Belgium may be small, but when it comes to summer festivals, it punches well above its weight. From heavy and alt fests Graspop and Alcatraz to the more commercial Pukkelpop and Rock Werchter, the concert series of Lokerse Feesten and Live Is Live to the small and cosy Rock Zottegem and Parkpop Oostkamp, we’ve selected eight Belgian summer events that are reason enough to visit our home country in 2026. Which one is already on your calendar?
Mortiis shared the last advance single ‘Tundra, Heart of Hell’ from his upcoming new album ‘Ghosts of Europa’, out later this month via Prophecy Productions!
Industrial EDM powerhouse SWARM signed with Out Of Line Music and marks his arrival in style with the new single and video ‘Who Will Save You Now’!
Alt-metal and industrial duo Esoterik returns with a new era, kicking it off with the new single ‘Cycles’, out with Trisol Music Group!
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!
Mimi Barks returns with brand new single and captivating video ‘JERICHO’, the second track revealed from her upcoming EP! Catch her live still right now in the US with Little Miss Nasty and starting next month in Europe supporting Wargasm, King 810 and SWARM6IX or select festivals!
Siiickbrain has returned with her new single ‘FILTHY’, a bass heavy raw track featuring Fetish and the third unveiled of her upcoming album ‘HOUNDSTOOTH’ set for release in June via Nowhere Recordings, Pale Chord and Rise Records/BMG!
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!
Satanic Planet, with Lucien Greaves, Luke Henshaw, Dave Lombardo and Justin Pearson, signed with Relapse Records for their upcoming sophomore album!
Eight years after our first conversation, we sit down again with Author & Punisher in Helsinki. Tristan Shone talks machines, migration, volunteering and why electronic music should still be played live.
