Belgian avantgatde extreme metal band Emptiness recently released the single ‘The Threat’ a second teaser of what is to come on their upcoming album ‘Nowhere Speask’, set for release in July via Season of Mist!
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Chilean-based death metal band Rotten Tomb are at their prime in the underground Latin American scene, and there’s no doubt that the third album “Vestiges of Tortured Souls” blends catchiness and brutality. Out via Nuclear Winter Records since June 6th.
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Rivers Of Nihil have officially kicked off their European summer tour this weekend, which will take them all over the continent in support of Queensrÿche, headline and festival dates! We can’t wait to see them in a couple of weeks at Tuska, it’ll be show you won’t want to miss out on!
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Tuska 2026 is almost here!🤘If you’re still in planning mode, from the line-up and schedules to food vendors, afterparties, Tuska Forum and practical tips for navigating your festivities, we’ve gathered everything you need to know in one place. Read our preview and start planning your weekend at Suvilahti!
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Belgium may be small, but when it comes to summer festivals, it punches well above its weight. From heavy and alt fests Graspop and Alcatraz to the more commercial Pukkelpop and Rock Werchter, the concert series of Lokerse Feesten and Live Is Live to the small and cosy Rock Zottegem and Parkpop Oostkamp, we’ve selected eight Belgian summer events that are reason enough to visit our home country in 2026. Which one is already on your calendar?
Finnish metal force Bloodread Hourglass released their new EP ‘After the Burial’ via Out Of Line Music, closing out the ‘We Should Be Buried Like This’ album cycle and unveiled a captivating video for the track ‘Heartstrings’ featuring blues icon Erja Lyytinen! We’re already looking forward to catching them live again at the end of this month at Tuska Festival!
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The third studio album “Beckoning the Void of Eternal Silence” is a dark and grim death metal record. Funebrarum has truly outdone themselves on their newest offering where they have combined the right elements of death doom, eerie sepulchral atmosphere and primitive brutality. Out via Pulverised Records since May 29th.
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UK outfit Burner announced their album ‘No One Is Coming To Save Us’ to be released in September with Church Road Records and unveiled single and music video ‘Sunrise, Parabellum’ featuring Matthew K. Heavy of Trivium!
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Supergroup Left To Die signed to Relapse Records to release their debut full-length ‘Initium Mortis’ in July! A band paying proper homage to the brutal beginnings of metal icons Death, now unleashing a first track with ‘Archangel’! Catch them live in Europe this summer at festivals like Alcatraz and Brutal Assault!
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Tokyo death metal legends Defiled unleashed the third and last single from their upcoming album ‘Altered State’ with the title track! The full-length is out next month with Season of Mist!
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