Finnish groove/alternative metal band Exision released the third single ‘Haaksirikko’ from their upcoming album ‘Uhreina Ajassa’, set for release next month via Inverse Records!
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Alien Weaponry announce their heaviest, most powerful and mature offering to date with the upcoming album ‘Te Rā’, set for release in March via Napalm Records and share first single ‘Mau Moko’, honoring traditional Māori face tattooing!
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Dutch metal band Inherited released their new single ‘Urban Guerilla’, giving a taste of their “Slayer meets Hatebreed in a dark alley” groovy thrash sound!
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New Wave of American Metal frontrunners Shadows Fall have signed to MNRK Heavy for their future release and celebrated with a video for their new single ‘In the Grey’!
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Last week, rising metal force Lions At The Gate unveiled their latest single ‘Silhouettes of Me’, in anticipation of their “Cold Nights Over Texas” tour in December with local boys Upon A Burning Body and genre-bending support act VCTMS!
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Metal powerhouse Slaughter To Prevail released their highly anticipated new single ‘Behelit’ coming with a video with animation from the acclaimed manga series ‘Beserk’!
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Life Of Agony pay homage to The Crow’s Brandon Lee with new single ‘The Crow (In Memory of B.L.)’ and accompanying video!
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Mushroomhead to release their 9th studio album ‘Call The Devil’ in August via Napalm Records and shared a first heavy single and video with ‘Fall In Line’ for an early taste! Catch them on tour in Europe this summer with a stop at for instance Finland’s Dark River Festival, or on tour in the USA in October!
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Finnish heavy metal band Oceanhoarse has returned! With new single ‘Killer & the Queen’ and a new line-up, they’re ready to continue their quest to bring proper metal to people around the world!
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Togo based metallers Arka’n Asrafokor share another important message with their latest single ‘The Truth’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Dzikkuh’, set for release in May via Reigning Phoenix Music!
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Pictures of the third day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Audrey Horne, Soil, Jinjer, Korpiklaani, Gene Simmons Band and Architects!
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Dyscordia, Orden Ogan, Beast In Black, Feuerschwanz, Channel Zero, Saxon and Amon Amarth!
Orbit Culture came, saw and blew us away at Vanha Ylioppilastalo in Helsinki, Finland! And with the support of their country mates of Bite Down, we got a showcase of the promising new music coming from Sweden!
Avatar dropped by the legendary Helsinki venue Tavastia on their “The Great Metal Circus 2024” tour, bringing their visual spectacle and theatrics properly to Finland. With them they brought the US metallers of Æther Realm, really blowing up the night!
A chaotic fuelled blood rampage. That’s what Malevolence released upon Newcastle. Together with Rough Justice and Pain of Truth they laid down absolute destruction at the University Students Union!
A selection of 30 photos that Helder likes a lot from one of his most productive year considering covering concerts, including captures of Fear Factory, Atreyu, Jinjer, Rolo Tomassi, Stone, The Kooks, Pixies, Wunderhorse, Yours Truly, You Me at Six, Lake Malice, Bloodywood, Epica, Avatar, The 69 Eyes, Nova Twins, Cam Cole, Sabaton, The Lumineers, Grailknights, All For Metal, The Baboon Show, Combichrist, Megaherz, The BossHoss, Cancer Bats, Kvelertak, Fixation, Ignea, and Butcher Babies.
The second night of John Smith Rock Frozen 2023 was pretty epic with some of the best of the Finnish scene with Red Eleven, Kiuas, Finntroll, Turmion Kätilöt and headliners Amorphis! Throw on top of that the Swedish up-and-comers of Orbit Culture, and you know it was good!
Close to the end of the year 2023 there was an event that has left headbangers around the world in ecstatic anticipation—the Fear Factory ‘DisrupTour 2023’. This monumental tour brings together a powerhouse line-up featuring the ferocious Butcher Babies, Ignea and Ghosts of Atlantis. As these bands join forces, they promise to deliver an unforgettable experience for metal enthusiasts, showcasing a diverse range of styles within the genre.
A hot and sweaty night in the Halle room of the Backstage club in Munich. Fear Factory are back in a big way, and they were joined by Butcher Babies, Ignea and Ghosts of Atlantis, bringing quite the package with the “Disruptour” all over Europe!
Cavalera re-recorded the first two albums of Sepultura (‘Bestial Devastation’ and ‘Morbid Visions’) and are touring the world with them on the “Morbid Devastation” tour! We caught up with them at L’Aéronef in Lille, France, and we saw it was good… Support came from Max’s stepson’s band Incite…
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With about a week to go, we put together 10 reasons why we think you should consider to still get yourself a ticket for Alcatraz 2024 and join in with the fun! With a stellar line-up, including some of the best the Belgian scene has to offer and a great organization trying to improve your festival experience year after year, it’s promising to be one hell of a weekend again!
Tomorrow it’s again that time of the year: Tuska weekend is upon us! If somehow you weren’t convinced yet that you need to go, here are 10 reasons we believe should be enough motivation to still get a ticket if any are available still! Going from a great line-up, to Tuska KVLT, Tuska Expo expanding further and simply an amazing atmosphere! See you there!
With less than 2 weeks to go, we put together 10 reasons why we think you should consider to still get yourself a ticket for Alcatraz 2023 and join in with the fun!
The first Tuska 2023 day is here! In a handful of hours the gates will open and 3 days of heavy music will begin! Besides the headliners and some big names, we’ve picked out about 10 bands and artists we believe you should give a shot while you’re at Tuska this weekend with Vended, Kouta, Foreseen and Miseria Ultima today, A.A. Williams, Orbit Culture, Dirt and Nakkeknækker tomorrow, and Vermilia and URNE on Sunday!
Our editor-in-chief Vaim’s selection of albums of the year has turned into an eclectic mix that brings both unbridled chaos and extremes while maintaining a level of catchy with releases from bands like Blackbraid, Cabal, Zeal & Ardor, Machine Head, Wolfheart, Wiegedood, Doodseskader, Malevolence, Psychonaut and The Callous Daoboys!
2022 was yet again an exceptional year for music. After putting together the favorite releases of most of our members, we came to our editorial top featuring the latest releases from bands like Wolfheart, Muse, Ghost, Electric Callboy, Kreator, Malevolence, Heilung, Machine Head, Wiegedood, Psychonaut, Lorna Shore, Bad Omens, Sylvaine, Parkway Drive, Lamb Of God, Rammstein and Zeal & Ardor!
Things are getting ramped up now that the summer period is at its end! Great releases are coming out soon and it showed in the past week with new singles from Slipknot, Gaerea, Alien Weaponry, Brymir, Orbit Culture, Suasion ft. Steffi Pacson and The Callous Daoboys that amazed us!
With the end of summer in sight, we came across 10 releases coming out in August that our editorial team has been looking forward to the most.
A small grab of what we are looking forward to the most of the many exceptional releases coming our way during May 2022!
February 2022 is yet again brimming with great releases, here’s a small selection of our most anticipated ones!
