopers, that song is so power metal”

Xavier Baecke took GRIMM to Tommy Johansson. Not only Sabaton's lead guitarist, but also the founder, vocalist, and guitarist of Majestica, Sweden's national karaoke champion, Youtuber and just one of the best guitarists in power metal. We talked about his main influences for his guitar play, his hot take on if Sabaton is power metal or not, and a possible little peek at future projects. The dream for any reporter with a warm heart for (power) metal.
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04/05/2023 /0 Comments/by

Electric Callboy (Lotto Arena, Antwerpen) – 02/03/2023

At the beginning of March, Electric Callboy came back to Belgium to take over the Lotto Arena in Antwerp and do things bigger than even before! And they really set the place ablaze with the help of support acts Holding Absence and Future Palace! We can hardly wait to see what craziness they will bring us when they're headlining Alcatraz in August!
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14/04/2023 /0 Comments/by

Wardruna (Cirque Royal, Brussels) 24/02/2023

Seeing Wardruna live is quite the experience wherever you catch them. But for our reporter, their show at the Cirque Royal in Brussels was simply exceptional, one of those performances you don't shake off fast... If you missed it, you have another shot at it when they play at Rock Werchter 2023 this Summer!
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10/03/2023 /0 Comments/by

17 of our most anticipated releases of September 2022

The music industry is at it again at full force after the festival season with a massive amount of really cool releases coming out, just look at the number of our most anticipated releases for September have grown into and then we probably could have included more still. With new albums from Blind Guardian, Yungblud, Wolfheart, Slipknot, Starcrawler, Lost Society, The Hu, Vermin Womb, Vermilia, Bloodbath, Slugcrust, Electric Callboy, Innumerable Forms, Tribal Gaze, Gaerea and Graceless, it'll be quite the month again!
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01/09/2022 /0 Comments/by