Pictures of the “Rise from the North” tour striking down in Helsinki, Finland with In Flames, Arch Enemy and Soilwork bringing some of the best the world of melodic death metal has to offer!

The seventh studio album “Chronicles of Lunacy” from the international brutal slam death metal act Defeated Sanity crowning achievement from one of the revered institutions of brutal slam death metal. Out via Season of Mist since last Friday November 22nd.

Progressive death metal outfit Obscura announced their new studio album ‘A Sonication’ to be released early 2025 via Nuclear Blast, offered a glimpse into the next chapter through the single ‘Silver Linings’ and are set to tour throughout Europe with Rings Of Saturn and Gorod starting in February!

Finnish melodeath titans Wolfheart are set to make history as the first European metal band to ever perform in Saudi Arabia as part of XP Music Futures, the renowned music conference in Riyadh!

The fourteenth studio album “The Last Will and Testament” from the Swedish masters of progressive metal Opeth captures engaging dynamic riffs with dark keyboards texture. Out via Reigning Phoenix Music since November 22nd.

Danish death metal revelation Neckbreakker will embark on their first European headliner tour in 2025 in support of their upcoming debut album ‘Within The Viscera’, set for release in a couple of weeks via Nuclear Blast! Support will be coming from their country mates Galge, don’t miss out!

After a hiatus year, Rockfest is back! New location, but also a rather action packed first batch of confirmed names for the 2025 edition with names like Muse, Judas Priest and Till Lindemann topping the bill!

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!

Belgian Fractured Insanity is gearing up to unleash their virulent death metal upon the world yet again with their upcoming album ‘Age Of Manipulation’, set for release in February 2025 via Xtreem Music and shared a first track with ‘Exaltation of a Fallen Glory’!