Belgian metalcore act X-Pozed impressed yet again at last year’s Alcatraz, and have now released their new single ‘Back Down’, an explosive track coming with a matching music video!
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Belgian band Rotzak recently released their latest single ‘Sloom’, the first taste of their upcoming album ‘HEADRUSH’, set for release in February 2025 via Bearded Punk Records and Charon Collective!
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Belgian atmospheric melodic death outfit Ethereal Darkness returned after nearly five years with their new single ‘The Cycle’! Fans of bands like Insomnium, Be’lakor and Wolfheart might want to check this out…
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Hard rock’s own Belgian firebrand Dani Hart dropped a powerful new single some time ago with ‘No More’, a track featuring legendary bassist Billy Sheehan and an empowering track urging people to stand up and confronting power abusers!
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Belgian Fractured Insanity is gearing up to unleash their virulent death metal upon the world yet again with their upcoming album ‘Age Of Manipulation’, set for release in February 2025 via Xtreem Music and shared a first track with ‘Exaltation of a Fallen Glory’!
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Alcatraz Festival is a strong and outspoken supporter of the local, Belgian music scene and shared over the weekend their “Under One Flag” selection of amazing Belgian bands for the 2025 edition of the event!
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Belgian atmospheric black/doom metal act Splendidula released their new standalone single ‘Behind My Semblance’, with matching lyric video, out now via Argonauta Records!
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Belgian black metal band KrvL have unveiled the second music video ‘De Koning van Stilte’, a track from their recently released album ‘Donkere Paden’, out via These Hands Melt!
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Belgian metalcore outfit Deadlines shared the single ‘Downfall’, yet another emotionally laden track encouraging listeners to find their inner strength amidst chaos.
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Belgian alternative rock outfit #40Something released their new single ‘Just Like Thelma and Louise’, serving you a dose of nostalgic 90s vibe!
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Photo Reports
Metalheads rejoiced in VIERNULVIER as Crouch, Slow Crush, and Amenra delivered crushing sets for “De 41 uur van Studio Brussel” celebrations of the radio station!
Doodseskader (and Watergruwels as support) shook VIERNULVIER and the surrounding area in Gent, Belgium awake with an intense show in a sold out venue to release their new album: “Year Two”.
A couple of weeks ago, Ektomorf brought their ‘Vivid Black Over Europe Tour 2024’ to the South of Heaven venue in Bilzen, Belgium, and supported by Inmate, Serpents and Tag My Heart brought the house down!
Upstart pagan folk organisers Idavoll hosted a second edition of their “Hobgoblin’s Hollow” event, filled with board games & pagan folk, this time provided by Seed & Eleni Neldë!
The year got off with a good start at our very own Asgaard venue with killer performances by Gravekvlt, Bokkerijders and Traquenard! A night in collaboration with Return Bookings!
Extreme was on tour throughout Europe to present us their brand-new album “Six” and brought The Last Internationale with them as a support act. We caught their high energy shows at their stop at Trix in Antwerp, Belgium!
On the 10th anniversary edition of the Belgian hard rock and metal festival Blast From The Past, they did what they do best yet again: bringing the old school to a stage near you with an impressive line-up of Angel Witch, Onslaught, Exumer, Vengeance, Witchfynde, Hitten, Existance, Steelover, and Toledo Steel!
True Crime industrial rock band SKYND has been on tour in Europe for a while now, and we caught them performing live in the Trix club, in Antwerp, with Knife Bride as support!
Perhaps less heavy than we are used to on our website. Nevertheless, DIRK. made it a fantastic indie rock evening in Ghent. Warmed up by Sad Boys Klub and John Lemon, the well-filled VIERNULVIER venue had a great time.
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!
Interviews
We talked with the only original Judas Priest member still in the band, Ian Hill, about (of course) music, drinks and food!
We interviewed Diablo Blvd. when they arrived in Belgium from 70.000 Tons Of Metal. “We watched the Superbowl with the singer of Cannibal Corpse while a dinosaur was dancing on Justin Timberlake.”
We interviewed Diablo Blvd. when they arrived in Belgium from 70.000 Tons Of Metal. “We watched the Superbowl with the singer of Cannibal Corpse while a dinosaur was dancing on Justin Timberlake.”
A very interesting talk with Frank about his love for (Belgian) beer, the search for good bars wherever they play and the metal beer trend!
On the 7nd of October, Kataklysm brought the ‘A Moment In Time Tour’ to the Trix Club in Antwerp. I had the chance to have a chat with guitarist Jean-François “Jeff” Dagenais about beer, doing what you love and maintaining a good working band for so long.
“I see many bands out there who are afraid of what people would think. That’s not the right way. You have to follow your dreams. This is not only about bands, I would give this advice to anyone out there.”
The guys of Evil Invaders told us more about their night in jail and their upcoming album.
A lovely chat at Graspop with guitarist Isaac Delahaye about their music, friends, lyrics and festival!
We experienced one of rock legend Little Steven’s radio shows live and even managed to exchange a few words with the man himself!
A highly entertaining talk with a fun-loving bunch of people who found each other in looking for a “backdoor solution” for everything… not to be taken too seriously except for their music!
