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’!
News Posts
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!
Belgian metal band Skeptical Minds releases a video for the single ‘The Key’, a track from their album ‘KHARON’!
Alcatraz announced the first confirmed names for 2026
Alternative Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal, Deathcore, Extreme metal, Groove Metal, Hardcore, Heavy Metal, Industrial Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Metal, Metalcore, Modern Metal, Post-Black, Post-metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Thrash MetalAs 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!
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’!
Belgian psychedlic post-metal colelctive Psychonaut return with their latest single ‘Stargazer’, anoter track shared from their upcoming album ‘World Maker’, out in October via Pelagic Records!
Belgian heavy metallers Speed queen have revealed another song from their upcoming album ‘…With a Bang!’ (out in September via High Roller Records) with the video for ‘The World Ends Tonight’!
Slow Crush shared another hypnotizing new single with ‘Bloodmoon’, about a month before the release of their full-length album ‘Thirst’, out at the end of August via Pure Noise Records and just ahead of their show at Brutal Assault next week!
Belgian combat metal powerhouse FireForce has returned with the new, furious single ‘Living On The Edge’, out via ROAR including a music video!
Belgian modern metal outfit Mantah released first single ‘START’ as a taste of what you can expect from their upcoming album ‘ANTIDOTE’, set for release in October via Polderrecords!
Photo Reports
The last day of a long and exhausting weekend of great music and atmosphere was all about the Belgian music scene at La Morgue with Aeveris, Brutal Sphincter, Hexa Mera, Mantah and Reject The Sickness!
The last day of a long and exhausting weekend of great music and atmosphere with some of the most extreme music around on the Swamp Stage from Serpents Oath, Archspire, Kataklysm and Bloodbath!
The last day of a long and exhausting weekend of great music and atmosphere brought some of the best of the sludge, post-metal and psychedelic rock scene with Psychonaut, Gaupa, Stake, Brutus and Cult of Luna!
The last day of a long and exhausting weekend of great music and atmosphere with on the main stage shows from Sacred Reich, Bleed From Within, Blind Guardian, Killswitch Engage and of course, the party that was Electric Callboy!
Second day at an exciting edition of Alcatraz we went to get a bit of a taste of the old school heavy metal that was playing the whole day at La Morgue with EvilDead and Vicious Rumors!
Second day at an exciting edition of Alcatraz we had a very black metal heavy one with Gaerea, Taake and Belphegor, old school punk with The Exploited, gloomy industrial from Godflesh and one of Finland’s favorite bands Amorphis!
Second day at an exciting edition of Alcatraz with Predatory Void, Shadow Of Intent, Decapitated, and Sodom on the Swamp Stage ripping it up!
Second day at an exciting edition of Alcatraz with H.E.A.T., Sepultura and Biohazard on the main stage!
On the first day of Alcatraz 2023, La Morgue had a fine collection of Belgian bands, sludge, stoner and even psychobilly with A Goat As Our Shepherd, Gnome and Mad Sin!
On the first day of Alcatraz 2023, the Helldorado Stage was the place to be for all the hardcore kids with shows from Do Or Die, Slapshot, Downset, Terror, Prong, Converge and Agnostic Front!
Gig Reports
Thrash party of the year, that’s the least we can say when Testament passed along at the trix with their all time friends of Death Angel and Annihilator.
Leprous shined as a diamond during their passage at the Biebob together with their friends of Agent Fresco, Alithia and Astrosaur. Our reporter enjoyed it and now you can enjoy it too.
We’re taking you with us on a trip to a totally different plane field with 5 bands of the highest quality atmospheric black metal…
Kataklysm exists 25 years in 2017 and is currently celebrating that with a European tour. On the 7th of October, they brought the ‘A Moment In Time Tour’ to the Trix Club in Antwerp!
De boodschap die August Burns Red ons meegaf, is dat Messengers na tien jaar nog steeds een relevant album is in het metalcoregenre!
Heavy metal? Hard rock? It doesn’t matter, as long as it’s heavy and grooves… Headbanger’s Balls Fest 2017 was again a great party!
Ithilien worth the watch and a great warm-up for the always great Dutch pagan metal outfit Heidevolk, celebrating their 15th anniversary!
Periphery kicked some serious ass at the Trix Club in Antwerp. Our GRIMM reporter tells you all about it
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