Canadian heavy metal legends Anvil announced their new studio album ‘One And Only’ to be released in June via AFM Records and unleashed a first killer track with ‘Feed Your Fantasy’!

Australian blackened heavy metal collective Black Lava announced their upcoming new album ‘The Savage Winds to Wisdom’ set to be released in July and unleashed a first taste of the darkness to come with the single ‘Ironclad Sarcophagus’!

US heavy metal band Sonja signed to Century Media Records and released their new video/single ‘Discretion For The Generous’!

Catch them on their “10 Year Anniversary Intercontinental Tour”, bringing them to our very own Asgaard venue next week!

Otherworldly alt duo Zetra emerged from the shadows once more with the new track ‘Starfall’, featuring Svalbard’s Serena Cherry, and announced their self-titled debut album to be released in September via Nuclear Blast Records!

Belgian music project Entering Polaris dropped a 4th video for the single ‘Glacier’, a track from the double album ‘Atlantean Shores’ and ‘And silently The Age Did Pass’, released last year in June via Freya Records!

Finnish heavy metal band Oceanhoarse has returned! With new single ‘Killer & the Queen’ and a new line-up, they’re ready to continue their quest to bring proper metal to people around the world!

Amaranthe

We caught Amaranthe and Dragonforce on their co-headline European tour at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium, with special guest Infected Rain for a night of high energy metal music!

Ektomorf

A couple of weeks ago, Ektomorf brought their ‘Vivid Black Over Europe Tour 2024’ to the South of Heaven venue in Bilzen, Belgium, and supported by Inmate, Serpents and Tag My Heart brought the house down!

With 3 bands being shining lights for (the future of) metal, and all 3 of them having a brand-new album in their pocket, Amaranthe, Dragonforce and Infected Rain turned Black Box Helsinki into a true celebration of heavy music about a month ago!

UK heavy metal act Balance Of Power returns with a new line-up and brand-new studio offering in April with ‘Fresh From The Abyss’, via Massacre Records. Right now they’ve presented another taste of that album with the single ‘One More Time Around The Sun’!