Pictures of the third day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Swamp Stage a serving of extreme metal with Mordkaul, Aborted, Dark Tranquillity and Opeth!

Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Swamp Stage a serving of extreme metal with Fleshgod Apocalypse, Benediction, Lord of the Lost and Watain!

Canadian black metal outfit Spectral Wound weaves a brilliant balance between raw and melodic black metal on their newest album ‘Songs of Blood and Mire’. Out via Profound Lore Records.

Between their festival summer dates in Europe, CLUTCH have given a few club shows called the “New World Samurai Tour 2024”. On one of the hottest days of German summer 2024 they turned up the heat some degrees more with an outstanding gig at Substage in Karlsruhe. Supported by Green Lung, a great night of blues and stoner infused rock and some notes of classic NWOBHM left a happy crowd.

Pictures of the second day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Finntroll, Spiritbox, Dio Disciples, Testament, Epica and Europe!

Gaerea is making their presence felt on the world of extreme metal with their latest captivating single and video ‘Unknown’, another track from their highly anticipated album ‘Coma’, set for release in October via Season of Mist!

Italy’s symphonic and technical death metal outfit Fleshgod Apocalypse returns with a bombastic new album ‘Opera’ after a long hiatus, offering one of their best albums. Out on Nuclear Blast Records.

After earlier this year celebrating 30 years of Horna at Steelfest with 3 separate shows each spanning another era of the legendary Finnish black metal outfit, they are now also set to release their highly anticipated 11th album ‘Nyx – Hymnejä Yölle’ in a couple of weeks via W.T.C. Productions!

Extreme metal powerhouse Escuela Grind is gearing up to unleash their new album ‘Dreams on Algorithms’ via MNRK Heavy in October and shared a second single and music video a couple of weeks ago with ‘Concept Of God’!