Amorphis guitarist Tomi Koivusaari digs into his bloody roots with solo project Bjørkø and upcoming album ‘Heartrot’, set for release in December via Svart Records!
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syk signed to Season of Mist ahead of the release of their new and fourth album ‘eartHFlesh’! Stay tuned for further updates and first new tracks!
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Tuska unleashed the first batch of bands for the 2024 line-up and it seems they put their chips strongly on modern metal/metalcore with Bring Me The Horizon, Bloodred Hourglass, Bury Tomorrow, Make Them Suffer, Infected Rain and Fixation, proggy music with Opeth, Vola, Voyager and Riverside, and power metal with Alestorm, Angus McSix and Brothers Of Metal. And of course, festival regulars Amorphis and Stam1na belong to the party as well!
What do you think of the line-up already? Who do you hope to be added still?
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New prog metal supergroup sensation TEMIC released their second track ‘Falling Away’, another track from their upcoming debut album ‘Terror Management Theory’, set for release in November via Season of Mist!
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Last day of Graspop 2023, where our team member managed to see rockin’ bands like Kissin’ Dynamite, Skid Row and Mötley Crüe, melodeath supergroup The Halo Effect, the explosive show of Enter Shikari and the extremely popular performance of Hellmut Goes Metal!
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The 3rd day of Graspop Metal Meeting 2023 brought a lot of firsts for our team member there, seeing shows of Architects, Rancid and Pantera, but also some of her favorites like Halestorm, In Flames and of course, the band that is very near and dear to her heart: Parkway Drive!
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Second day at an exciting edition of Alcatraz we had a very black metal heavy one with Gaerea, Taake and Belphegor, old school punk with The Exploited, gloomy industrial from Godflesh and one of Finland’s favorite bands Amorphis!
New York metal band Nefariant dropped the new track ‘Beg’, showing how (heavy) metal can sound like when replacing guitars with piano! The first single from their upcoming EP ‘Noct’, which is set for release early next year!
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Belgian thrash/prog metal outfit PatriarcH unleashed the new single and title track ‘Demonic Heart’ from their highly anticipated new album, set for release next month via Wormholedeath!
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For the third and last day of Alcatraz 2023, our team picked out 10 more bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Serpents Oath, Archspire, Psychonaut, Mantah, Gaupa, Stake, Blind Guardian, Brutus, Killswitch Engage, and Holy Moses! Who are you especially looking forward to on the second day of the festival?
