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?
French black metal outfit Merrimack shared their take on the dark Depeche Mode track ‘Wrong’, out via Season of Mist!
Thrash metal powerhouse Havok announced to have signed to BLKIIBLK and shared their new single ‘Fifth Generation Warfare’!
While the first edition was still going strong last Saturday, Ankea Festival was already looking ahead and announced the first 7 names for next year’s edition with Igorrr, Alcest, Kalandra, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Long Distance Calling, Vulkan and Karmanjakah! Limited early bird tickets available now!
Dutch heavy hardcore outfit Trenchwar has signed with Time To Kill Records for the release of their debut full-length!
Hulder announced to be reissuing four released from their back catalogue via Season of Mist this autumn!
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!
Swedish symphonic metal visionaries Zornheym presented their second single and music video ‘Deus Rex’, the opener of their upcoming album ‘Descending Into Madness’, out in October via Noble Demon!
“Projections” carves a new niche and a whole musical direction for doom fans to enjoy. Godthrymm marches into a path between traditional doom and sludge, and this is what sets them apart in the doom metal scene today. Out via Profound Lore Records since May 29th.
Atmospheric doom metal project TodoMal unveiled the title track of their upcoming new album ‘Graveyards of Joy’, set for release in July via Season of Mist! Catch them live in Europe in July and August in support of Evoken and at festivals like Tolminator!
