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!

Reanimated Finnish death metallers August Moon shared the new track ‘Exitus’, the second revealed from the band’s long-awaited debut album ‘Something Eldritch and Macabre’, set for release in December via Personal Records!

Finnish melodic death metal heavyweights Voidfallen have announced their highly anticipated sophomore album ‘The Rituals of Resilience’ to be out early 2025 via Noble Demon, and shared the single ‘Pyre of Vengeance’ with a video!

Finnish melodic death metal rising stars Horizon Ignited presented another spectacular song from their upcoming album with ‘Welcome To This House Of Hate’, out via Reaper Entertainment with a scorching video!

Dawn Of Solace announces new album ‘Affliction Vortex’ to be released in February 2025 via Noble Demon and shared the first single and video with ‘Murder’!

In anticipation of their upcoming extensive Europe tour, Finnish winter metallers Wolfheart unveiled the official video for ‘The Gale’, the captivating closing track of their latest album ‘Draconian Darkness’ released via Reigning Phoenix Music. Make sure you catch them when they come close to you, like at Hell’s Balls festival in Belgium!

Swedish metal legends Arch Enemy unveiled their latest single ‘Liars & Thieves’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Blood Dynasty’, set for release in 2025 via Century Media Records. Catch them on their current “Rising from the North” Europe tour with In Flames and Soilwork!

Silhouette of the bass player/vocalist of the band Septicflesh backlit by bright light, glowing white in the center and pink to reddish further out. The silhouette is pink to red due to the lighting.

After an exemplary show at Alcatraz this past summer, Septicflesh graced Belgium again with their presence on their “Modern Primitive European tour”, dropping by the DVG Club in Kortrijk. And with support by Equilibrium, Oceans and Scar of the Sun, it was quite the death metal night of epic proportions!

4 years in the making and it was worth the wait. Ensiferum does a throw to album of the year where epic, gloomy, atmospheric, and melodic are some of the words to describe this journey that is ‘Winter Storm’, out via Metal Blade Records on October 18!