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?
The galaxy’s favorite metal band Galactic Empire continues to expand their cinematic universe with their new single ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’, a track of their upcoming album ‘Cinemetal’ set for release in October via Pure Noise Records!
Nailed To Obscurity shared a video for the track ‘Generation of the Void’, the title track of their upcoming fifth studio album, out in September via Nuclear Blast!
Myrath announced their best of album ‘Reflection’ to be released via earMUSIC and shared the single ‘Believer’! Catch them live at Alcatraz festival next week for an exclusive festival show!
Swedish metal legends Vintersorg have returned with yet another new epic single ‘Efter Dis Kommer Dimma’ from the upcoming album ‘Vattenkrafternas Spel’, an album that has been 8 years in the works and will be out in September via Hammerheart Records!
Extreme progressive metal group Abstracted recently returned with their new single ‘Languish’, featuring guest vocals from Chaney Crabb from Entheos, and a first taste of their upcoming album ‘Hiraeth’, set for release early 2026 on M-Theory Audio!
Finnish legends Amorphis released their new single ‘Bones’ the second preview of their upcoming album ‘Borderland’, set for release in September via Reigning Phoenix Music.
The galaxy’s favorite metal band Galactic Empire announced their new album ‘Cinemetal’ for release in October via Pure Noise Records and shared the single ‘Superman’!
Green Carnation is setting sail on an epic voyage with ‘The Shores of Melancholia’, the start of the first part of their ‘A Dark Poem’ trilogy, set for release in September via Season of Mist, and share a first taste with the single ‘In Your Paradise’!
Royal Sorrow shared a music video for the song ‘Samsara’ recently with InsideOutMusic, just before their very first show at this year’s Tuska! Catch them this autumn on tour through Europe with Leprous and Gåte!
