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Latest News

Defects announce new album and share new single ‘Signs’, featuring Matt Heafy

Defects announced their new album ‘Artificial Icons’ to be out in October with Mascot Records and unveiled the new single ‘Signs’ featuring Matt Heafy of Trivium!

Voïvod launched video for ‘Holographic Thinking (Symphonique)’ and are touring Europe right now

Lorna Shore release new single and video ‘War Machine’ alongside new merch drop

Hanabie. shared new track ‘Life Is Short, O Brave Girl’

Unverkalt release music video for ‘Ænæ Lithi’

Album Reviews

Moonspell – Far From God

Mortem – Mørketid

Tailgunner – Midnight Blitz

Mortiis – Ghosts of Europa

Monolord – Neverending

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 A.A. Williams – “I use music as a tool all the time… The idea that people use my music in that way as well is incredible.”

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”

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)