Belgian metalcore outfit As We Speak shared their crushing new single ‘Everyone Is Dead’ last Friday!
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Belgian black metal revelation Serpents Oath released their new single ‘Gateways to Tiamat’, extending the arc unveiled on their latest album ‘Revelation’, out with Odium Records!
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Belgian black metal icons Enthroned unveiled the title track from their upcoming album ‘Ashspawn’, set for release in December with Season of Mist!
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Last week, Belgian post-metal collective Juneau released their latest album ‘Scraps of the Final Lights’ digitally, but not before they shared a captivating video for the track ‘Observer’!
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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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Photo Reports
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!
Pictures of a couple of bands we caught at the La Morgue stage at this year’s Alcatraz with X-pozed and Secondhandsaints!
Pictures of the second day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Finntroll, Spiritbox, Dio Disciples, Testament, Epica and Europe!
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Helldorado Stage Ankor, Bizkit Park, Red Fang, Heideroosjes and Hatebreed!
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Swamp Stage a serving of extreme metal with Sadus, Paradise Lost and Cradle of Filth!
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Dyscordia, Orden Ogan, Beast In Black, Feuerschwanz, Channel Zero, Saxon and Amon Amarth!
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Helldorado Stage a serving of punk and hardcore with Funeral Dress, The Casualties, Cro-Mags, Madball and Life of Agony, modern metal from Sylosis and post-metal with The Ocean!
Day 5 of the Lokerse Feesten was blast, marked by the exclusive Belgian appearance of the iconic band Korn. The day was a whirlwind of diverse acts, each bringing their unique energy to the stage with on the main stage besides Korn shows from Wargasm, Nova Twins, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes and The Dillinger Escape Plan.
Metalheads rejoiced in VIERNULVIER as Crouch, Slow Crush, and Amenra delivered crushing sets for “De 41 uur van Studio Brussel” celebrations of the radio station!
Doodseskader (and Watergruwels as support) shook VIERNULVIER and the surrounding area in Gent, Belgium awake with an intense show in a sold out venue to release their new album: “Year Two”.
Gig Reports
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.
Get ready for the new Spoil Engine album ‘Renaissance Noire! An awesome release show with awesome support bands.
DOK Brewing Co.’s latest craft beer ‘Pro-Pale’is a tribute to Pro-Pain’s Gary Meskil. What better way to celebrate it with, than a set by the NYHC legends?
Godsmack is back! This time with support from Like A Storm. Despite a few sound issues everybody had a lovely rockin’ night.
Twenty years. Two decades. Almost an entire generation. That’s how long long the Beglian rockers of Triggerfinger have been around. That calls for a celebration, right?
A fun evening of brutality, slam and an exclusive fly-in headliner show of tech death outfit Archspire!
Satanic Surfers have a special kind of bond with Belgium, or rather with the Belgium punk rock family. Their very first gig in Belgium was in Ostend actually and they were more than happy to be back. Even while it was in a tiny basement, no fucks were given this evening.
From the groove djenty melodic metalcore of Jinjer to the more thrashy sound of Soilwork , Amorphis made this evening unforgettable
Kamelot’s last stop with The Shadow Tour Europe was at Het Entrepot in Bruges, Belgium. Find out how that turned out and how exclusive the set from special guests Leaves’ Eyes actually was.
On the 10th of October Lordi came to Belgium with their Sextourcism European Tour and two very unique support acts. Find out here how the experience was.
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