We checked out the first day of the second edition of Hell’s Balls Belgium festival… With banging names like Triptykon, Primordial, Vltimas, the unofficial inclusion of the “Night Eternal tour” with Dark Tranquillity, Wolfheart and Moonspell, Carpathian Forest, Hellripper, Dead Head and The Monolith Deathcult, it was a true fest for any extreme metal fan!

Avantgarde metal trio Imperial Triumphant released the new single/video ‘Hotel Sphinx’, a track from their upcoming 6th full-length ‘Goldstar’, set for release in 2025 via Century Media Records!

Avant-garde metal band Melted Bodies revealed their next single ‘Something Is Wrong’ from their long-awaited sophomore album ‘The Inevitable Fork’, set for release in October!

Thy Catafalque unleash a metallic punishment on the new single ‘Mindenevő’, a blackened blistering track from the upcoming new album ‘XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek’, set for release in November via Season of Mist!

‘CPU’ is the latest single from Master Boot Record, a track from the upcoming new album ‘HARDWAREZ’ and a masterclass in MIDI composed electronic metal! The album is set for release on October 11th via Metal Blade Records!

Fabulae Dramatis releases the new video single ‘The Jungle of Ego’ in anticipation of next week’s release of their new studio album ‘Violenta’ on September 5!

Massive Scar Era shared the new single ‘School Girls’, a collaboration with Entheos’ Chaney Crabb, giving a voice to recent Egyptian history and a track from the upcoming EP ‘Assyad’, out in October!

Get ready for some quality chaos! Acclaimed avant-garde metal band Melted Bodies unleashed their new single ‘Bloodlines’ a while ago, a track from their upcoming new album ‘The Inevitable Fork’, set for release in October!

Swiss avant-garde experimentalist outfit Schammasch announced their next album ‘The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean’ to be released in October via Prosthetic Records and shared haunting lead single ‘They Have Found Their Master’, featuring additional vocals by Kathrine Shepard from Sylvaine!