Finnish death metal act Refusel has signed a deal with Time To Kill Records for the release of their upcoming third album ‘Venomous Human Concept’! More details on the album and a first single are coming soon!
News Posts
Hellsinki Metal Festival completed its 2025 line-up last week with the addition of Venom, Michael Schenker, Cult of Luna, our friends of Brutal Sphincter and Rabbit Cult!
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Belgian goregrind powerhouse Brutal Sphincter announce their new album ‘Sphinct-Earth Society’ to be released in May via Time To Kill Records and unveiled a first single with ‘Unvaxxed Lives Matter’! We can’t wait to party with these maniacs at Tolminator this summer!
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NOLA’s Brat shared a cover of Heart’s classic ‘Barracuda’ with a video and featuring Sammy Duet from Acid Bath and Goatwhore, out now via Prosthetic Records, approaching 2025 with the same energy as they do everything else: loud and relentless!
Catch them on tour in Europe next month supporting Napalm Death with Crowbar and Full of Hell!
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Montreal-based CHÜZO unleash the vengeance of their self-decribed “Aggro-Metal” in their new music video ‘Brand New Cell’, a track from their recently released EP ‘M.T.M.D (Maximum Threshold, Minimum Decay)’! The blend of grindcore, Swedish death metal, thrash and hardcore punk is quite the sonic assault!
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Finnish grindcore legends Rotten Sound announced the reissue of ‘Murderworks’, their acclaimed third full-length album, via Time To Kill Records, out early 2025!
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Cybergrind band Thotcrime has announced their third album ‘CONNECTION ANXIETY’, set for release in August via Prosthetic Records and shared the lead singles ‘The Wrong Way’ and ‘Behind The Cracks’!
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Colorado grindcore outfit Poolside at the Flamingo recently unleashed their sheer, unbridled brutality upon the world with the new EP ‘Accabadora’ and shared a video for the track ‘The Deceiver’ to celebrate!
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French extremists Benighted unleashed a brutal anthem of psychedelic horror with the single ‘Nothing Left To Fear’, featuring Oli Peters from Archspire, a track from their upcoming album ‘Ekbom’, set for release in April via Season of Mist!
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American grindcore outfit Full of Hell will release their new album ‘Coagulated Bliss’ in April via Closed Casket Activities and shared a first single/video ‘Doors to Mental Agony’!
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Photo Reports
Pictures of a brutal night at Chinastraat in Gent with Benighted, Baest and Coffin Feeder!
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!
Last month, Circuit Breaker Bookings with All Out Productions brought grindcore juggernauts Full Of Hell all the way from US to a fully sold out On The Rocks. And with supporting acts Kuvotus and Dome Runner, this was by far one of the most intense nights we have witnessed of late. A night full of blood, sweat and broken glass, with constant moshpits and stagediving!
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!
Pictures of the Asagraum, Chamber of Unlight, Suicidal Angels, Benighted, Impaled Nazarene and Batushka shows at the first day of Hellsinki Metal Festival 2023!
On the third day of Rockfest 2023, we weren’t able to capture as many bands as on the earlier days due to other responsibilities and some artists not wanting any pictures to be taken, but we still caught the performances by Finnish legends Xysma and Rotten Sound on the Black Stage!
Steelchaos day 2 was yet another spectacle, both musically and visually, with shows from Chevalier, Horna, Cadaveric Incubator, Torture Killer, Lord Fist and the epic “Black Metal” anniversary celebration by Venom Inc.!
Pictures of the warm-up show for the first edition of Hellsinki Metal Horizons with Exciter, The Hirvi, Cannibal Accident and Satan’s Fall!
Spoil Engine’s last performance with Iris in De Kreun, Kortrijk.
Gig Reports
Report of a killer night of extreme metal with co-headliners Benighted and Baest with special guest Coffin Feeder!
Exciter came, saw, and absolutely destroyed with an old school speed metal show at On The Rocks as a warm-up to the main festival that was about to take place over the weekend. With support of Finnish acts The Hirvi, Cannibal Accident and Satan’s Fall, it was truly a night to remember for those who were there!
What a line-up! And what a night! Extreme music at its best.
One of this year’s most anticipated gigs in the Belgian underground: Misery Index and Wormrot were touring Europe and they blessed us with a visit in Flanders.
Rotten Sound and Implore on a Wednesday night. What better way to cut the week in half? Tonight’s grindcore fun will keep me satisfied for a few days at least.
It’s been a while since I’d been to a beatdown hardcore gig, but a varied line-up and an entertaining crowd filled with violent dancers is a great way to start your weekend. Join me at the MCP Apache for the second edition of Slamapache.
Another Friday night brimming with auditory violence, thanks to an all European grindcore line-up.
On the 4th of November, the first edition of grindcore and noise festival Grind Waarpen took place at Kavka in (of course) the beautiful city of Antwaarpen!
Lists
The first day of the second edition of Hellsinki Metal Festival is filled with an impressive line-up of extreme metal bands, topped off with the musical exelence that is the headliner of tonight. Our editorial team picked out 8 bands that they think you definitely shouldn’t miss out on with Wolfheart, Gutalax, Massacre, Deicide, Terrorizer, Triumph of Death plays Hellhammer, Heaven Shall Burn and Avantasia! What bands are you really looking forward to today? Let us know in the comments!
If you are still looking for a great summer destination, here are 10 festivals that might make Finland the ideal place to go for you with #Horizon23, Rockfest, Tuhdimmat Tahdit, Nummirock, Tuska, John Smith Festival, SaariHelvetti, Dark River Festival, Hellsinki Metal Festival and Flow Festival!
Steelchaos is back! If that is not reason enough to get yourself a ticket still, here are 5 reasons why you should still consider to go this weekend, including the exclusive Finland “Black Metal” 40 years anniversary show of Venom Inc.!
March is one hell of a month! Yet again tons of releases to pick from, so here is a small selection again of what we highly recommend and is most anticipated for us!
This list is not for the faint of heart. A selection of releases that we experienced as being some of the most intense unleashed during 2021.
Last month of 2021, still some releases coming in December that are most anticipated by our team of writers!
Oktober has many releases again that are some of the most anticipated of the year within our editorial team! Check out the wide range of awesome albums!
Not including these records in my top 2020 was just too painful.
Some good old familiars and a couple of big surprises made it to the albums of the year 2020 for Glenn!
