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Latest News

Japanese metal force Knosis returned with new single ‘Kushizashi’

Japanese metal powerhouse Knosis returned with their first new music since last year’s release of debut album ‘GENKNOSIS’! The single and video ‘Kushizashi’ is out right now with SharpTone Records!

Rising German rockers Velvet Rush sign with Frontiers Music

Temperance announce new album and share first single

Dominum share video for ‘Night is Calling’ featuring Marina La Torraca of Battle Beast

Dying Oath confronts betrayal and the ghosts of the past with crushing new single ‘Echoes’

Album Reviews

Tailgunner – Midnight Blitz

Mortiis – Ghosts of Europa

Monolord – Neverending

Lex Legion – Lex Legion

Blood Incantation – All Gates Open (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Photo Reports

Converge (Kavka Zappa, Antwerp) – 28/06/2026

LANSDOWNE ‘Wish You Well – Summer Tour 2026’ (Im Wizemann, Stuttgart, DE) – 26/06/2026

Gig Reports

Eye of Melian “Forest of Forgetting” Tour (Tuulensuun Palatsi, Tampere) – 28/03/2026

Avatar “In The Airwaves Tour” (AB , Brussels) – 12/02/2026

The Offspring “Supercharged worldwide in ’25 tour” (ING Arena , Brussels) – 03/11/2025

Indica (G Livelab, Tampere) – 19/12/2025

Pick Your Poison

PICK YOUR POISON: Insomnium’s Helles Lager

Beartooth release Barry’s Batch Whiskey

Heilung release limited edition mead and beer!

PICK YOUR POISON: Amorphis’ Legacy of the 1000 Lakes

Interviews

Interview Freddy Lim – “I’d rather see people share Taiwanese music than political lectures.”

Interview Nicole Alexis – “It’s cool being independent because I can do whatever I want”

Interview Amberian Dawn – “After all of those ABBA years, I kind of felt more like doing heavy metal.”

Book Reviews

The GRIMM Reader: The First 21 – How I became Nikki Sixx

The GRIMM Reader: Harley Flanagan – A Hardcore Life of My Own

Previews

Tuska 2026

Ankea Festival 2026

Festival

Brutal Assault 2025 – Day 1 (06/08/2025)

Lokerse Feesten 2025 – Day 5 (05/08/2025)

GRIMM & Chill

GRIMM & Chill: Comeback

GRIMM & Chill: Metal Lords

Stories

My life in punk (2/2): Surviving the 80s and how things are now

My life in punk (1/2): How it found me and growing up with it

Lists

Editorial picks: 5 bands you should go see at Tuska 2026 on day 3

Editorial picks: 6 bands you should go see at Tuska 2026 on day 2

Hallowed Be Thy Ink

Hallowed Be Thy Ink: Nera

Hallowed Be Thy Ink: Larissa Stupar (Venom Prison)