Rise Of The Northstar unveiled their final preview track ‘Falcon’ from upcoming album ‘CHAPTER 04: RED FALCON SUPER BATTLE! NEO PARIS WAR!!’, out next month! Catch them on tour in Europe with Half Me, Get The Shot and Deez Nuts or in the summer of 2026 where they’ll return to festivals like Alcatraz!
Two months after our talk at Alcatraz Festival, we stepped back into the forest with Johannes Eckerström of Avatar to talk about their upcoming album ‘Don’t Go In The Forest’ (out next week October 31st), from disco death grooves and true crime commentary to piano-born love songs and the return of the metal circus among many other things.
Alt-metal titans The Veer Union are back with their new single ‘Sunk Your Teeth In’, from their upcoming album ‘Reinvention’, set for release in February 2026 via Arising Empire!
Finland and Taiwan are joining forces and are gathering Finnish bands like Korpiklaani and Lost Society to join top names from Taiwan with Chthonic, Flesh Juicer, Crescent Lament and Sonia Calico! F:F:F: – Formosa : Finland : Fest is taking place at the end of November in Helsinki and looks like a not to be missed event!
Entheos unveiled the new video single ‘Empty on the Inside’, out now via Metal Blade Records, just in time for their first ever North American headlining tour to start next week!
Who says Mondays have to be dull? Pendulum brought high energy, massive sound, and even metalheads to the dancefloor in Helsinki! Together with ALT BLK ERA, they made everyone forget the start of the week!
Tuska is bringing Megadeth to its 2026 line-up as the headliner for the Friday and adds 13 more bands to the line-up with Trivium, P.O.D., Stam1na, Lost Society, Paleface Swiss, Return To Dust, The Browning, Dogma, Slope, 802, Allt, Atlas and Kneel Before The Death! All ticket classes are available right now!
Avatar unleashed the new single and video ‘Death and Glitz’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Don’t Go in the Forest’, set for release by the end of this month!
The 18th edition of Alcatraz is shaping up to be historic with headliners Arch Enemy and Alestorm, legends like Soulfly, Saxon, Body Count, Rose Tattoo, extreme assaults from Immolation, Internal Bleeding, 200 Stab Wounds, Sanguisugabogg, and modern favorites like Kittie, Northlane, Animals As Leaders, The Ghost Inside.
We’re especially thrilled to see the Belgian flag flying high again with Channel Zero, Amenra, Enthroned, Psychonaut and Mantah on the bill. And let’s not forget our longtime Finnish favorites Luna Kills, making a big step onto the Alcatraz stage!
On top of that, the Prison Stage opens already on the Thursday for the first time ever, and day ticket prices are lower than 2025 right now!
Southern California quintet SPITE shared a video for the title track from their upcoming album ‘New World Killer’, out at the end of October via Rise Records!
