For the first time since long, Finnish thrash metal band Kamala is back with new music! Get ready for a proper punch in the face with ‘Sota sisällä’, out now!
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Dutch futuristic metallers Cryptosis announced their return with a mighty sophomore album entitled ‘Celestial Death’, set for release in March via Century Media Records and launched the new single/video ‘Reign Of Infinite’!
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US thrash metal veterans Hirax are inviting you to a good portion of proper thrash metal with their upcoming new album ‘Faster Than Death’, set for release in February via Armageddon Label and unleash the video single ‘Relentless’!
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Modern thrash titans Warbringer are set to release their new album ‘Wrath And Ruin’ in March via Napalm Records and unleashed a first single with ‘A Better World’! Catch them on tour Europe with Decapitated, Cryptopsy and our friends of Carnation later this year, or summer festivals like Tolminator!
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Finnish black thrash outfit Beatrix opened the new year with the release of their aggressive new EP ‘Deathsent Ceremony’, and are gearing up to record their first full-length this spring!
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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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Finland’s degraded fiends Scumripper are finally back with their highly anticipated second album ‘For a Few Fixes More’, set for release in February 2025 via Dying Victims Productions and Headsplit Records, and shared a teaser medley to get you totally excited!
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The Dutch thrash collective Grindpad hit us up with a new single and lyric video, offering a proper metal alternative for the holiday season with ‘X-MAS MOSH’!
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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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Speed metal outfit Steel Inferno are gearing up for the release of their new album ‘Rush of Power’ next week Friday, November 29th via From The Vault and amp things up with a video for their latest single ‘Electrocuter’!
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Photo Reports
Lithuanian thrash metal force Phrenetix were on tour in Europe and stopped at our very own venue Asgaard in Gentbrugge to throw a hell of a party with the help of Nuclear Warfare and Steamroller!
This year, all Thrash Metal fans in Europe received a special treat, an early Christmas present: KREATOR & ANTHRAX feat. TESTAMENT. All three bands were in a class of their own that evening – there was no support, only headliners. This evening will be remembered by all thrashers for a long time.
40 years – what an anniversary for the Brazilian metal icons SEPULTURA. At the same time, it’s a ’40 Years Farewell Tour – Celebrating Life Through Death’. With 15 albums to their name, puts on a great show, supported by JESUS PIECE, OBITUARY and JINJER. What a goodbye for a legendary band, MHP Arena in Ludwigsburg, Germany literally boiled over!
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 second day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Finntroll, Spiritbox, Dio Disciples, Testament, Epica and Europe!
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Swamp Stage a serving of extreme metal with Sadus, Paradise Lost and Cradle of Filth!
Day one of Tuhdimmat Tahdit in it’s all renewed version gave us Kotiteollisuus, Marko Hietala, Lost Society, Stratovarius, Mokoma, Stam1na and Amorphis. What a great festival that we sure will return to again in the future.
Pictures of the artists on the main stage of the first day of Tuska 2024, with Lord of the Lost, Alestorm, Kerry King, Dimmu Borgir and Pendulum!
An alternative way to celebrate Easter weekend with Rytmihäiriö and Finntroll at their stop at Tavastia in Helsinki on the “Jesus är död, nu ska vi dricka” tour!
In January, as it happens on the regular, we hosted a night with local talents at our Asgaard venue in Gent, Belgium, with Powerstroke, Hudiç, and what ended up being the last show of Beyond Our Sight!
Album Reviews
Molder’s death/thrash savagery is perfected on their third studio album “Catastrophic Reconfiguration”, out via Prosthetic Records since November 8th.
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Sweden’s powerhouse The Crown returns with a solid album “Crown of Thorns”, delivering their trademark of aggressive death/thrash metal, out via Metal Blade Records!
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After thirty years Adorior slithers out from the depths of hell to convey its satanic wicked album ‘Bleed On My Teeth’ through the medium of raw fucking metal. Out via Dark Descent Records and comes highly recommended for fans of Slayer, Absu and Angelcorpse!
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Fans of death/thrash metal should check out Norway’s death/thrash metal outfit Sovereign’s first full-length album, “Altered Realities”. The album is recommended for fans of Death, Pestilence and Nocturnus, out now via Dark Descent Records!
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Virginia’s thrash metal/crossover act Enforced returned with an infectious thrash metal record that will be a strong contender for the albums of the year lists. For those who are hunting for some quality music to go nuts on, “War Remains” is highly recommended. Released via Century Media Records.
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Leper Colony ticked all the boxes when it comes to firm delivery and the at most quality of songwriting. All in all, the self-titled debut album incorporates the raw and inspiring riffs of old-school serious ass kicking death/thrash metal. Out via Transcending Obscurity Records.
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“Never Surrender” is much of a continuation to its predecessor but the quartet stampedes into a wildfire like tempos, the songs are fast, relentlessly aggressive, and infectious. Deströyer 666 has returned with impressive work that conveys the classic hallmarks of heavy/speed and blackened thrash metal, released via Season of Mist.
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On November 11th, 2022 Fateful Finality will release their fifth longplayer album called ‘Emperor Of The Weak’. An impressive skull splitting thrash metal record from one of Germany’s finest and at the same time maybe massively underrated bands in this genre. Listen for yourself!
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German thrash metal veterans DESTRUCTION celebrate their 40th anniversary by setting the world ablaze with a new, hard-hitting grenade in the form of their new album, Diabolical (out April 8, 2022 via Napalm Records). As one of the most legendary German thrash metal bands in existence, DESTRUCTION grace the wall of fame alongside giants like Kreator, Sodom and Tankard.
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After last year’s impressive fictional compilation album “Killection”, Lordi is back with an even more mind-blowing release as they unleash a back catalogue of 7 albums with “Lordiversity”!
