We sat down with Svalbard at Alcatraz 2023 to have a chat about their new album ‘The Weight of the Mask’ (out October 6th via Nuclear Blast) and the importance of the mental illness topic on it, talking about what they would say to someone who struggles and what they hope the music could mean to their listeners.
A chat with the guys of the Belgian heavy metal band Hunter about their show at Alcatraz 2023, their new album ‘Rebel Angels Rise’ and their release show at our own Asgaard venue this Saturday!
Support your locals is a slogan we always carry near our heart and Alcatraz Festival seems to have a similar mentality every year when they put together their line-up. Here are some of the Belgian acts we caught at this years edition of the fest with Serial Butcher, Gnome, Do Or Die, Kludde, Predatory Void, Serpents Oath, Aeveris, Psychonaut, Mantah, Evil Invaders, Reject The Sickness, Brutal Sphincter, STAKE and Brutus!
A selection of our favorite heavy metal, power metal, symphonic metal and hard rock shows we caught at Alcatraz 2023 with Eleine, Wind Rose, Powerwolf, H.E.A.T., KK’s Priest, Gloryhammer and Blind Guardian!
A fine selection of some of the most captivating post-metal, sludge and doom performances at Alcatraz 2023 with Svalbard, Predatory Void, Psychonaut, STAKE and Brutus!
A selection of our favorite black & death metal shows we caught at Alcatraz 2023 with Possessed, Gaerea, Taake, Amorphis, Serpents Oath, Archspire and Kataklysm!
A selection of our personal highlights in all the hardcore, punk, metalcore & co shows at Alcatraz 2023 with Trivium, Mad Sin, Converge, Agnostic Front, Biohazard, The Exploited, Heaven Shall Burn, Killswitch Engage and Electric Callboy!
A selection of the best of thrash and speed metal we caught at Alcatraz 2023 with Sepultura, Sodom, Evildead, Sacred Reich and Holy Moses!
Of course, we were present again at Alcatraz Festival, trying to see as many of the awesome bands as possible. But seeing so many people having the times of their lives pulled our cameras away from the bands regularly, capturing the great community and atmosphere you could find all over the place!
The last day of a long and exhausting weekend of great music and atmosphere was all about the Belgian music scene at La Morgue with Aeveris, Brutal Sphincter, Hexa Mera, Mantah and Reject The Sickness!
The last day of a long and exhausting weekend of great music and atmosphere with some of the most extreme music around on the Swamp Stage from Serpents Oath, Archspire, Kataklysm and Bloodbath!
The last day of a long and exhausting weekend of great music and atmosphere brought some of the best of the sludge, post-metal and psychedelic rock scene with Psychonaut, Gaupa, Stake, Brutus and Cult of Luna!
The last day of a long and exhausting weekend of great music and atmosphere with on the main stage shows from Sacred Reich, Bleed From Within, Blind Guardian, Killswitch Engage and of course, the party that was Electric Callboy!
Second day at an exciting edition of Alcatraz we went to get a bit of a taste of the old school heavy metal that was playing the whole day at La Morgue with EvilDead and Vicious Rumors!
Second day at an exciting edition of Alcatraz we had a very black metal heavy one with Gaerea, Taake and Belphegor, old school punk with The Exploited, gloomy industrial from Godflesh and one of Finland’s favorite bands Amorphis!
Second day at an exciting edition of Alcatraz with Predatory Void, Shadow Of Intent, Decapitated, and Sodom on the Swamp Stage ripping it up!
Second day at an exciting edition of Alcatraz with H.E.A.T., Sepultura and Biohazard on the main stage!
On the first day of Alcatraz 2023, La Morgue had a fine collection of Belgian bands, sludge, stoner and even psychobilly with A Goat As Our Shepherd, Gnome and Mad Sin!
