Finnish bestial black/death metal trio Hoc Est Bellum are getting ready to unleash their debut album ‘Filth Majesty’ next month with Time To Kill Records and unveiled a first single with ‘Nightside Necromancy’!
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Belgian extreme music apparition Emptiness announced its new album ‘Nowhere Speaks’ to be out in July via Season of Mist!
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Cavalera Conspiracy are returning to Europe for a 2026 summer festival run to bring their ‘Chaos A.D.’ to the fans, including a stop at Graspop and many more! There’s also a chance you could catch them at more intimate headliner shows, don’t miss out!
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Tokyo’based death metal band Defiled released new music video and single ‘Obsession’, the second unveiled from their upcoming album ‘Altered State’, out in June with Season of Mist!
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Nunslaughter unleashed their latest new single ‘Rotten Messiah’ from their upcoming album ‘Satanic Chaos Legions’, out in June with BLKIIBLK!
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NY-based death metal corpse grinders Undeath have signed to Relapse Records for the release of their upcoming already recorded 4th album!
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Death metal outfit Vomit Forth released their new EP ‘In The Name Of The Father’ via Pure Noise Records and shared a video for the track ‘Born King’!
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Misery Index returned to Season of Mist for the release of their upcoming new music! Catch them on their “An Epitaph for Endtimes Eu + UK Summer tour 2026” with both headline shows and festival appearances!
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Ukrainian symphonic death metal project Ersedu announced their ‘GORE’ EP to be out on May 19, the first chapter of a planned series dedicated to colors, starting with red on this release!
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US brutal death metal force Embryonic Autopsy strike with full force through their new single and video ‘Feasting Upon The Rotted Uterus’, a first taste of their upcoming album ‘Rise Of The Mutated’, out in June via Massacre Records!
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Album Reviews
Draconian has returned with one of their best outings to date. The brilliant musicianship and gothic death-doom style continue to resound from the bygone gothic era of the 90s. “In Somnolent Ruin” out via Napalm Records this Friday May 8th.
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Teratoma return with one hell of a crushing old-school album. Whether you like your death metal filled with grooves, crushing mid-tempos or slow otherworldly atmospheres, “Longing Voracity” is masterfully executed. Out via Me Saco Un Ojo Records since March 25th.
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Not only does the NY quartet retain its brutal, straightforward scorching quality, but Immolation aptly cements a vicious album into a sonic monolith of soaring heights. “Descent” showcases Immolation at its brutal and most formidable offering to date. Out via Nuclear Blast Records since April 10th.
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Vomitory on its tenth studio album, “In Death Throes” leaves no stone unturned. The extremity immediately holds your attention, and simultaneously, you will find yourself banging your head back and forth. Out via Metal Blade Records since April 10th. Catch them still on tour with Hypocrisy, Abbath and Vreid in Europe right now for a crushing set of death metal, the tour is only halfway with dates remaining until the beginning of next month!
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Denmark’s Foetorem forges a perfect balance between aggression and the dark, grotesque atmosphere on their debut full length album “Incongruous Forms of Evergrowing Rot”. Out since March 27th via Everlasting Spew Records.
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Cryptworm’s third album “Infectious Pathological Waste” is a putrid death metal record, and that’s because of the flair for bringing out those disgusting gurgling growls with grooves and immense brutality. The inspired death-slam grotesque cover art solidifies their ugly sound, which is similar to Undergang, Autopsy, and Fetid. Out via Me Saco Un Ojo Records since March 27th.
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Seventh studio album “Screams from Beneath the Surface” sees Floridian vanguards Monstrosity at their rawest, full of characteristic dynamics and brutality in the purest form of death metal. Out via Metal Blade Records since last month!
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Michigan four-piece death-doom act Temple of Void returns with the fifth studio album “The Crawl”, showing signs of progress and an expansion of sound to encapsulate different forms of metal. This album is recommended for fans of Type O Negative and Hooded Menace and out via Relapse Records since yesterday.
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New Exhumed album “Red Asphalt” breaks the loop of recycling and extends beyond the loop of death metal mediocrity. Matt Harvey & co showed their craft by excelling in every way and managed to absolutely surprise the fans with a gritty and extreme death metal and bloody gore attitude! Out via Relapse Records since February 20th.
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On the fourth studio album “Necropalace”, Worm welcomes the listener to the nightmarish limbo of dread and fantasia where the floating spectral phantoms reside in starry realms guarded by mythical creatures and dragons that surround an imperial palace. Out via Century Media Records since February 13th.
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Photo Reports
Saturday at the Clyde Theatre it Smelled Like a Freakshow with Avatar rolling into Fort Wayne with their “Don’t Go In The Forest tour”, bringing along the amazing Italian symphonic death metallers Fleshgod Apocalpyse and Texan death metal grinders Frozen Soul!
A four‑hour Scandinavian metal storm hit Stuttgart as Vomitory, Vreid, Abbath and Hypocrisy unleashed a night of fog, riffs and raw intensity at the LKA Longhorn. Dive into our photo report and relive the highlights.
German thrash metal legends Kreator brought their massive “Krushers of the World tour” to Helsinki Ice Hall, celebrating their newest album with what stands as one of their largest stage productions ever seen in Finland. Joining them were Bay Area thrash icons Exodus, British death metal pioneers Carcass and powerviolence outfit Nails, making for an exceptionally stacked bill from top to bottom.
