Finnish blackened death metal band Progeny of Sun releases their 3rd and last single ‘Forsaken Brigade’ before the release of their upcoming 2nd studio album ‘Prophets of the Void’ in September via Inverse Records!

The second day of Alcatraz 2025 delivers yet another trio of Belgian stage openers with the power metallers of Magic Kingdom on the Prison Stage, metalcore outfit Signs of Algorithm blowing the roof off the Swamp Stage and modern thrash wrecking crew Primal Creation causing mayhem on La Morgue!

On the first full day of Alcatraz 2025, 3 out of 4 stages will be opened by some Belgian gems, some banging heavy metal from Room13, atmospheric and melancholic doom with Splendidula and brutal death with a wink and a grin from Coffin Feeder!

Belgium’s black metal collective LVTHN set the release date for their upcoming new album ‘The Devil’s Bridge’ on September 6 via Amor Fati Productions and reveal a first track!

As every year is the case, Alcatraz Festival has plenty of space and attention for the local Belgian scene and we’re not the only ones happy about that. On the newly expanded Thursday warm-up night you’ll get to enjoy cover/tribute bands like Mr. Lipstick and the Lost Traces, Motörheads and BelgianQuoBand, the popular thrash/speed metallers of Evil Invaders and a stage filled with more underground like Sister May, Kerker, Stung, Violent Sin and Ancient Rites!

Sweden’s metal vikings Amon Amarth released their new single ‘We Rule The Waves’ and its video with Metal Blade Records, and it couldn’t be a more fitting track for these guys! Get ready to get pumped up!

Unleashed raise their horns for third single ‘A Toast to the Fallen’ from their upcoming album ‘Fire Upon Your Lands’, out next month via Napalm Records! Catch them live this Summer still in Europe starting with a performance at Brutal Assault!

Enough fun and sun this summer – Finland’s Shade Of Sorrow released the new single ‘Summer’s Sorrow (Self-Destruction Diaries)’, out now with M-Theory Audio!

Psychedelic doom project Breath unveils their first single ‘AWEN’ from their upcoming new album ‘BRAHMAN’, the first to be released on Argonauta Records this Fall.