Goth and doom icons Paradise Lost revealed second single ‘Serpent On The Cross’, another track from their upcoming 17th album ‘Ascension’, set for release in September with Nuclear Blast. Before that, catch them this summer at a select amount of European summer festivals like Brutal Assault and Dynamo Metal Fest next month!
Belgian shoegaze outfit Slow Crush shared the single ‘While You Dream Vividly’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Thirst’, set for release in August with Pure Noise Records! Catch them this summer at select festivals like Lokerse Feesten, Brutal Assault and Pukkelpop before they embark on a tour through a chunk of the world!
American doom outfit Frayle unveiled their new single and video ‘Walking Wounded’, out with Napalm Records. Catch them live on their upcoming Europe tour bringing them to festivals like Alcatraz and Brutal Assault!
Aaron Stainthorpe-led outfit High Parasite released the previously unreleased track ‘Cold’, and a remix of ‘Parasite’, a track from their debut album ‘Forever We Burn’, out since last year via Spinefarm Records. Just in time for their appearances this summer at festivals like Tolminator and Brutal Assault!
If you were still on the fence if you’d get yourself tickets for one of the biggest celebrations of extreme music, Brutal Assault is reporting that 96% of all full festival passes are sold, and a full sell-out is imminent! So don’t wait too much longer now!
Melodeath supergroup The Halo Effect unleashed a powerful cover of the Danzig classic ‘How The Gods Kill’, out with Nuclear Blast, and right in time for the start of their European festival run with this weekend Tuska Festival and later in the summer Brutal Assault!
Swedish death metal pioneers Unleashed return with unrelenting force on their blistering new single ‘Hold Your Hammers High!’, another taste from their upcoming album ‘Fire Upon Your Lands’, out in August via Napalm Records! Catch them live tomorrow at Hellfest or later this summer at festivals in Europe like Brutal Assault and others!
Between The Buried And Me announced their InsideOutMusic debut ‘The Blue Nowhere’ to be out in September and shared the new track ‘Things We Tell Ourselves In The Dark’ as a first taste! Catch them live this summer at festivals like Alcatraz festival and Brutal Assault for a mind-bending experience!
Gothic doom icons Paradise Lost prepare for ‘Ascension’ (out in September with Nuclear Blast) with new single ‘Silence Like The Grave’. Catch them live this summer in Europe at festivals like Graspop, Ilovaari Festival and Brutal Assault, or in Fall on their “Ascension of Europe Tour” with Messa, High Parasite and Lacrimas Profundere!
Opeth present an official performance video for ‘§1’, while “The Last Will And Testament World Tour” continues with a series of European festivals like John Smith Rock Festival and Brutal Assault, a 2nd European leg in Fall, and Australia, New Zealand and Japan in November!
Brutal Assault is a proper celebration of everything that is metal and/or extreme and there is something great to be found at any time of the day! We picked out 8 bands that you should go see on the first day of this year’s edition, with Frayle, RUÏM, Orange Goblin, Crystal Lake, Oranssi Pazuzu, 3 Inches of Blood, Sigh, and Brutally Deceased, because they’ll be more than worth your time!
Brutal Assault should be on your list of musts to go to at least once in your existence as metalhead, here are 10 reasons why we think you should consider making this true metal pilgrimage maybe this summer already!
