Der Weg Einer Freiheit revealed ‘Marter’, the opening descent into the torment and transcendence on their upcoming album ‘Innern’, out next month via Season of Mist!
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Kanonenfieber released the song ‘Z-Vor!’ with an elaborate lyric video, a track that is part of the upcoming compilation album ‘Soldatenschicksale’ coming to you early 2026 via Century Media Records!
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ALL HAIL THE GOAT!!! Hellripper has been quite literally ripping it up this summer in Europe with killer shows at festivals like Tolminator and Brutal Assault, and a couple of weeks ago it was announced that Century Media Records has forged a pact with the Aberdeen, Scotland’s ibex-obsessed blackened thrash bastards of Hades for the next chapter in the outfit’s career!
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The legendary Finnish metal band Soulgrind is back after 15 years with new music under the form of their tenth album ‘Ad Pulchram Mortem’, set for release with Inverse Records and a first single and video ‘Jylhä metsämies’!
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Finnish black metal innovators …and Oceans and Swedish black metal icons Mörk Gryning announced their co-headlining “European Regeneration MMXXV” tour for December, also bringing along Angstskríg as support! You won’t want to miss out on this one!
German extreme metal band Haeresis is set to unleash their debut full-length ‘Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum’ in October via Vendetta Records and shared a taste with an intense live video for the track ‘Echoes of Ashes’!
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Diabolical black death metal force Belphegor are back with their blazing new single ‘Sanctus Diaboli Confidimus’, the first new work released on their new label Reigning Phoenix Music!
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As 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!
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Mystic Circle reveal new details on the upcoming studio album to be released in October via ROAR, open the pre-sales and share the new video single ‘Ghost Of Whitechapel’!
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Last week, Swedish metal vikings Månegarm shared their majestic new music video for the single ‘Rodhins hav’ from their much-awaited new album ‘Edsvuren’, out later this month via Napalm Records!
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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!
Pictures of the performances of Pentagram, Burst, Priest, Déluge, Fit For An Autopsy and Watain on the indoor stage of Hellsinki Metal Festival!
Pictures of the Asagraum, Chamber of Unlight, Suicidal Angels, Benighted, Impaled Nazarene and Batushka shows at the first day of Hellsinki Metal Festival 2023!
Polish metal icons BEHEMOTH! are roaming through Europe with their ‘Deathless Summer Tour 2023’ and struck down at Substage in Karlsruhe, Germany with the support of Hypocrisy and SpiritWorld. A gorgeous night of some of the best metal the world has to offer right now, and extreme temperatures despite no pyro being used.
The outdoor stage on the 2nd day of Steelfest XI was the place for explosive and often high velocity performances by Tsatthoggua, Sex Messiah, Grenadier, Witchtrap, Kalmankantaja and Behexen!
The second day of Steelfest XI delivered another serving of proper dark underground and extreme metal on the indoors stage with performances from Gravespawn, Ymir, Infernal, Totalselfhatred, Ride For Revenge, Gehenna and Carpathian Forest!
The kings of weed metal Bongzilla brought the smoke with them to a packed house at Kuudes Linja in Helsinki, Finland and delivered their usual absolutely crushing wall of sound to a highly anticipating crowd. Support came from the Finnish black metal outfit Frigid Winter.
The first day of Steelfest XI also brought a series of explosive and high energy performances to the outdoor stage with Azazel, Utuk Xul, Nocturnal Sorcery, Loits, Pest and Deströyer 666!
On Ascension day, Steelfest XI brought a great collection of stellar underground bands to the festival’s indoor stage with Coraxul, Nattverd, Hail Conjurer, Sacrilegious Impalement, The Committee, Horna and Marduk on the first day of the 3-day fest!
