Here we are again, one of Belgium’s or possibly even Europe’s best metal and rock festivals of every summer. Alcatraz festival in Kortrijk, Belgium is one of those place you want to go back to every year if you’ve gotten a taste of it once. The combination of an amazing atmosphere, solid line-up that has something for everyone who is into the heavier side of music and smooth organization has made it quickly to be the favorite destination of many. Besides the usual festival setup at the 3 bigger stages, Alcatraz every year also brings a bit of club show feel to the event through their 4th stage. La Morgue is a no barrier stage in what looks like a circus tent, where some of the most intense shows are to be experienced every day. Usually it’s a mix with promising local talent that gets to play a legendary set, and legendary acts that get to play a festival set to remember. And the success of this stage was proven even more this year because with almost every show the tent was packed to the brim with a high energy crowd. We still managed to quickly snap some pictures of the very first band hitting that stage, and winners of a sort of “battle of the bands” competition to win a spot on the Alcatraz line-up: X-pozed. And also one of the bands that has been much hyped this year, and plays the central role in a new digital project that was being showed off at the festival: Secondhandsaints!