Dutch groove metal/rock band Rise Of The Wood shared their new single and video ‘Sleep’ earlier this year, the title track of their latest EP! New music is in the works, it’s time to Rise!

Ontario, Canada metal band Atria unleashed a new video for the track ‘Ground Zero’, coming from their recently released EP, in anticipation of their upcoming shows at the end of this month and in the beginning of next month!

Rage of Light announced their new EP ‘Opaque’ to be released this Wednesday, October 18th accompanied by an epic video for the title track! And if you can, make sure you catch their release show in Switzerland this weekend!

Still about 10 months to go, Alcatraz has announced the first 50 confirmed acts for the 2024 edition of one of Belgium’s greatest rock and metal fests!

The celebration of the BlackJazz album by the Norwegians of SHINING at the Kafka in Antwerp was an intense orgasmic experience for your ears. Support came from local metal heroes Powerstroke.

New Zealand power thrashers Bulletbelt unveiled the new single and music video ‘Cosmic’, a track from the upcoming album ‘Burn It Up’, scheduled for release on September 22 via Impaler Records!

Tuska unleashed the first batch of bands for the 2024 line-up and it seems they put their chips strongly on modern metal/metalcore with Bring Me The Horizon, Bloodred Hourglass, Bury Tomorrow, Make Them Suffer, Infected Rain and Fixation, proggy music with Opeth, Vola, Voyager and Riverside, and power metal with Alestorm, Angus McSix and Brothers Of Metal. And of course, festival regulars Amorphis and Stam1na belong to the party as well!

What do you think of the line-up already? Who do you hope to be added still?

Japanese groovy metal/rock outfit Hexvoid released the brand-new single ‘You got the garbage, Losers get out’, the first new music with the new lineup!

The first edition of Hellsinki Metal was absolutely epic, find some of the most memorable performances here with Pentagram, Priest, I Am Morbid, Bury Tomorrow, Emperor, Fit For An Autopsy and Watain!