Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Helldorado Stage Ankor, Bizkit Park, Red Fang, Heideroosjes and Hatebreed!

Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Swamp Stage a serving of extreme metal with Sadus, Paradise Lost and Cradle of Filth!

For those doomsters under us who missed the news, in anticipation of next month’s release of the new Marche Funèbre album ‘After the Storm’ via Ardua Music, they unleashed a stunning video for the title track!

After a well-deserved summer break, the new season opened with a bang. Fat Bastard Promotions and Asgaard managed to book 1914, one of the most interesting bands of the last decade. Bokkerijders was chosen as support. No wonder the tickets flew out the door. After a few days, the event was hopelessly sold out. 

The long-awaited second album “Ancient Doom Metal” by the Russian epic doom metal act Scald captures the pondering power of bands like Manowar and Candlemass, the mystical and a true Viking tradition in honor of Bathory. Out now via High Roller Records since last Friday, July 26th.

Sludge corrupted death metal band Glacial Tomb has announced their signing to Prosthetic Records and will release their upcoming new album ‘Lightless Expanse’ in September. The lead single ‘Abyssal Host’ is out now with a video!

Finnish melancholic metal act Endless Chain unleashes a music video for their new single ‘Beyond What You Believe’, another track from upcoming album ‘Agony’, set for release at the end of August! Fans of Insomnium, Swallow the Sun and Amorphis may want to pay heed!