On the first full day of Alcatraz 2025, 3 out of 4 stages will be opened by some Belgian gems, some banging heavy metal from Room13, atmospheric and melancholic doom with Splendidula and brutal death with a wink and a grin from Coffin Feeder!
As every year is the case, Alcatraz Festival has plenty of space and attention for the local Belgian scene and we’re not the only ones happy about that. On the newly expanded Thursday warm-up night you’ll get to enjoy cover/tribute bands like Mr. Lipstick and the Lost Traces, Motörheads and BelgianQuoBand, the popular thrash/speed metallers of Evil Invaders and a stage filled with more underground like Sister May, Kerker, Stung, Violent Sin and Ancient Rites!
Sweden’s metal vikings Amon Amarth released their new single ‘We Rule The Waves’ and its video with Metal Blade Records, and it couldn’t be a more fitting track for these guys! Get ready to get pumped up!
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Unleashed raise their horns for third single ‘A Toast to the Fallen’ from their upcoming album ‘Fire Upon Your Lands’, out next month via Napalm Records! Catch them live this Summer still in Europe starting with a performance at Brutal Assault!
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Enough fun and sun this summer – Finland’s Shade Of Sorrow released the new single ‘Summer’s Sorrow (Self-Destruction Diaries)’, out now with M-Theory Audio!
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Finnish legends Amorphis released their new single ‘Bones’ the second preview of their upcoming album ‘Borderland’, set for release in September via Reigning Phoenix Music.
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Finnish melodic death metal masters Before The Dawn released a sing-through video for their latest single ‘Stellar Effect’, from the upcoming album ‘Cold Flare Eternal’, out in September via Reaper Entertainment.
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UK metal powerhouse Sylosis announced a massive UK and European headline tour for early 2026, bringing along Revocation, Distant and Life Cycles!
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Finnish powerhouse Bloodred Hourglass are returning with their seventh studio album ‘We Should Be Buried Like This’, out coming October via Out of Line Music! Pre-orders are open right now!
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“Lord of Two Horns” is full of crushing grooves, and a furious eruption of superfast drumming. Drawn and Quartered takes a brutal and often death doom flow that will make you bow down to those masters. One of the top death metal releases of this year, out since June 27th via Nuclear Winter Records.
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