Finnish modern metal outfit Bloodred Hourglass unveiled the last single ‘Chasing Shadows’ before their new album is out in October via Out of Line Music!
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Homegrown talent took the spotlight at Alcatraz 2025! Relive performances by Room13, Signs of Algorithm, Bark, Cult of Scarecrow, and Congress in our latest photo report. 🔥
From Belgian hardcore to goregrind madness and industrial metal classics, the Helldorado Stage offered another unforgettable day at Alcatraz. Relive performances by Bark, Congress, Gutalax, Dope, and Static-X in our latest photo report! 🔥
Prog death metal masters Fallujah are paying tribute to extreme metal pioneers Meshuggah with their music video for ‘The Obsidian Architect’, a track from their latest album ‘Xenotaph’ out via Nuclear Blast!
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Grand Cadaver’s ‘The Rot Beneath’ is what you get when a bunch of veterans from the Swedish death metal scene celebrate their love for the old school. Out via Majestic Mountain Records.
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Brutal Assault 2025 – Day 1 set the fortress ablaze right from the start. From 3 Inches of Blood, Skálmöld and Fleshgod Apocalypse to the chaos of Inter Arma, the industrial punch of Static-X, and the psychedelic darkness of Oranssi Pazuzu, the first day was packed with highlights. Add in Frayle, Dying Fetus, Ruïm, Kerry King and Rotting Christ, and it was a perfect start of this year’s edition!
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The Obscure and Octagon stages delivered some of the most intense sets of Day 1 at Brutal Assault 2025. From the triumphant return of 3 Inches of Blood to the symphonic fury of Fleshgod Apocalypse, the crushing weight of Inter Arma, the haunting doom of Frayle, the occult darkness of Ruïm, and the mind-bending chaos of Oranssi Pazuzu, it was truely a journey through the extremes of heavy music!
Day 1 of Brutal Assault 2025 set the tone right away with a good mix of legends and crushing heaviness. From the epic Viking soundscapes of Skálmöld to the industrial grooves of Static-X, the unrelenting brutality of Dying Fetus, the thrash assault of Kerry King, and the dark rituals of Rotting Christ, the Marshall and Sea Shepherd stages started off the festival properly.
Finnish death/doom mastodons Hooded Menace reawaken classic horror on new single ‘Pale Masquerade’ another track from their upcoming album ‘Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration’, set for release in October via Season of Mist!
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From the modern metalcore of Signs of Algorithm to the death metal power of Baest and Vader and the epic doom of Candlemass — relive Day 2 at the Swamp Stage in our latest Alcatraz photo gallery!
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