Epica just released their collaboration album ‘The Alchemy Project’ and celebrate with the video for ‘Sirens – Of Blood And Water’ featuring Charlotte Wessels and Myrkur!

We had the chance to visit the next to last gig of the ‘Symphonic Metal Nights Tour 2022’ with co-headliners Visions of Atlantis and Xandria and support from Ye Banished Privateers. A hot and sweaty night that got our photographer to go back home drenched!

Amaranthe

Metal bands on the rise Amaranthe and Beyond The Black have been on a co-headline tour through Europe with support from Butcher Babies and Ad Infinitum. And we were at their stop at Trix in Antwerp, Belgium to celebrate these talented men and women!

Mayan 10th anniversary show

We joined the celebrations at MaYaN’s 10th anniversary show in Effenaar Eindhoven featuring special guests throughout the show and a great opening show by Off The Cross!

Finnish neoclassical symphonic melodeath outfit Clamoris are releasing their debut album ‘Opus Limbonica’ next month via Inverse Records and shared a last single with ‘The Bite of the Cosmic Snake’!

Epica unveiled ‘The Alchemy Project’, an upcoming experimental album featuring contributions of a impressive lists of guests, and shared the first track ‘The Final Lullaby’, featuring Shining including some tasty saxophone!

Italian metal legends Lacuna Coil present their new single ‘Swamped XX’ of the upcoming re-issue version ‘Comalies XX’, released next month via Century Media!

After having to miss out on day 1 except for some live streaming, our reporter finally made it to the holy grounds of Graspop Metal Meeting and is sharing her experiences with Gloryhammer, Steel Panther, Black Label Society, A Day To Remember and Whitesnake!

Septicflesh’s 11th album ‘Modern Primitive’ wields an orchestral forte, illustrating the complex work of the symphonies coupled with gigantic chugging and monstrous growls. The Greek titans spectacularly encompass all of its brutality in a colossal,new, sonic showpiece, out on Nuclear Blast.

Yngwie Malmsteen

Yngwie Malmsteen played a show at 013 Poppodium that seemed like more of a try-out than an actual part of the Parabellum tour, but nevertheless a schooling in neo-classical metal that only someone like him could give!