News Posts

Metal-punk trio BAT hit you with the perfect Hallows Eve movie list for horror maniacs in their music video for the track ‘Horror Vision’, from their latest album ‘Under The Crooked Claw’ out now via Nuclear Blast. So if you’re looking for inspiration for a horror filled weekend, go check it out!

A speed metal bombardment has been unleashed upon the world through the first single and video ‘The Blitz’ from the upcoming Steel Inferno album ‘Rush Of Power’, to be released via From The Vaults!

Belgian speed metallers Bütcher are set to release their upcoming third album ‘On Fowl of Tyrant Wing’ on October 25th via Osmose Productions! Get ready for some high velocity mayhem!

Last year, at Steelfest we were blown away by the performance of Columbian power-trio Witchtrap. We loved the old school blackened thrash and speed metal, and now we get to look forward to more of it through their upcoming album ‘Hungry as the Beast’, set for release at the end of September via Hells Headbangers Records!

Notorious and prolific Cleveland cult Midnight will unleash its sixth full-length ‘Hellish Expectations’ via Metal Blade Records in March and share the first single ‘F.O.A.L.’ (AKA ‘Fuck Off And Live’)!

USA heavy/speed metal trio BAT will be spreading their blood-splattered horror through the world in a partnership with Nuclear Blast after just recently signing with the label!

Serbian heavy/speed/thrash sensation Jenner is back with ‘No Time For Prayer’, another explosive track from their upcoming album ‘Prove Them Wrong’, set for release via Fighter Records early 2024!

Serbian heavy/speed/thrash outfit Jenner has shared the album artwork of their upcoming album ‘Prove Them Wrong’, set for release early 2024 via Fighter Records, and lifted the curtain even more by sharing the title track as a single!

Warbringer and Evil Invaders will be ravaging Europe in 2023 on their co-headlining tour with support from Schizophrenia and a still to be announced band! Get your tickets now, ’cause this is going to be massive!

The Finnish misfits of blackened speed outfit Bonehunters unleash hell yet again with another track from their upcoming album ‘Dark Blood Reincarnation System’!

Photo Reports

Abbath and company came to Munich to show how black metal is done at the highest level. In their luggage came the American Toxic Holocaust and the Scottish Hellripper, who opened the night like two big explosions.

The outdoor stage on the 2nd day of Steelfest XI was the place for explosive and often high velocity performances by Tsatthoggua, Sex Messiah, Grenadier, Witchtrap, Kalmankantaja and Behexen!

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.!

An unholy celebration of Christ’s Death with Watain and Obnoxious Youth? Sign us up! Check out the pictures of this blasphemous night!

Raise Hell! Evil Invaders destroyed the place in Helsinki and we took some pics to remember the night!

Festival Reports

A selection of the best of thrash and speed metal we caught at Alcatraz 2023 with Sepultura, Sodom, Evildead, Sacred Reich and Holy Moses!

The 2nd day of Steelfest XI, a day with intense performances from bands like Ymir, Infernal, Totalselfhatred, Ride For Revenge, and Kalmankantaja, a couple of firsts with Gravespawn and Grenadier visiting Europe for the first time, blistering shows by Tsatthoggua, Sex Messiah, and Witchtrap, and legendary black metal acts Gehenna, Behexen and Carpathian Forest!

Steelchaos day two was clearly the main day for many people as it clearly drew the biggest crowd with a fantastic lineup from old school heavy metal from Chevalier and Lord Fist to skull crushing death metal from Cadaveric Incubator and Torture Killer and to good ol’ Finnish black metal from Horna. And of course the much anticipated anniversary show by Venom Inc. celebrating the 40th anniversary of the classic ‘Black Metal’ album!

The 2nd day of SaariHelvetti 2021 brought us again a great combination of up-and-coming and absolutely legendary bands of the Finnish scene, though this time with a big serving of waterworks!