While we’re still trying to digest how crazy this year’s edition of Brutal Assault was, we’re already getting hyped up about 2026 with a first 14 names confirmed and they’re good ones!
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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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For the second day of Alcatraz 2025, our team picked out 8 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Myrath, KNIFE, Baest, Drowning Pool, Rivers of Nihil, Nailbomb, Caliban and Avatar! What bands are you really looking forward to for this Friday at Alcatraz? Let us know in the comments!
For the first day of Alcatraz 2025, our team picked out 8 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Messa, Frayle, 3 Inches of Blood, thrown, Cabal, Crystal Lake, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons and Heriot! What bands are you really looking forward to for this Friday at Alcatraz? Let us know in the comments!
Brutal Assault is a proper celebration of everything that is metal and/or extreme and there is something great to be found at any time of the day! We picked out 8 bands that you should go see on the first day of this year’s edition, with High Parasite, Gutalax, Landmvrks, Blood Fire Death, Slow Crush, Patriarchy, Fear Factory and Drowning Pool, because they’ll be more than worth your time!
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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This weekend is the highlight for us and many among us in Belgium with the 2025 edition of Alcatraz Festival, but if you still haven’t decided to go, here are 10 reasons why we believe you should just go ahead and go get you some tickets still… What are you looking forward to the most for this year’s edition?
Belgian psychedlic post-metal colelctive Psychonaut return with their latest single ‘Stargazer’, anoter track shared from their upcoming album ‘World Maker’, out in October via Pelagic Records!
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German black metal visionaries Der Weg Einer Freiheit unveil lead single ‘Eos’ from their upcoming album ‘Innern’, out via Season of Mist in September!
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Brutal Assault is a proper celebration of everything that is metal and/or extreme and there is something great to be found at any time of the day! We picked out 8 bands that you should go see on the first day of this year’s edition, with Frayle, RUÏM, Orange Goblin, Crystal Lake, Oranssi Pazuzu, 3 Inches of Blood, Sigh, and Brutally Deceased, because they’ll be more than worth your time!
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