Besides the epic shows of the headliners at this year’s Rockfest, we picked 10 bands that we think you shouldn’t miss out on if you’re going to the festival this weekend, with Moon Shot, Sepultura, RØRY, Awake Again, Bullet For My Valentine, Jinjer, Cemetery Skyline, Demolition 23, GHØSTKID and Black Flag! Who are you looking forward to the most this weekend? See you there!

Metal unit Sylosis have released a video for the vitriolic ‘Soured Ground’ track, taken from their most recent EP ‘The Path’, out via Nuclear Blast!

Tuska 2025 promises to be quite the exciting edition again with a great line-up with something for everyone, and plenty of other stuff to discover and do! If you’re planning to go, we listed some info in a nice little preview…

German thrash metal legends Sodom released their new single and lyric video for the song ‘Taphephobia’, another track from their upcoming album ‘The Arsonist’, set for release at the end of this month through SPV/Steamhammer.

Hammerheart Records announced the reissue of the criminally overlooked thrash metal masterpiece ‘Why Play Around?’ from the US outfit Wargasm.

In about a week, Soulfly is embarking on their “Spirit Animal Tour 2025”, taking their music through Europe for almost 2 months from festival appearances to headline shows, and they just recruited Chase Bryant of Warbringer to be their bassist for this run!

If you are still looking for a great summer destination, our homecountry of Belgium has some great events to offer, so here are 7 festivals that might make it a great place to go for you this year with the very last Wildfest this weekend, dunk!festival, Graspop Metal Meeting, Litha Fest, Lokerse Feesten, Rock Werchter and Alcatraz!

If you are still looking for a great summer destination, here are 12 festivals that might make Finland the ideal place to go for you this year with Sonic Rites this weekend, Rockfest, Tuhdimmat Tahdit, Nummirock, Tuska, John Smith Festival, SaariHelvetti, Dark River Festival, Hellsinki Metal Festival, the CoolHead Live concert series, Sastamalan Torijuhlat and Hevipäivät!

After the break of last year, Rockfest is back with a vengeance and a solid line-up that will rock your world for about 3 days at the new location in Turku, Finland!