Danish K-Town hardcore outfit is back with new album ‘Dead End’ next month via Svart Records after a ten-year hiatus, and have just released their new single ‘Amen’!

Best Of 2023 Tom VM

Our Benelux and France head of accreditation and most active photographer in that region, Tom VM, made his own selection of favorite pictures he took in 2023, including some new stuff that wasn’t shared on our site before with Biohazard, Bleed From Within, Brutal Sphincter, Brutus, Electric Callboy, Michael Schenker Group, Sepultura, Arion, Blackrain, Overdrivers, Avatar, Winery Dogs, Charlotte Wessels, Devin Townsend, Dream Theater, Extreme, Ghost, Michael Angelo Batio, Arch Enemy, Doodseskader, Halestorm, I Prevail, Powerwolf and SKYND!

German metal outfit Any Given Day share a western inspired music video by the Schillo Brothers, for the new single ‘Come Whatever May’. Another track from the upcoming album ‘Limitless’, set for release on January 26 via Arising Empire!

German modern metal outfit Venues released their brand-new single ‘Radiate Me’ via Arising Empire, a very personal track to vocalist Robin and a fuck you to cancer.

Welcoming events that try to bring something different and out of the norm to Finland, we went to the second night of the club festival Hellsinki Techfest with Sirkuit Preiker, Khroma, Balance Breach and Hacktivist back in September for some killer music and high energy!

Without question, the biggest deathcore band in the world, Lorna Shore made their stop at Jäähalli, the biggest venue in Helsinki, bringing their biggest stage production yet to a sold out crowd on their “The Pain Remains EU Tour”, and with them they had Rivers of Nihil, Ingested and Distant, resulting in massive pits from start to finish!

Canadian deathcore institution Brand Of Sacrifice signed to Nuclear Blast for their future releases and celebrated with the new single/video ‘Purge’!

Metalcore supergroup Alleviate shared a music video for the new single ‘Better’, out now via Arising Empire. A track serving as an inspiring call to action for us to face our fears and chase our dreams!

French progressive metalcore band Novelists released a deeply emotional new single and video with ‘Mourning The Dawn’, reminiscent of their early work!