Finnish death doom mastodons Hooded Menace are casting their music in ghoulish new light on their upcoming new album ‘Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration’, set for release in October with Season of Mist and shared its lead single ‘Portrait Without a Face’!
Finnish melodic death metal titans Wolfheart are back with the track ‘Carnivore’, the lead single of their upcoming EP ‘Draconian Darkness II’, which will be released via Reigning Phoenix Music just in time for their “Draconian Darkness Over Europe” tour in September!
Diabolical black death metal force Belphegor are back with their blazing new single ‘Sanctus Diaboli Confidimus’, the first new work released on their new label Reigning Phoenix Music!
Swedish death metal legends Unleashed released their new album ‘Fire Upon Your Lands’ with Napalm Records today and offered a lyric video for the emotional track ‘To My Only Son’.
Helsinki-based death metal four-piece Malformed unleashes a solid and brutal record with ‘Confinement of Flesh”, tailored to meet the cadaverous old school style of Finnish bands. Out via Dark Descent Records.
Danish melodic doom/death act Empire Drowns crushes with the video and single ‘Volcanic Funeral’, out with Mighty Music!
While we’re still trying to digest how crazy this year’s edition of Brutal Assault was, we’re already getting hyped up about 2026 with a first 14 names confirmed and they’re good ones!
As has become tradition, Alcatraz Festival announced a healthy grab of confirmed names during this year’s edition, and the 21 bands they dropped are promising the 2026 edition to be hitting hard again!
Brutal Assault is a proper celebration of everything that is metal and/or extreme and there is something great to be found at any time of the day! We picked out 8 bands that you should go see on the first day of this year’s edition, with High Parasite, Gutalax, Landmvrks, Blood Fire Death, Slow Crush, Patriarchy, Fear Factory and Drowning Pool, because they’ll be more than worth your time!
On the last day of Alcatraz 2025, we get 10 more fantastic Belgian bands served up, going from mesmerizing atmosphere makers like Briqueville and Alkerdeel, to absolute mayhem from bands like Bark, Devastatiön, Slaughter Messiah and Cobracide, hardcore legends Congress and Whatever It Takes, rockers Promise Down or goth-tinged heavy metallers Cult of Scarecrow! Something for everyone and again proof how rich the Belgian heavy music scene is…
