Gaerea unleashed ‘Hellbound’, a second single since signing to Century Media Records, and part of their just announced upcoming album ‘Loss’, set for release in March 2026! Catch them live in Europe as special guests to their label mates Orbit Culture, a tour you won’t want to miss out on!
Alcatraz Festival drops over 60 new names for 2026 edition
Alternative Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Metal, Crossover, Death Metal, Deathcore, Doom Metal, Folk Metal, Groove Metal, Hardcore, Heavy Metal, Industrial Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Metallic Hardcore, Modern Metal, Post-metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Thrash MetalThe 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!
UK blackgaze rising stars Æl-Fierlen have released their colossal debut album ‘All Is Far Away’ last Friday and celebrated with a gorgeous and captivating music video for the closing epic ‘Ællmiht’!
Put your raincoats on as Krigsgrav’s eighth studio album ’Stormcaller’ is predicting some very heavy blackened thunderstorms. Pouring down on you via Willowtip Records since last Friday!
7 events that are reason enough to visit Finland over Autumn/Winter 2025
AggroTech, Alternative, Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Metal, Coldwave, Dark Folk, Darkwave, Doom Metal, EBM, Electronic Music, Folk, Folk Metal, Gothic, Gothic Metal, Industrial, Industrial Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Modern Metal, Nordic Folk, Pagan Folk, Punk, Punk Rock, Symphonic Black MetalWho says festival season ends with summer? In Finland, the dark months come alive with music: experience the true punk spirit at HKI SKEPU FEST (starting tonight), get in touch with your ancestors and nature at Pakanafestarit, discover new talent at Lost In Music, embrace the shadows at Hellsinki Industrial Festival, sail into chaos with the Hellsinki Metal Cruise, sink into sorrow at Melancholy Mass Festivals, and feel the fire indoors at John Smith Rock Frozen. When the nights are long, Finland turns the volume up.
The Answer Lies In the Black Void recently unveiled second single ‘Sine Morbo’, with a haunting video, from upcoming album ‘Transcendental’, set for release with Lay Bare Recordings next week Friday, September 26!
Dutch purveyors of esoteric black metal Terzij De Horde signed with Church Road Records for the release of their new album ‘Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone’ in October and shared a first single with ‘The Shadows Of Prefiguration’!
Der Weg Einer Freiheit revealed ‘Marter’, the opening descent into the torment and transcendence on their upcoming album ‘Innern’, out next month via Season of Mist!
Muvitium’s third studio album ‘Through the Veil of Medieval Prophecies’ offers an epic dark fantasy styled black metal rooted in the 90s aesthetics. Released via Medieval Prophecy Records.
After blowing us away this past weekend at Alcatraz Festival, Gaerea is announcing to have a new home with Century Media Records and share the new single ‘Submerged’ to celebrate!
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