Belgian black metal legends Enthroned ignite the tribunal once more with the latest track ‘Ashen Advocacy’ being unveiled of upcoming new album ‘Ashspawn’, set for release in December via Season of Mist!
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Alcatraz Festival just gave us an early christmas present by adding 32 more bands to the 2026 lineup, making it almost complete with another nice selection of metal icons, underground greats, up-and-coming bands and artists from its own Belgian soil!
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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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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!
On the first day of Alcatraz 2023, we got some serious death metal trip with Serial Butcher, Vomitory, Unleashed, Immolation, Possessed, and I Am Morbid at the Swamp Stage!
On the first day of Alcatraz 2023, we caught Eleine, Wind Rose, Rise of the Northstar, Bury Tomorrow, Powerwolf and Michael Schenker Group taking over the Prison Stage (mainstage)!
Every year, one day of the 10-day long Lokerse Feesten is dedicated to metal. A day full of headbanging, mosh-pits and heavy guitars with this year Hammok, Biohazard, Doodseskader, Bullet For My Valentine, Psychonaut, Megadeth, Slift, Within Temptation, Stake and Amenra.
In the beginning of the month, the streets of Brussels turned black and the sky was filled with smoke for 3 days in a row: Rammstein was in town, and they held nothing back!
No festivals in Belgium this summer for Iron Maiden, but instead they came for an evening to the Sportpaleis venue in Antwerp for their fans to witness the heavy metal heroes live, with support of The Raven Age.
Belgian radio channel Studio Brussel threw a big party in VIERNULVIER for their 40th birthday with only headliners: Psychonaut, STAKE and Brutus!
An amazing evening of singing and screaming along to the Dutch songs of the metal Belgian sensation Fleddy Melculy at the VIERNULVIER venue in Ghent. Support came from their friends of Tusky.
Liège-based sludge metal outfit Cottrell’s first show in Flanders in our very own Asgaard venue showed a whole lot of potential!
Gig Reports
Periphery kicked some serious ass at the Trix Club in Antwerp. Our GRIMM reporter tells you all about it
Enthroned blasted their way through, but the real surprise came from another band…
“Hey dude, how are you doing?”
– “WHAT?!”
“Err… HOW YOU DOIN’?!”
– ” CAN’T HEAR A THING MAN, I WENT TO SEE CONAN TWO WEEKS AGO AND IT WAS AWESOME!”
An arena filled with fans shouting out the lyrics and you’ve got yourself a party
An arena filled with fans shouting out the lyrics and you’ve got yourself a party
Esben And The Witch provided us with a first absolute highlight this year!
Esben And The Witch provided us with a first absolute highlight this year!
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