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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On the second day of Graspop 2025, our reporter there enjoyed the shows of Gloryhammers, Falling In Reverse, Me First & The Gimme Gimmes, Skillet and of course metal greats Slipknot bringing their show for the 9th time to the holy grounds of Dessel!
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The first day of Graspop was filled with amazing power metal from Powerwolf, Beast In Black and Warkings, nostalgia with Yellowcard and heavy metal legends with Iron Maiden for our reporter there!
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Italian melodic power metal force Alterium unleashed their new EP ‘Stormrage’ last Friday, featuring 2 explosive new songs, and unleashed a lyric video for the track ‘Sui’ to celebrate!
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The Dark Side Of The Moon is back with their new single ‘Can’t Catch Me Now’, their metal rendition of the Olivia Rodrigo’s track that was part of the soundtrack for ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes’!
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Blackbriar release their wistful new single ‘A Last Sigh of Bliss’, alongside a video. Another track from their upcoming new album ‘A Thousand Little Deaths’, out next month via Nuclear Blast!
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Finnish melodic metal force Arion released a brand-new lyric video for the track ‘From An Empire To A Fall’, from their latest album ‘The Light That Burns The Sky’ out with Reigning Phoenix Music! Catch them at John Smith Rock Festival this weekend!
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Australian modern metal band Ghostseeker unleashed their debut full-length album ‘Divergence’ into the world at the end of April via ROAR. A band that dares to do something different and experiment and discover their own style, and with this album they’re ready to take over the world!
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Melodic metal band Dead End Finland released the new single and music video ‘The Reason’, part of their upcoming sixth studio album to be out later this year via Inverse Records!
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Finnish melodic metal band Unén announced the release of their debut album ‘Forever Winter’ in August with Frontiers Music and shared the track ‘Black Heart’! Catch them tonight live at On The Rocks in Helsinki!
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