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!
The final day of Alcatraz 2025 had everything: Bark, Gaerea, Gutalax, Fear Factory, Tsjuder, Kerry King, Dimmu Borgir, Emperor, Static-X, Machine Head and Rotting Christ brought another unforgettable festival day to a spectacular close. Here’s our look back at the performances that made Sunday one to remember! 🤘
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!
Progressive brilliance, crushing death metal, hard rock legends and one unforgettable headline performance… These are our ten favourite shows from Saturday at Alcatraz 2025, featuring Knife, Ne Obliviscaris, Baest, Rivers of Nihil, Nailbomb, Doro, Fit For A King, Extreme, Leprous and Avatar.
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!
