Alcatraz Festival is a strong and outspoken supporter of the local, Belgian music scene and shared over the weekend their “Under One Flag” selection of amazing Belgian bands for the 2025 edition of the event!
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Swedish black metal witches Völva have unleashed a second single ‘Asmodeus’ from their upcoming album ‘Desires Profane’, set for release later this month via Grind To Death Records and Fiadh Productions!
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German destructive force that is Mantar is set to release their new album ‘Post Apocalyptic Depression’ in early 2025 via Metal Blade Records and shared a first single with ‘Halsgericht’!
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Beyond the Gates announced the first wave of bands for the 2025 edition with the return of King Diamond for the first time in almost 2 decades, special sets from Abbath, Triptykon and Destruction, and on top of that I Am Morbid, Hellbutcher, Hellripper and Dark Sonority!
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Post-black outfit Dawn Of Ouroboros shared a live video for ‘Rise from Disillusion’, a track from their 2023 album ‘Velvet Incandescence’, released via Prosthetic Records!
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Blackened death metallers Aoidos released ‘From the Surface Grate’, the third single from their upcoming album ‘Oizys’, set to be released on November 29th via Nox Liberartio Records!
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After releasing their critically acclaimed new album via Season of Mist, Gaerea shared a video for the title track ‘Coma’ in anticipation of spreading their music to the vortex societies all over the world, starting with the USA and Canada with Zeal & Ardor and Zetra later this month, next spring in Europe with a headlining tour and already a couple of confirmed summer festivals like Alcatraz in Belgium!
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Belgian black metal band KrvL have unveiled the second music video ‘De Koning van Stilte’, a track from their recently released album ‘Donkere Paden’, out via These Hands Melt!
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Finnish symphonic black metal duo Pestilent Hex unveiled ‘Through Mirrors Beyond’, a second track from their upcoming album ‘Sorceries of Sanguine & Shadow’, set for release via Debemur Morti Productions at the end of this month!
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Brutal Assault 2025 have unleashed the first load of bands with Gojira, Dimmu Borgir, Ministri, a dose of old school death metal and so much more!
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Album Reviews
Anaal Nathrakh is back with yet another release of their signature blend of several extreme metal genres!
One man project Golden Ashes brings a second sonic blasting with ‘In The Lugubrious Silence Of Eternal Night’.
Ordinance’s “In Purge There is no Remission” is a great alignment of the modern black metal that meets old school.
The sophomore conveys various versions of black metal that extend from Scandinavia to the Italian methods of black metal.
On this debut full length, the Danish duo combines beautiful melodies and craft some of the most melodic/atmospheric albums of the year 2020. This comes as a high recommendation for the fans of semi-raw and lo-fi black metal.
The Belgian outfit Thurisaz releases their 5th full-length, pouring their hearts and souls into it after a tough period.
Tuomas Saukkonen’s Wolfheart brings the epic, desperate and dark tale of the Finnish Winter War to life with its signature “Winter metal” sound.
Gaerea has once again outdone themselves. “Limbo” is an outcome of creative songwriting that makes this sophomore worthy of your time.
Belgian metal band Téras delivers a nasty thrash record interlaced with the right amount of black and death metal to kick in some teeth!
Aversio Humanitatis deliver a fine album, a foreboding musical manifestation that depicts the horror vistas of the apocalypse.
