Forty bands. Four stages. Countless difficult choices. To help you plan your Friday at Alcatraz, we’ve picked six acts that we think are absolutely worth checking out: Igorrr, Combichrist, HEALTH, Vended, Witch Club Satan and Insanity Alert.
Agree with our picks, or did we miss one of your favourites? Let us know!
Combichrist unleashed their last single and music video ‘Only Here For A Good Time’ before the release of their new album ‘The Venom In The Mouth Of God’ at the end of next month via Out Of Line Music! Catch them live this summer at select European festivals like Alcatraz and M’era Luna!
Belgian industrial icon Suicide Commando shared the reworked classic ‘Come Down With Me (V2025)’, which will be on the upcoming ‘Collective Suicide Vol. 2’ album, out with Out of Line Music in June!
A couple of weeks ago, industrial/EBM titans Combichrist unleashed their new single ‘Feraline’ via Out Of Line Music, a thirds track teasing their upcoming album! Catch them live next year at festivals like E-Tropolis Festival, Alcatraz Festival and Dark Force Fest!
Who says festival season ends with summer? In Finland, the dark months come alive with music: experience the true punk spirit at HKI SKEPU FEST (starting tonight), get in touch with your ancestors and nature at Pakanafestarit, discover new talent at Lost In Music, embrace the shadows at Hellsinki Industrial Festival, sail into chaos with the Hellsinki Metal Cruise, sink into sorrow at Melancholy Mass Festivals, and feel the fire indoors at John Smith Rock Frozen. When the nights are long, Finland turns the volume up.
A couple of months ago, Elektrik Products satisfied our need for some good beats to dance to yet again by bringing the popular Swedes of Priest back to Helsinki for a crazy night at On The Rocks! And with them came the intense industrial duo Ambassador21, a special “old school electro” set of Freakangel and an opening show of Teknohirvi, the electro version of thrash outfit The Hirvi!
The summer festival season is over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of exciting fests happening over the next couple of months this autumn/winter in Finland, starting with Cult of Darkness today, Helsinki Techfest, and HKI SKEPU FEST VI this month still, Pakanafesterit in October, Hellsinki Industrial Festival and Melancholy Mass Festivals in November, and John Smith Rock Frozen in December! And for the beer and music lovers, several Masis Beer & Metal events spread over the next couple of months all over Finland! Go get your tickets now!
The summer festival season is over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of exciting fests happening over the next couple of months this autumn/winter in Finland with Helsinki Techfest and Kaamos Metal Cruise already this weekend, HKI SKEPU FEST V, Lost In Music, Steelchaos, Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2023, Fall Fest 2023, Black Box Mikkeli, Melancholy Mass Festival 2023 and Unholy Winter Fest!
Belgian dark electro icons Suicide Commando release their new song ‘God of Destruction (Lies Lies Lies)’ with additional remixes and remakes, through their label Out of Line Music!
Pictures of the second day of Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2022 with Ruoska, Antibody, Agonoize, Nestruction, Gothminister, Moris Blak and Centhron!
