Photo Reports

A selection of Vaim’s best captures of 2023, after a long and grueling process of elimination, with pictures from bands like Battle Beast, Gaerea, Trollheim’s Grott, Avslut, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Amenra, Igorrr, Aesthetic Perfection, HIDE, SKYND, Ice Nine Kills, Utuk Xul, Rancid, Sick Of It All, Stratovarius, Testament, Michael Monroe, Volbeat, Hellacopters, Pensées Nocturnes, Amorphis, Biohazard, Killswitch Engage, Converge, Agnostic Front, Taake, Public Image Ltd, A.A. Williams, Butcher Babies, Clutch, Finntroll, Electric Callboy, Ghost, Gojira, Imperial Triumphant, Lorna shore, The Hu and Urne!

Second day at an exciting edition of Alcatraz we had a very black metal heavy one with Gaerea, Taake and Belphegor, old school punk with The Exploited, gloomy industrial from Godflesh and one of Finland’s favorite bands Amorphis!

An intense last day of Steelfest 2022 with performances of Blood Chalice, Alfahanne, Kalmankantaja, Valkyrja, Antimateria and Taake!

4 Shades of Black in Sint-Niklaas. Check out the images here!

Lists

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!

Finnish festival Steelfest is a true celebration of the underground, but it you’re not convinced yet, here are some reasons why you should go

Festival Reports

A selection of our favorite black & death metal shows we caught at Alcatraz 2023 with Possessed, Gaerea, Taake, Amorphis, Serpents Oath, Archspire and Kataklysm!

A last day of underground extreme metal madness to wrap up an extra long anniversary edition of Steelfest, which was both exhausting and absolutely intense from the beginning to the end!

Winter Days of Metal: The ultimate metal winter holidays! Grim and frostbitten, just how we like it!

Previews

After 2 years of delays, Steelfest is taking out all the stops with 4 days of underground metal madness in a celebration of their 10th anniversary!

Album Reviews

The cold icy impression of the Norwegian black metal is beautifully conjured on the self titled album.

Murg depicts their work of art in a fascinating way. The band certainly falls under the category of old school black metal.

Djevel delivers a unique approach of old school black metal meets melodic black metal. Their new album, ‘Ormer til armer, maane til hode’focuses on its raw templates and icy cold melodies.

On “Ophidian Manifest” Kampfar treads between the thin line of the modern black metal and the second wave.

This is absolutely a riff driven album where Mork showcases the traditions of the Norwegian black metal style.