German destructive force that is Mantar is set to release their new album ‘Post Apocalyptic Depression’ in early 2025 via Metal Blade Records and shared a first single with ‘Halsgericht’!
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Tomorrow, Inter Arma is starting their “New Heaven EU tour” that will take them all throughout Europe to promote their latest album of the same name, out now via Relapse Records! Don’t miss out on this if they come to a venue near you!
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Finnish sludge masters Demonic Death Judge unveiled their new track ‘Poisoner’, which will be part of the Suicide Records compilation ‘In the Loving Memory of You’, released yesterday and of which all proceeds are going to a suicide prevention organization in Sweden!
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Inferno Metal Festival confirmed Satyricon, Rotting Christ, Attan, Uma and Dizmal for next year’s edition! Get your tickets and book your hotel asap!
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Portuguese post-metal outfit Sinistro unveiled a captivating music video for their second single ‘Elegia’ from their upcoming studio album ‘Vértice’, set for release in October via Alma Mater Records!
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Julie Christmas’ full Hellfest 2024 show is now available online for your viewing pleasure! The performance took place only 2 weeks after the release of her latest album ‘Ridiculous And full Of Blood’ via RED CRK!
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Sludge corrupted death metal band Glacial Tomb has announced their signing to Prosthetic Records and will release their upcoming new album ‘Lightless Expanse’ in September. The lead single ‘Abyssal Host’ is out now with a video!
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The Atlas Moth has announced a graphic novel titlet ‘Coma Noir’, inspired by the 2018 album of the same name released via Prosthetic Records!
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Supergroup Umbra Vitae, featuring members from Converge, Twitching Tongues, The Red Chord, Uncle Acid and Tsjuder, are gearing up to release their new album ‘Light Of Death’ in a couple of weeks via Deathwish Inc., and recently shared another single with ‘Anti-Spirit Machine’!
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Sludge metallers Black Tusk unleashed the new single ‘Breath of Life’, a track from their upcoming new album ‘The Way Forward’, out April 26 on Season of Mist!
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In 10 days, Kortrijk in Belgium, will turn the heavy up again with Hell’s Balls Belgium, just like they do every summer with Alcatraz festival. In case you weren’t sure yet why you should go, here are what we think are valid reasons for you to be there…
What are you the most excited about of this year’s editions of the festival? Let us know in the comments!
For the first day of Alcatraz 2024, our team picked out 10 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Dyscordia, Dudsekop, Mantah, Feuerschwanz, Beast In Black, Cro-Mags, Hippotraktor, Uada, Paradise Lost and Amon Amarth! What bands are you really looking forward to for this Friday at Alcatraz? Let us know in the comments!
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!
Xavier apparently spent more time catching up with what he missed in 2022, than discovering new releases in a year that he seemed somewhat disappointed about what was coming out. He still picked out a handful of releases that stuck out for him with Nytt Land, Avatar, Gloryhammer, Kludde and Dymna Lotva!
The summer festival season is over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of exciting fests happening over the next couple of months this autumn/winter in Finland with Helsinki Techfest and Kaamos Metal Cruise already this weekend, HKI SKEPU FEST V, Lost In Music, Steelchaos, Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2023, Fall Fest 2023, Black Box Mikkeli, Melancholy Mass Festival 2023 and Unholy Winter Fest!
For the third and last day of Alcatraz 2023, our team picked out 10 more bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Serpents Oath, Archspire, Psychonaut, Mantah, Gaupa, Stake, Blind Guardian, Brutus, Killswitch Engage, and Holy Moses! Who are you especially looking forward to on the second day of the festival?
For the second day of Alcatraz 2023, our team picked out 13 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Schizophrenia, Crystal Viper, Brand of Sacrifice, Twilight Force, Gaerea, Predatory Void, Midnight, Tribulation, Belphegor, Biohazard, Godflesh, Exciter and Amorphis! Who are you especially looking forward to on the second day of the festival?
Alcatraz 2023 is getting really close now! This Friday is the first day, and our team picked out 10 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Eleine, Wind Rose, Frozen Soul, Gnome, Kludde, Svalbard, Gaahls Wyrd, Possessed, I Am Morbid and Mad Sin! Who are you especially looking forward to on the first day of the festival?
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!
Photo Reports
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Helldorado Stage Eternal Champion, Green Lung, Orange Goblin, Baroness, Danko Jones and Clutch!
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”.
Kvelertak is continuing to take Europe by storm on their “Krøterveg Te Helvete Tour” presenting their latest work, in the company of Cancer Bats as support. We were there at the Backstage venue in Munich, Germany last week!
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!
Second day at an exciting edition of Alcatraz with Predatory Void, Shadow Of Intent, Decapitated, and Sodom on the Swamp Stage ripping it up!
Every year, one day of the 10-day long Lokerse Feesten is dedicated to metal. A day full of headbanging, mosh-pits and heavy guitars with this year Hammok, Biohazard, Doodseskader, Bullet For My Valentine, Psychonaut, Megadeth, Slift, Within Temptation, Stake and Amenra.
Pictures of Imperial Triumphant, Electric Callboy and Urne on the third day of Tuska 2023.
A true challenge for him, our photographer went to capture the performance art that is a live show of HIDE at Kuudes Linja in Helsinki a couple of months ago, with support from Keretik!
Igorrr returned to the Finnish shores with their “Distortion European Tour”, joined by Amenra and Der Weg Einer Freiheit, bringing not only a musical treat, but also a visual feast to the Pakkahuone venue in Tampere!
