Newly confirmed for the Steelfest 2026 line-up: Demonical, Mavorim, Shape of Despair and underground legends Beherit. Last week also brought the exclusive and unique shows of Holocausto and Erzebet to the bill. Deströyer 666 is no longer part of the lineup.
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!
Southern California quintet SPITE shared a video for the title track from their upcoming album ‘New World Killer’, out at the end of October via Rise Records!
Brutal Assault just unveiled a new wave of bands for its 2026 edition with The Sisters of Mercy and The Ghost Inside announced as headliners, but also a great selection of extreme metal and progressive/experimental representation!
Galge recently dropped the new video and single ‘Nidding’, the third track shared from their upcoming album ‘Dødelig’, set for release in a couple of weeks on October 3rd!
Finnish Hooded Menace released their crushing take on Duran Duran’s classic hit ‘Save a Prayer’, which is featured on their upcoming new album ‘Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration’, set for release in October via Season of Mist!
Headlining Tuska 2026 will be Bring Me The Horizon and Bad Omens, backed by a diverse first wave including The Plot In You, Blood Incantation, Queensrÿche, Kublai Khan TX, Malevolence, Soilwork, Rivers of Nihil, Ensiferum, Bloodred Hourglass, Majestica, Melrose Avenue, The Callous Daoboys and Neckbreakker!
We’re already getting excited for another memorable weekend of metal and alternative music in Helsinki! 3-day tickets are already available right now.
Which band are you looking forward to the most? Or still wishing for? Let us know in the comments!
Ohio’s brutalists Sanguisugabogg are back and more putrid than ever and recently shared the NSFW video for the single ‘Repulsive Demise’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Hideous Aftermath’, out next month via Century Media!
Party.San Metal Open Air festival announced the first 27 bands for 2026, including Testament, Hypocrisy and Amorphis as top names but so much more with something for as good as anyone who is into the more underground and extreme metal! Ticket presales are live right now!
From the roots of Amon Amarth, Fimbul Winter strikes with their debut EP ‘What Once Was’, out in November!
Lithuanian death metal act Crypts of Despair achieves a staggering sense of modern technical death metal and showcase an energetic and brutal amalgamation on their third album ‘We Belong In the Grave’. Out via Transcending Obscurity Records.
The Swedish old school death metal powerhouse LIK imbibe from the rotten sound of bands like Entombed and Dismember. The fourth studio album “Necro” features many headbanging riffs, no fillers and high quality throughout, out via Metal Blade Records tomorrow, April 18th.
British old-school death metal formation Benediction delivers gritty and sinister aggression on their ninth studio album “Ravage of Empires”. Out via Nuclear Blast this Friday April 4th.
Corpus Offal’s self-titled debut offers a flashback to the late ’80s and early ’90s death grind, enter the sonic morgue of gruesome experimentation and horror. Out via 20 Buck Spin since last week Friday, March 21st.
Spain’s legendary death metal band Unbounded Terror return to embrace its cult identity, their fourth album “Something Is Rotten in Humanity” offers otherworldly melodies and solid brutality. Out via Xtreem Music next week on April 1st.
The Hungarian duo Rothadàs deliver a crushing monstrosity of cavernous death-doom metal on the sophomore “Töviskert… a kísértés örök érzete… lidércharang”. Out via Pulverised Records and Me Saco un Ojo Records since yesterday, March 21st!
Philadelphia’s death metal four-piece Pissgrave offers another sick and brutal record for fans of proper extreme metal. The third studio album “Malignant Worthlessness” completes the trilogy that began in 2015 and is out via Profound Lore Records.
UK based death metal five-piece Vacuous returns with their sophomore release “In His Blood”, offering a brutal slab of death metal with hints of post-punk and other influences. Undoubtedly one of the strongest releases of 2025, out via Relapse Records!
Long-running Spanish death metal band Avulsed returns with the eighth studio album “Phoenix Cryptobiosis”. With its absolute decay and cadaverous death metal madness, it’s highly recommended for fans of early Cannibal Corpse and Six Feet Under, out via Xtreem Music.
Denmark’s death metal band Maceration returns with the third studio album “Serpent Devourment”, a rotten death metal record that will entice fans of Entombed and was released with Emanzipation Productions.
