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The 18th edition of Alcatraz is shaping up to be historic with headliners Arch Enemy and Alestorm, legends like Soulfly, Saxon, Body Count, Rose Tattoo, extreme assaults from Immolation, Internal Bleeding, 200 Stab Wounds, Sanguisugabogg, and modern favorites like Kittie, Northlane, Animals As Leaders, The Ghost Inside. We’re especially thrilled to see the Belgian flag flying high again with Channel Zero, Amenra, Enthroned, Psychonaut and Mantah on the bill. And let’s not forget our longtime Finnish favorites Luna Kills, making a big step onto the Alcatraz stage! On top of that, the Prison Stage opens already on the Thursday for the first time ever, and day ticket prices are lower than 2025 right now!

Italian metal outfit Hellfox have unveiled the official video for the track ‘Water On The Ceiling’, one of the standout tracks from their latest album ‘The Spectrum Of Human Gravity’, released a couple of months ago via Rockshots Records!

Eihwar evoke a spiritual realm with their new standalone single ‘Hugrheim’, out right now with a fitting video via Season of Mist and urging everyone around the world to join their dance party!

Finnish rockers Temple Balls announced their return last week with the new single and video ‘There Will Be Blood’, out now via Frontiers Music!

Italian fuzz-heavy rockers Dune Aurora are thrilled to announce their debut full-length ‘Ice Age Desert’ to be out in November via Octopus Rising/Argonauta Records and unveiled their new single and video ‘Crocodile’!

Rising British heavy metal band Tailgunner signed with Napalm Records and are going to release their next album with their new label, produced by the legendary K.K. Downing!

Danish metallers Defecto shared the new single and video ‘Eternal Descent’ from their upcoming new album ‘Echoes Of Isolation’, set for release in about a month via Frontiers Music!

Southern California quintet SPITE shared a video for the title track from their upcoming album ‘New World Killer’, out at the end of October via Rise Records!

NYC’s legendary hardcore pioneers, AGNOSTIC FRONT, are set to unveil their unapologetically fierce new album ‘Echoes in Eternity’, featuring the band’s established sound remains best known for their pure adrenaline fuelled riffs, unrelenting energy and outspoken critique on social corruption. ‘Way of War’ is the first single to land ahead of this forthcoming onslaught; ‘Echoes in Eternity’ will be released on November 7, 2025, via Reigning Phoenix Music.

Aephanemer unleashed the new video single ‘Le Cimetière Marin’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Utopie’, set for release at the end of October through Napalm Records! Catch them after on tour through Europe in November, including a stop at our very own Asgaard Gentbrugge venue in Belgium!