A night of pure thrash power in Stuttgart: NAILS, EXODUS, CARCASS and legends KREATOR delivered fire, speed and unforgettable moments on the “KRUSHERS OF THE WORLD TOUR 2026”. Dive into our full photo report and relive the chaos. This night had it all: a full arsenal: towering ghouls, fire, smoke, and a stage show as intense as the music.
This February, one of the year’s most highly anticipated tours arrived in Helsinki with full force as the “Death Over Europe” tour stormed into a sold-out Kulttuuritalo, bringing with it an absolutely crushing lineup featuring Mayhem, Marduk and Immolation!
We almost forgot to post this one… as we do every year, we ask our photographers to pick their best and most favorite captures of the past year, and 2025 brought acts like Borknagar, Doro, Machine Head, Ne Obliviscaris, Room 13, Vola, Infected Rain, Luna Kills, Kickin Valentina, Art Nation, SatchVai Band, Arkona, Kreator, Cro-Mags, Bury Tomorrow, Electric Callboy, BTL and Ankor in front of Tom V.M.’s camera!
At the beginning of the month, Omnium Gatherum took over DVG Club Kortrijk in Belgium with a (hopefully) temporary new vocalist and support from Fallujah and In Mourning!
Frozen Soul, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Halo Effect and Heaven Shall Burn turned Stuttgart into the heart of extreme metal for one night: “HEIMAT OVER EUROPE TOUR 2026” entered the Porsche Arena. From crisp Texan death metal to a blazing German headliner finale, the four‑band assault delivered one unforgettable, hot and loud night.
The last stop, and no holding back. Cradle of Filth closed their “Splintered in Winter Tour” in Antwerp, with a crushing set from special guests and death metal legends Suffocation and a striking Belgian debut by the Australian misfits of Mélancolia.
From melodic to feral, the “European Blood Dynasty Tour” rolled through Helsinki. Arch Enemy with Amorphis, Eluveitie and Gatecreeper at Jäähalli.
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Finland’s summer festival season is stacked again. From underground black metal rituals to lakeside legends and city concerts with global names, we picked 12 events worth your time this summer with Steelfest, Allas Live, Sonic Rites, Ankea, Nummirock, Tuska, CoolHead Live, Dark River Festival, John Smith Rock, Ilosaarirock, Hellsinki Metal Festival and SaariHelvetti
Who says festival season ends with summer? In Finland, the dark months come alive with music: experience the true punk spirit at HKI SKEPU FEST (starting tonight), get in touch with your ancestors and nature at Pakanafestarit, discover new talent at Lost In Music, embrace the shadows at Hellsinki Industrial Festival, sail into chaos with the Hellsinki Metal Cruise, sink into sorrow at Melancholy Mass Festivals, and feel the fire indoors at John Smith Rock Frozen. When the nights are long, Finland turns the volume up.
For the second day of Alcatraz 2025, our team picked out 8 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Myrath, KNIFE, Baest, Drowning Pool, Rivers of Nihil, Nailbomb, Caliban and Avatar! What bands are you really looking forward to for this Friday at Alcatraz? Let us know in the comments!
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 fourth day of this year’s edition, with Crypta, Hanabie., Brujeria, Harakiri For The Sky, King Woman, Gost, Hellbutcher and Priest because they’re more than worth it!
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 High Parasite, Gutalax, Landmvrks, Blood Fire Death, Slow Crush, Patriarchy, Fear Factory and Drowning Pool, because they’ll be more than worth your time!
On the last day of Alcatraz 2025, we get 10 more fantastic Belgian bands served up, going from mesmerizing atmosphere makers like Briqueville and Alkerdeel, to absolute mayhem from bands like Bark, Devastatiön, Slaughter Messiah and Cobracide, hardcore legends Congress and Whatever It Takes, rockers Promise Down or goth-tinged heavy metallers Cult of Scarecrow! Something for everyone and again proof how rich the Belgian heavy music scene is…
This weekend is the highlight for us and many among us in Belgium with the 2025 edition of Alcatraz Festival, but if you still haven’t decided to go, here are 10 reasons why we believe you should just go ahead and go get you some tickets still… What are you looking forward to the most for this year’s edition?
Only a handful of days left before Helsinki gets a healthy shot of heavy and dark music with the third edition of Hellsinki Metal Festival! If you’re still confused and wondering if you should go or not, check out 8 reasons we believe should convince you… Beware, get your tickets today as tomorrow the price will go up again!
From the amazing line-up of Tolminator 2025 we picked 10 acts we believe deserves your attention and time for you to check out at the festival if you’re there or at home if you’re not. A couple of them already played yesterday, like Vulvarine, High Parasite and Ghost Bath, but there is still plenty to discover and see with bands like Midnight, Cro-mags, Me And That Man, Party Cannon, Insanity Alert, Dopethrone and Mimi Barks!
Tolminator is already a quite unique and exceptional experience on its own, but they always seem to keep a keen eye on the scenes of different countries and know to pic some of the most promising acts for their line-ups. And this year, we get to welcome our friends of Marche Funèbre, Mordkaul and Brutal Sphincter to be part of the “Belgian Invasion”, but also 2 stellar acts from Finland with melodeath icons Omnium Gatherum and psychedelic black metal collective Oranssi Pazuzu!
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