Grave Digger announced their upcoming new album ‘Bone Collecter’ to be released via ROAR (a division of RPM) in the beginning of 2025, which is the year that marks their 45th anniversary for which they will be touring extensively to celebrate!

One of our favorite up-and-coming Finnish bands, Luna Kills, have today announced to have signed with Sharptone Records for the release of their upcoming next album and unleashed the alt-metal bombshell of a track ‘slay ur enemies’ to celebrate!

After releasing their new album ‘Coma’ at the end of the month via Season of Mist, Gaerea will embark on a European headline tour in 2025 to bring their new music and intense show to their dedicated followers! Get your tickets now!

Boston-based Major Moment released music video and single ‘Staged’, in anticipation of the release of their upcoming album ‘The Pain That Makes Us Grow’ set for release in late this year!

Tetrarch returned with ‘Live Not Fantasize’, their first new single in three years, out via Napalm Records, continuing to be part of the nu metal revolution that is going on!

While being at Helsinki Techfest for their very first show outside Estonia, we met up with the metal band Pridian to talk about an excellent 2024 with some bucketlist shows, but also the major news that they are signed to the Century Media Records roster for their upcoming album!

Modern Rites’ second full-length album ‘Endless’ offers an experimental and industrial method of atmospheric black metal with a grasping new concept, out via Debemur Morti Productions.

We met up with Dante, Gian and Pavel from the Mexican metal outfit Anima Tempo while they were in Finland and talked about their present European tour, which also will take them to our own venue Asgaard in Belgium, their unique take on their music, trying to find some new approaches every time both in recordings and live, how they love the energy from the European crowds and what they’re working on of new music and concept!

Gaerea expand the depths of their despair on new single ‘Suspended’, yet another captivating track and video from the upcoming album ‘Coma’, set for release next month via Season of Mist!

Black and white back-of-venue shot of the band Nile with 1 guest vocalist from their 2024 gig at Entrepot, Bruges, BE

The legendary Nile dropped by at the Entrepot venue in Bruges, Belgium as part of their “Underworld Europe Tour 2024”, bringing the music of their new album to fans across the continent, and brought along some other excellent death metal bands with Hideous Divinity and Intrepid. Local support came from Pestifer.