From mosh pits and conga lines to hard rock, alt metal and genre-blending performances, the Lookout and Rising Stages had plenty to offer on day one of Upheaval Festival. Relive sets by Kingdom Collapse, Zero 9:36, Normundy and Izzy Reign in our photo report.
Modern metalcore outfit Iridium from London signed with Napalm Records and unleashed a first single with ‘ENDGAME’ to celebrate!
Alt-metal traiblazers Wargasm are ushering in a new era by signing with Hopeless Records and unveiling their first track ‘Get Down’ being released with the label!
Broken By The Scream recently shared new single ‘花鏑[HANAKABURA]’, the first on their new label Metal Blade Records and just when they were about to head on their European tour that started last Wednesday in Finland and with a main stage spot at Wacken yesterday!
Electric Callboy is back with another single ‘The Way You Are’ in anticipation of next week’s release of their new album ‘TANZNEID’ with Century Media Records! What sounds like a nostalgic boy band love ballad comes with a classic bait and switch like only they can!
Modern metal outfit Enemy Inside are expanding on their new chapter with 2nd single and video ‘Dopamine’, out now with Reigning Phoenix Music!
Metal powerhouse Slaughter To Prevail are keeping the ‘Grizzly’ era alive, releasing an epic and quite gory short movie as music video for the track ‘Koschei’! We can’t wait to see them headlining Alcatraz next week, it’s going to be killer!
Heavy music disruptor Showing Teeth shares her venomous new single ‘Bad Exchanges’, a taste of her much-anticipated debut EP ‘A Fate Worse Than Loneliness’, set for release in September via Republic Records and Spinefarm!
Saturday at Alcatraz has no shortage of Belgian talent. 🇧🇪🤘From the progressive soundscapes of Psychonaut and the unstoppable rise of Mantah to the chaos of Brutal Sphincter, the crushing grooves of Your Highness, the intensity of Divided, Ronker and Poseydon, there’s plenty of homegrown metal waiting to be discovered. Find out why each of these Belgian bands deserves a spot on your Saturday schedule. Who are you looking forward to seeing at the festival?
Before their crushing Tuska Festival debut, we sat down with “Zelli” of Paleface Swiss for a candid chat about the band’s musical evolution, staying true to themselves while growing bigger than ever and why friendship will always matter more than business.
With Paleface Swiss also heading to Alcatraz Festival in just a few weeks, this is the perfect moment to get to know one of modern metal’s most exciting live bands.
