A new Japanese entity has arisen with YAO, a supergroup with pedigree the size of a kaiju featuring hip-hop queen Awich, rapper Chico Carlito, ONE OK ROCK and Paledusk! An epic first single ‘777’ was released, showing off the blend of hip-hop, rock and alternative music they’ll bring, including cinematic music video!
Japanese sensation HANABIE. released their new digital single ‘Life Is Short, O Brave Girl’, the opening theme for the upcoming anime series ‘Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games’!
Japanese metal powerhouse Knosis returned with their first new music since last year’s release of debut album ‘GENKNOSIS’! The single and video ‘Kushizashi’ is out right now with SharpTone Records!
Bad Wolves recently introduced their new chapter by unleashing their new track ‘Pain It Red’, out with Better Noise Music and the debut single for their new vocalist KILLBOY!
Alt-metallers Savage Hands face their demons on their recently released new single ‘It’s Me’, out on Oxide Music!
Bubblegum alt-metal outfit Nova Riot shared another single and video with ‘Midnight Coven Crush’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Blood, Lies & Lullabies’ set for release next month with Eclipse Records!
Danish outfit Gradience are releasing their full-length album ‘Anomaly’ in September via Metal Blade Records and recently shared the new single ‘White Noise’!
Texas metal outfit GORE. recently returned with new video and single ‘Lead Me to the Slaughter’, out with Spinefarm Records! Catch them on tour in Europe starting September with I Prevail and Polaris!
UK alternative group Loathe are back with their new album ‘A Stranger To You’ in a couple of weeks via Sharptone Records and recently shared the latest single ‘Fangs’!
Progressive, alternative metal band Haken announced the release of their new EP ‘in a fever dream’ in September with InsideOutMusic and shared the new single and video ‘delirium’! Catch them on tour all over Europe shortly after the release!
Two months after our talk at Alcatraz Festival, we stepped back into the forest with Johannes Eckerström of Avatar to talk about their upcoming album ‘Don’t Go In The Forest’ (out next week October 31st), from disco death grooves and true crime commentary to piano-born love songs and the return of the metal circus among many other things.
Back in April, we sat down with Luna Kills on the release day of ‘DEATHMATCH’ to talk screaming, Sugar Rushes, gamer Easter eggs, and world domination. Months later, the album still slaps and world domination seems well on its way with a show at Hellsinki Metal Festival this weekend and an already announced career highlight with Wacken Open Air 2026!
Shortly before they released their new album ‘The Ugly Side of Me’ via Napalm Records some months ago, we had a call with Diamond from Tetrarch to chat about the new music, how it felt to do proper vocals in one of the tracks, some pinch-me moments they experienced recently and the very first tour in Europe, which also brings them to our own venue Asgaard Gentbrugge tonight! If you can, don’t miss out because they promise to kill it live!
Last year, we met up with the mysterious and intriguing Finnish duo Rabbit Cult, who started a new chapter in their musical journey and told us all about their new path forging cool music blending Finnish with kawaii and alternative rock and metal into a unique and sometimes contradicting mixture.
Catch them on the Nordic Metal Cruise in a couple of weeks!
At Tuska 2024, we had a quick chat with Lotta from Luna Kills about their first ever show at the festival, how they’ve been doing since we last talked a couple of years ago, their first tour outside of Finland in support of Dear Mother and hints at what’s next…
While being at Helsinki Techfest for their very first show outside Estonia, we met up with the metal band Pridian to talk about an excellent 2024 with some bucketlist shows, but also the major news that they are signed to the Century Media Records roster for their upcoming album!
We sat down with Jessie and Eleni of Ankor after their show at this year’s Tuska Festival, the last stop of a crazy weekend that took them to 3 different countries in 3 days, and had a short chat about their busy summer, the way they like to release new music and how 2024 really seems to be a big year for the band.
Yesterday, they announced a major European tour for 2025 which will take them to most countries of the continent. You won’t want to miss out on that, tickets are available starting tomorrow!
We sat down with TJ Taylor, drummer of SOiL, when they dropped by in Fort Wayne, IN back in March on the “Back to the 2000s Tour”, to reminiscence about the glory years of nu metal, touring and what it’s like to get back on that stage every time!
One year after making an impression at La Morgue, Mantah returned to Alcatraz on one of the festival’s bigger stages—and showed exactly why they deserved the promotion. After their set, we sat down with almost the entire band for a relaxed conversation about their love for ’90s metal, giving songs room to evolve, the next album, and why they believe the Belgian metal scene has never felt more united.
Last summer, we sat down with Johannes from Avatar for a short chat about how 2023 had been so far after their explosive opening show at Tuska 2023, how he experienced that show, and how he feels like the band is in its best form right now, ready to take over the world!
