A selection of our personal highlights in all the hardcore, punk, metalcore & co shows at Alcatraz 2023 with Trivium, Mad Sin, Converge, Agnostic Front, Biohazard, The Exploited, Heaven Shall Burn, Killswitch Engage and Electric Callboy!

A selection of the best of thrash and speed metal we caught at Alcatraz 2023 with Sepultura, Sodom, Evildead, Sacred Reich and Holy Moses!

Incantation has evolved over the past 30 years and “Unholy Deification” is another solid and visceral album from these veterans who have delivered a slab of familiar yet very fresh material for the fans. Out via Relapse Records.

Finnish modern metal heroes Bloodred Hourglass unleashed the title track of their upcoming album ‘How’s The Heart?’, set for release in October via Out of Line Music!

The last day of a long and exhausting weekend of great music and atmosphere was all about the Belgian music scene at La Morgue with Aeveris, Brutal Sphincter, Hexa Mera, Mantah and Reject The Sickness!

The last day of a long and exhausting weekend of great music and atmosphere with some of the most extreme music around on the Swamp Stage from Serpents Oath, Archspire, Kataklysm and Bloodbath!

The last day of a long and exhausting weekend of great music and atmosphere with on the main stage shows from Sacred Reich, Bleed From Within, Blind Guardian, Killswitch Engage and of course, the party that was Electric Callboy!

Our personal highlights of the first day of the very first edition of Hellsinki Metal Festival with Voivod, Asagraum, Clawfinger, Monuments, Sodom, Blind Guardian, Impaled Nazarene and Apocalyptica!

Bokassa is back with a brand new track, ‘Garden of Heathen’, featuring no one less than Lou Koller from Sick Of It All on vocals! It’s also the first single of their upcoming album set for release via Indie Recordings!