Belgian thrash outfit Dead Serious is back with a first new single in over 3 decades! Go bang your head to their statement on the future with ‘Not Dead Not Serious’ and catch them live next month at Asgaard Gentbrugge or this summer at one of Belgium’s biggest metal fests Alcatraz!
Belgian post-metalcore outfit Nomad released third single ‘Opio’ from their upcoming album ‘OXYGEN*, which is set to be out later this month still!
Belgian doom metal band Akem Manah released a lyric video for the single ‘The Burning of John Briggs’, a second track unveiled from their upcoming album ‘Threnodies’, out in April via Black Lion Records!
Recently, Belgian modern metal powerhouse Aeveris released ‘Act I: Roots’ from their highly anticipated new album ‘Imminence’, which will be out in full in May! Catch them live in Belgium this Spring or this Summer’s festival season at for instance Alcatraz festival!
Belgian modern metal outfit Temptations for the Weak announced their new album ‘The Venom Inside’ to be out at the end of this month and shared the video single ‘Your Own Suffering’!
Belgian atmospheric black doom outfit Splendidula releases new single and video ‘Kilte’ from upcoming album ‘Absentia’, set for release in April via Argonauta Records!
Belgian rock institution Triggerfinger kicked off the beginning of a new era with their latest single ‘Come Clean’!
Belgian post-metalcore outfit Nomad shared their second single ‘Desert of Woe’, another track from their upcoming album ‘OXYGEN’, out in March!
Belgian doom metal monoliths Akem Manah have announced their upcoming album ‘Threnodies’ to be out in April via Black Lion Records and shared the first single ‘The End of Earnest Hollow’!
Belgian speed metallers Kate’s Acid announce their new studio album ‘Hellbender’ to be our in March with High Roller Records and share the title track as the first single!
Wolfheart took over the European mainland with the “Draconian darkness over Europe 2025 tour”, bringing along Before The Dawn and Suotana for a top tasting menu of Finnish melodic death metal, which we were able to attend in Kortrijk at the DVG Club at the end of last month!
Friday night at Black Hawk MC’s Choppershow weekend in Belgium was all about live music, and especially local bands with Poseydon, popular cover band Impact, and most of all Hexa Mera hitting the stage with a farewell show. Their powerful set hit especially hard, knowing the band is stepping away after 15 years: a bittersweet but fitting send-off for a group that’s been so important to our scene and community.
On August 5th, Lokerse Feesten had an interesting line-up with big names on the mainstage, but also some pretty big acts on the much smaller stage in the Club Studio Brussel with Light Of Eternity, Redd Kross, envy and Coilguns!
And to wrap up the second edition of Litha Fest in style, we had Garters and Giggles and Dwayne Pyro treat us on a magical fire ritual!
There was so much more to do at the second edition of our event Litha Fest besides checking out the musical performances! You could learn how to folk dance with Balhalla, or how to sword fight with SwArta, get yourself a massage from De Viking Masseur, check out the many unique vendors that showed up or just simply enjoy the wonderful atmosphere!
On the second and smaller stage in Asgaard, we got to enjoy enchanting shows of Gentse Folk Studenten, Sanseveria, and Eleni Neldë at the second edition of our festival Litha Fest!
A PreParty for everyone who already arrived in Geraardsbergen for WildFest that was starting the next day with Beyond The Labyrinth and Sin City Rebels… We were also there to capture the atmosphere!
The 13th (local) edition of Full Moon gave us 3 Belgian bands: party cover band Crazy Copy Cats, System Of A Down tribute band Toxicity and heavy rock and rollers Promise Down (who you also can catch at Alcatraz festival this summer)!
With 30 shows in 17 countries, Ankor’s “Shoganai EU/UK Tour 2025” ended at the DVG Club in Kortrijk, Belgium with support of Conquer Divide and A Dark Reborn, and we of course where there!
Indian metal straight from New Delhi, India to Trix Antwerp, Belgium: Bloodywood with their ‘Return of The Singh’ tour! And with support from Calva Louise and Demonic Resurrection it was a great night of amazing vibes and music!
