Brazilian extreme metal outfit NervoChaos are releasing their new album ‘Chaosmongers’ in September via Black Lion Records!
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News Posts
Tech death magicians Allegaeon dropped a dark new music video for the track ‘Dark Matter Dynamics’ from their latest album ‘The Ossuary Lens’, out with Metal Blade Records!
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Progressive symphonic extreme metal force Tómarúm signed with Vesperian, the beginning of what promises to be an exciting new chapter!
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Black/death metal force Belphegor announced the “Praise The Beast European Tour 2026” to take place in October this year with the support of Krisiun, Asagraum and a 4th yet to be announced band! You won’t want to miss out on this night of brutality!
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Left To Die is unleashing their debut full-length ‘Initium Mortis’ with Relapse next month and unveiled another track with ‘Witch of Hell’! Catch them live this summer at European festivals, including Alcatraz Festival in Belgium!
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BAEST announces fellow Aarhus metal outfit Deadnate as special guests on their upcoming Europe Fall “Colossal tour 2026”, bringing together 2 Danish bands to showcase what their country has to offer for the next generation of heavy music!
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Belgian avantgatde extreme metal band Emptiness recently released the single ‘The Threat’ a second teaser of what is to come on their upcoming album ‘Nowhere Speask’, set for release in July via Season of Mist!
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UK outfit Burner announced their album ‘No One Is Coming To Save Us’ to be released in September with Church Road Records and unveiled single and music video ‘Sunrise, Parabellum’ featuring Matthew K. Heavy of Trivium!
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Supergroup Left To Die signed to Relapse Records to release their debut full-length ‘Initium Mortis’ in July! A band paying proper homage to the brutal beginnings of metal icons Death, now unleashing a first track with ‘Archangel’! Catch them live in Europe this summer at festivals like Alcatraz and Brutal Assault!
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Tokyo death metal legends Defiled unleashed the third and last single from their upcoming album ‘Altered State’ with the title track! The full-length is out next month with Season of Mist!
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Album Reviews
Poland’s extreme blackened death metal band Shine delivers a raw and aggressive metallic force on its debut album “Wrathcult”. The album is recommended for fans of Azarath and Vader, out via Dark Descent Records since January 30th.
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Canada is giving us Deadwood that blend death and black metal into ‘The Rituals Of A Dying Light’, out today with Innerstrength Records!
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The latest full-length album “Gateway” of Montreal’s death metal formation Phobocosm conjure an eldritch and cavernous style of death metal. Out via Dark Descent Records since November 28th.
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The fourth studio album “Viribus Unitis” of the Ukrainian war brigade 1914 continues with the conceptual theme of World War I. 1914 integrate powerful elements of blackened death, doom, and atmospheric textures. Out since November 14th, via Napalm Records.
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Costa Rican death doom outfit Perishing delivers a prime example of guttural death doom on their debut ‘Malicious Acropolis Unveiled’. Out via Transcending Obscurity.
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Melbourne based death metal brutes Vile Apparition return with the highly anticipated sophomore album ‘Malignity’. The quartet offers a classic aggressive delivery of Australia’s vile and monstrous death metal profanity. Out via Dark Descent Records and Me Saco Un Ojo Records since October 10th.
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“Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration” is dark and crushingly heavy, and stands as a milestone in the band’s discography. Hooded Menace delivers a top performance and songwriting prowess in its most majestic and grandiose form. Out via Season of Mist on October 3rd.
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“Ascension” somehow fulfills what “Obsidian” might have lacked; it’s another worthy entry in the band’s growing discography and redefines the modern gothic doom metal that is on par with other veterans like My Dying Bride. Out via Nuclear Blast Records since yesterday, September 19th.
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Third studio album “Pain Effulgence” of Boston, Massachusetts death doom quartet Innumerable Forms is a crushing iteration of the classic sound of British and Finnish melancholic bands. Out now via Profound Lore Records since August 22nd.
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Grand Cadaver’s ‘The Rot Beneath’ is what you get when a bunch of veterans from the Swedish death metal scene celebrate their love for the old school. Out via Majestic Mountain Records.
