Bay Area thrash metal icons Testament announced their new album ‘Para Bellum’ to be out in October via Nuclear Blast and shared the intense single ‘Infanticide A.I.’!
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Finnish thrash metal juggernauts Bloodride return with the lyric video for ‘King of Pain’, a track from their new album ‘Deafening’, out now through Wormholedeath!
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The modern groovers of Incite just released their new album ‘Savage New Times’ via Reigning Phoenix Music and unleashed a music video for the title track to celebrate!
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Disciples of Verity, a collective made up by some heavy hitters of the music scene, released their latest new single ‘In My Eyes’, the latest preview from their highly anticipated new album ‘NEXUS’!
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Dave Mustaine revealed that Megadeth’s next album will be the last of the band and that a global farewell tour will be kicking off in 2026! A first single is coming with the pre-orders in about a month and a half!
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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!
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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!
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The first day of the third edition of Hellsinki Metal Festival is filled with an impressive line-up of metal bands of almost every subgenre, completed with some special ones. Of course you need to go see King Diamond headlining tonight, but there is so much more to discover, so our editorial team picked out 7 bands that they think you definitely shouldn’t miss out on with Rabbit Cult, Gost, Kanonenfieber, Forbidden, Fear Factory, Candlemass and Moonsorrow! What bands are you really looking forward to today? Let us know in the comments!
We had a call with Ruben (guitars) and Frederik (bass) of the Belgian modern thrash band Primal Creation to talk about their latest single, the move of Frederik from roadie to active member of the band as the bassist and especially about playing at this year’s Alcatraz Festival opening La Morgue this Saturday!
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On the last day of Alcatraz 2025, we get 10 more fantastic Belgian bands served up, going from mesmerizing atmosphere makers like Briqueville and Alkerdeel, to absolute mayhem from bands like Bark, Devastatiön, Slaughter Messiah and Cobracide, hardcore legends Congress and Whatever It Takes, rockers Promise Down or goth-tinged heavy metallers Cult of Scarecrow! Something for everyone and again proof how rich the Belgian heavy music scene is…
