Belgian doom collective Splendidula renewed their signing with Argonauta Records for the release of their upcoming new album. A first single featuring Aaron Stainthorpe will be out next month!
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Flemish black metal band Bloedmaan unleashed first single ‘Return to Castlevania’ from upcoming album ‘Vampyric War in Blood’, set for release with Immortal Frost Productions in December!
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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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Gig Reports
Blood Red Throne came, drank, and conquered. A great night with some solid local death metal bands supporting a fantastic headliner.
For the tenth edition of the Darken the Moon Festival, the organization came up with a lineup that no self-respecting fan of doom metal should want to pass up. Even on a lazy Sunday afternoon in autumn.
TesseracT came to lift us up to a different world with their progressive music, supported by Between The Buried And Me and Plini!
After it seemed we were getting no show at all, we ended up having a blast at one hell of a rock show by Danko Jones!
On the 27nd of October, Greta Van Fleet performed at Ancienne Belgique, Brussels.
Life Of Agony still rocks the stages, this time supported by their big friend Billy with his new band Billy Bio and the dudes from Hollywood, All Hail The Yeti. Check out how hot the evening was.
On friday october fifth The Fratellis finally honored Belgium with another visit after so many years. Better even, they came to one of the most beautiful venues Belgium has: De Casino. Opening for The Fratellis was a band called Mona from Nashville, Tennesee. Forty five minutes have seldom passed so quickly.
Alien Weaponry definitely killed it on their very first gig in Belgium at Le Cercle, on 09/08/2018. The New-Zealander trio knows how to rule a stage, be it through the sheer power of their performance, or their interaction with the crowd.
On Saturday August 25th Carnation walked straight out of their Chapel of Abhorrence to the stage where they played all tracks of their new album for the very first time. It was clear Belgium had been waiting for this.
Consouling Sounds brought us another dark night at Charlatan, and I sincerely hope they keep presenting us these nights of utter darkness.
Photo Reports
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”.
A couple of weeks ago, Ektomorf brought their ‘Vivid Black Over Europe Tour 2024’ to the South of Heaven venue in Bilzen, Belgium, and supported by Inmate, Serpents and Tag My Heart brought the house down!
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