Belgian modern metal powerhouse Aeveris was back with a vengeance in the beginning of the month with their latest new single ‘Show Me Your Weakness’!
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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!
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Belgian black metal institution Enthroned open a new chapter with the release of their latest single ‘Raviasamin’, track from the upcoming new album ‘Ashspawn’, out in December with Season of Mist!
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Belgian alternative metal outfit Mantah is back with their latest single, a nu metal reinterpretation of the iconic 90s Seal hit ‘Crazy’, part of their upcoming album ‘ANTIDOTE’, set for release at the end of October with Polderrecords!
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Belgian post-metal outfit Juneau shared their latest single ‘Heave’ from the upcoming 2nd full-length ‘Scraps of the Final Lights’, to be released next month with Tokyo Jupiter Records, A Cheery Wave Records and De Mist Records!
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Belgium’s up-and-rising heavy metallers Speed Queen are about to release their debut full-length ‘…With a Bang!’ this Friday via High Roller Records, but not before they provided a last taste of it a couple of weeks ago with the track ‘I Walk Alone’!
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Belgian metal outfit Dyscordia is right now stronger than ever, ready to tackle the future with renewed energy and inspiration. But first, they’re going to celebrate their 15th anniversary with a special show in their hometown Kortrijk at venue De Kreun/Wilde Westen, joined by Aeveris and At The Front for a night of excellent Belgian heavy music! Don’t miss out!
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Belgian metal band Skeptical Minds releases a video for the single ‘The Key’, a track from their album ‘KHARON’!
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As has become tradition, Alcatraz Festival announced a healthy grab of confirmed names during this year’s edition, and the 21 bands they dropped are promising the 2026 edition to be hitting hard again!
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Belgian melodic rock/AOR outfit All I Know return with a bang with the 2-track single ‘Fire It Up’, a first taste of the upcoming second full-length album ‘Pick Your Poison’!
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Gig Reports
This night was one big party! All the bands came to deliver their part of the party and the crowd was in for a good time too. If you missed this night, Alestorm, Gloryhammer and Wind Rose are coming to Alcatraz festival in Kortrijk this summer. Rumahoy sadly won’t be seen there.
At the “Does This Look All Killer No Filler tour” stop at Vorst Nationaal in Brussels, Cassyette provided us with something new to check out while Simple Plan and Sum 41 provided a true trip though memory lane.
After 7 long years, the Swedish prog masters Soen were back in Belgium with an exciting show at Trix in Antwerp, Belgium. Support came from the French outfit Lizzard and the Finnish heavy metallers Oceanhoarse!
Having to miss concerts for so long, I almost forgot wat it was like to wait so long to see one band, and then when that band finally hits the stage, the crowd just explodes.
Damn, it’s good to be back in business! Our first gig report in a while, and what an honour it’s been to cover none other than our very own killthelogo.
Beartooth came to Belgium to make Trix (Antwerp) explode with energy and make the crowd of this sold out venue have an extraordinary night.
Sabaton’s The Great Tour has come to burn the place down in Het Sportpaleis in Belgium. They were all too happy to perform their songs in the country where it all happend. Support of Amaranthe and Apocalyptica
Eluveitie came to play a great show in Belgium that I’m hoping to see again some time soon!
Hardcore veterans Sick Of It all brought a couple of friends with them to Belgium and simply blew the roof off the venue!
Knocked Loose played a new school hardcore set and the crow went old school on their asses! One of the best, most violent and most cathartic sets I’ve ever witnessed.
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Belgian organization Idavoll kicked things up a notch to end 2024 with a heavier note at their “Idavoll Metal Sessions”, bringing some excellent folk metal to Jeugdhuis Comma in Bruges featuring Skål, Hert, and Sorcières!
12 Episodes on the counter for Full Moon Fest in Belgium, and this one was the second Black metal edition for them. Of course, we were there too with a line-up put together of great Belgian acts like nether, Nyrak and Sapovnela, and extreme metal icons from France Necrowretch and Seth!
Draconian was on tour to celebrate their 30th anniversary, and the last show of the tour was at the DVG Club in Kortrijk, Belgium. Where we caught them for an amazing show with support from Nailed to Obscurity and Fragment Soul!
Pictures of a brutal night at Chinastraat in Gent with Benighted, Baest and Coffin Feeder!
Kamelot’s “Awaken the World Tour 2024” stopped by the Trix venue in Antwerp, Belgium. And together with supporting acts Frozen Crown, Blackbriar and Ad Infinitum, they made the event a complete package of symphonic and power metal brilliance!
An exceptional show by Together to the Stars and Soul Dissolution at our very own Asgaard venue that took creating a captivating atmosphere to another level!
Pictures of the third day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Audrey Horne, Soil, Jinjer, Korpiklaani, Gene Simmons Band and Architects!
Pictures of the third day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Swamp Stage a serving of extreme metal with Mordkaul, Aborted, Dark Tranquillity and Opeth!
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Helldorado Stage Eternal Champion, Green Lung, Orange Goblin, Baroness, Danko Jones and Clutch!
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Swamp Stage a serving of extreme metal with Fleshgod Apocalypse, Benediction, Lord of the Lost and Watain!
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