Belgian avantgatde extreme metal band Emptiness recently released the single ‘The Threat’ a second teaser of what is to come on their upcoming album ‘Nowhere Speask’, set for release in July via Season of Mist!
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Belgian outfit Painted Scars shared their new single ‘Higher’, a track from their upcoming album set to be released in 2027! A music video is coming soon!
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Belgian metal pioneers Drakkar recently unleashed a relentless battle anthem with ‘Invasion’, ahead of their highly anticipated new album set to be released with Wormholedeath!
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Out of the Belgian underground comes a young four-piece ready to properly rock out with you! Diva Duke unleashed their raw new single ‘Again’ via Catfight Entertainment last week!
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Belgian death metal force Carnation unleashed yet another savage new single with ‘Flesh-Eating Frenzy’, from their album ‘Symphony In Flesh’, out in October!
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Belgian modern metal powerhouse Aeveris released their new single and visualizer video ‘And Then There Were None’, the second track unveiled of their upcoming album ‘Imminence (Act II – Revelations)’, out this Friday! Catch them live the coming months all over Belgium, including an appearance at Alcatraz Festival!
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Belgian melodic death metal force Echoes of a Dying World unleashed their new single and video ‘Iskariot’, featuring guest vocals of Tijs Vanneste, and the first taste of ‘Revelations’, their upcoming EP that will conclude their ambitious trilogy!
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Belgian speed/heavy metal band Drakkar released the new track and lyric video ‘666 Rock ‘n’ Roll (Tribute to Them)’, a tribute to Ozzy and Lemmy, out now with Wormholedeath!
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Flemish atmospheric black metal entity Drawn Into Descent shared an official live music video for the song ‘teloorgang’ from their third album ‘Onrust’, out with Immportal Frost Productions!
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Belgian noise rock trio It It Anita dropped a roaring new video for the track ‘Lion Tamer’ from their most recent album ‘HI HI HA HA’, out via Vicious Circle and Luik Music!
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Genre-bending chaos, huge smiles and absolute mayhem! Knosis and Paledusk turned Kavka Zappa in Antwerp into one unforgettable night.
33 Years after their “last” show, Belgian cult thrash outfit Dead Serious is back and played live in our own venue Asgaard with the support of Steamroller and Phoenix Rebellion! Of course we were there!
Hardline’s European tour 2026 stopped by DVG Club in Kortrijk last week. Supported by Sevi, they blew the roof off!
Skynd’s memorable stop at the 4de zaal in Gentbrugge, Belgium… No support acts, just Skynd: dead serious! You better watch your back! Hosted in partnership with Return Bookings
“The New Flesh tour” struck down at De Vierde Zaal in Gent, and from the energetic start with Life Cycles, to the technical explosion of Revocation and the crushing intensity of Distant, to the controlled climax of Sylosis… Each band contributed in its own way to a memorable evening, hosted by Return Bookings and yours truly!
In support of the ‘World Maker’ album release, we went to see Psychonaut with the support of Bloed at Cactus Club in Brugge, Belgium as part of the “Bruges Is Doomed” concerts!
Belgian modern metal outfit Behind the Veil proudly presented their new EP “Betrayed by Shadows’ with a release party at DVG club Kortrijk, supported by Ironborn and X-Pozed!
Idavoll kicked off 2026 with a packed metal night featuring Mourning Wood, Morgarten, and Vansind’s very first Belgian show. From folk-black darkness to mead-fueled folk metal energy…
A powerful night of symphonic metal as Leaves’ Eyes and Catalyst Crime lit up DVG Club Kortrijk, Belgium a couple of weeks ago!
At the beginning of the month, Omnium Gatherum took over DVG Club Kortrijk in Belgium with a (hopefully) temporary new vocalist and support from Fallujah and In Mourning!
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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?
For the second day of Alcatraz 2025, our team picked out 8 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Myrath, KNIFE, Baest, Drowning Pool, Rivers of Nihil, Nailbomb, Caliban and Avatar! What bands are you really looking forward to for this Friday at Alcatraz? Let us know in the comments!
For the first day of Alcatraz 2025, our team picked out 8 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Messa, Frayle, 3 Inches of Blood, thrown, Cabal, Crystal Lake, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons and Heriot! What bands are you really looking forward to for this Friday at Alcatraz? Let us know in the comments!
On the last day of Alcatraz 2025, we get 10 more fantastic Belgian bands served up, going from mesmerizing atmosphere makers like Briqueville and Alkerdeel, to absolute mayhem from bands like Bark, Devastatiön, Slaughter Messiah and Cobracide, hardcore legends Congress and Whatever It Takes, rockers Promise Down or goth-tinged heavy metallers Cult of Scarecrow! Something for everyone and again proof how rich the Belgian heavy music scene is…
This weekend is the highlight for us and many among us in Belgium with the 2025 edition of Alcatraz Festival, but if you still haven’t decided to go, here are 10 reasons why we believe you should just go ahead and go get you some tickets still… What are you looking forward to the most for this year’s edition?
The second day of Alcatraz 2025 delivers yet another trio of Belgian stage openers with the power metallers of Magic Kingdom on the Prison Stage, metalcore outfit Signs of Algorithm blowing the roof off the Swamp Stage and modern thrash wrecking crew Primal Creation causing mayhem on La Morgue!
On the first full day of Alcatraz 2025, 3 out of 4 stages will be opened by some Belgian gems, some banging heavy metal from Room13, atmospheric and melancholic doom with Splendidula and brutal death with a wink and a grin from Coffin Feeder!
As every year is the case, Alcatraz Festival has plenty of space and attention for the local Belgian scene and we’re not the only ones happy about that. On the newly expanded Thursday warm-up night you’ll get to enjoy cover/tribute bands like Mr. Lipstick and the Lost Traces, Motörheads and BelgianQuoBand, the popular thrash/speed metallers of Evil Invaders and a stage filled with more underground like Sister May, Kerker, Stung, Violent Sin and Ancient Rites!
In 10 days, Kortrijk in Belgium, will turn the heavy up again with Hell’s Balls Belgium, just like they do every summer with Alcatraz festival. In case you weren’t sure yet why you should go, here are what we think are valid reasons for you to be there…
What are you the most excited about of this year’s editions of the festival? Let us know in the comments!
For the first day of Alcatraz 2024, our team picked out 10 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Dyscordia, Dudsekop, Mantah, Feuerschwanz, Beast In Black, Cro-Mags, Hippotraktor, Uada, Paradise Lost and Amon Amarth! What bands are you really looking forward to for this Friday at Alcatraz? Let us know in the comments!
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