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Lists
On the first full day of Alcatraz 2025, 3 out of 4 stages will be opened by some Belgian gems, some banging heavy metal from Room13, atmospheric and melancholic doom with Splendidula and brutal death with a wink and a grin from Coffin Feeder!
As every year is the case, Alcatraz Festival has plenty of space and attention for the local Belgian scene and we’re not the only ones happy about that. On the newly expanded Thursday warm-up night you’ll get to enjoy cover/tribute bands like Mr. Lipstick and the Lost Traces, Motörheads and BelgianQuoBand, the popular thrash/speed metallers of Evil Invaders and a stage filled with more underground like Sister May, Kerker, Stung, Violent Sin and Ancient Rites!
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!
In less than a week, Tuska weekend is upon us! If somehow you weren’t convinced yet that you need to go, here are 10 reasons we believe should be enough motivation to still get a ticket and join us there!
If you are still looking for a great summer destination, our homecountry of Belgium has some great events to offer, so here are 7 festivals that might make it a great place to go for you this year with the very last Wildfest this weekend, dunk!festival, Graspop Metal Meeting, Litha Fest, Lokerse Feesten, Rock Werchter and Alcatraz!
If you are still looking for a great summer destination, here are 12 festivals that might make Finland the ideal place to go for you this year with Sonic Rites this weekend, Rockfest, Tuhdimmat Tahdit, Nummirock, Tuska, John Smith Festival, SaariHelvetti, Dark River Festival, Hellsinki Metal Festival, the CoolHead Live concert series, Sastamalan Torijuhlat and Hevipäivät!
In 10 days, Kortrijk in Belgium, will turn the heavy up again with Hell’s Balls Belgium, just like they do every summer with Alcatraz festival. In case you weren’t sure yet why you should go, here are what we think are valid reasons for you to be there…
What are you the most excited about of this year’s editions of the festival? Let us know in the comments!
The summer festival season is over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of exciting fests happening over the next couple of months this autumn/winter in Finland, starting with Cult of Darkness today, Helsinki Techfest, and HKI SKEPU FEST VI this month still, Pakanafesterit in October, Hellsinki Industrial Festival and Melancholy Mass Festivals in November, and John Smith Rock Frozen in December! And for the beer and music lovers, several Masis Beer & Metal events spread over the next couple of months all over Finland! Go get your tickets now!
For the first day of Alcatraz 2024, our team picked out 10 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Dyscordia, Dudsekop, Mantah, Feuerschwanz, Beast In Black, Cro-Mags, Hippotraktor, Uada, Paradise Lost and Amon Amarth! What bands are you really looking forward to for this Friday at Alcatraz? Let us know in the comments!
Interviews
New York death metal legends Immolation talk about the ‘Atonement’ cycle coming to an end, writing new material and the bliss of playing music with friends.
New York death metal legends Immolation talk about the ‘Atonement’ cycle coming to an end, writing new material and the bliss of playing music with friends.
We had a chat with Ted Lundström of Amon Amarth. We’ve talked about Berserker, touring, club shows, technology, books and the battlestrategies during the battle of Winterfell.
We had a chat with Ted Lundström of Amon Amarth. We’ve talked about Berserker, touring, club shows, technology, books and the battlestrategies during the battle of Winterfell.
After their excellent performance on the Swamp Stage at the Alcatraz festival, we had a nice little chat with Bjorn, Sylvain and Sebastian.
After their excellent performance on the Swamp Stage at the Alcatraz festival, we had a nice little chat with Bjorn, Sylvain and Sebastian.
Jungle Rot’s Dave Matrise shares his views on the metal scene, tour life and their latest self-titled album.
Jungle Rot’s Dave Matrise shares his views on the metal scene, tour life and their latest self-titled album.
Making a deal with the deal turns out to be healthy! Well, sort of anyway. What was the deal? an interview with Sisters of Suffocation. The price? find out in the article!
Making a deal with the deal turns out to be healthy! Well, sort of anyway. What was the deal? an interview with Sisters of Suffocation. The price? find out in the article!
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